[IanJRedman]

I won't link directly to them because I don't particularly want to give them much more traffic, but there seems to be a coordinated attack on EastEnders/the BBC via some of the gutter press today. The Sun and Daily Mail have both published articles claiming the show is shedding viewers for 'wokeness', including false information about ratings and comparing them to ratings from the 1980s. The chatter has even made it to Loose Women and Jeremy Vyne. Odd when you consider that the show is actually better now (both in terms of content and performance) than it has been for some time.

I'm just cynical enough to wonder if ITV might have had something to do with this, given the poor performance of their own soaps in recent awards...