Watching EastEnders from the Very Beginning The OG

Did you bunk class or think the only thing your pub needs to make the big time is a microwave? Is there really a difference between a poor cow and a sad cow? If your son stole all your furniture and told you he was redecorating the home, would you realise he was selling the furniture for drug money before or after he took your sofa?
Welcome to episode 12 of Watching EastEnders from the Very Beginning the OG Podcast
Comedians Kathryn Mather @watchingeastenders and Spring “Kathryn” Day @springkathryndayukcomedian are watching EastEnders from the very beginning because they both have OCD and can't start near the end! It's loads of fun. Join us as we judge the life choices of fictional characters from 40 years ago. You'll feel better about yourself because you are better than kissing your boss's wife in front of him, or at least we think you are.
 

Why are there boobies on the pub wall? Could everyone just walk in the doctor's office and interrupt your private appointment willy nilly in 1985? How old is everyone supposed to be exactly? Comedians Kathryn Mather @beforenowafterthen and Spring "Kathryn" Day @springkathrynday visit Albert Square for the first time.
People are pining for simpler times but was life ever really simple?
Comedians Kathryn Mather @beforenowafterthen and Spring "Kathryn" Day @springkathryndayukcomedian are looking for answers in the legendary soap opera Eastenders. They are on a mission to watch EastEnders from the very beginning to parcel this time capsule of a soap opera that was the first of it's kind to integrate audience research as it dealt with social issues of the day.
 
American transplant to the UK Spring wants to get filled in on the British culture she missed back when she was watching "Little House on the Prairie" as a child in the rural Midwest.  Mancurian Kathryn grew up watching "Coronation Street" and is curious to see what about Eastenders appealed to "Southern softies". Both "Kathryns" are starting from the very beginning because it's the best place to start.

Spring 'Kathryn" Day @springkathryndayukcomedian and Kathryn Mather @beforenowafterthen are watching Eastenders from the very beginning. In this second ever episode, we watch Den and Angie's Watts wedding Anniversary whilst discussing:  lunar astrology, infidelity, drinking while pregnant and facing your local bully who you may also be physically attracted to. It's a gossipy episode where we judge the fictional characters of Den, Angie, Pauline, Arthur, Ethel, Dr. Legg, Ali and Nick Cotton from forty years ago. It is very satisfying.

We live in turbulent times but was the past  every really that simple?
Comedians Kathryn Mather and  Spring Kathryn Day are watching EastEnders from the very beginning to find out.  On this episode we watch and judge the life choices of fictional 1980's characters with Schadenfreude heavy glee. We talk about: smoking whilst pregnant; cockney slang, gambling, cheating on your wife and the skills of a a young Stewart Lee look-alike making a mockery of the long lost art of stealing cigarettes from your mum's purse.

Hey there,
Record unemployment; get rich quick schemes; and lying to keep your job; fictional London in 1985 doesn't sound all that different from real London in 2026. Comedians Kathryn Mather@watchingeastenders and Spring Kathryn Day @springkathryndayukcomedian are watching EastEnders from the very beginning because they both have OCD and can't start near the end! It's loads of fun as there is a murder investigation underway as well as a MLM scam that travelled the world via chain letter, power harassment and a house party. Join us as we judge  the life choices of fictional characters from 40 years ago. You'll feel better about yourself because you are better than kissing your boss's wife in front of him, or at least we think you are.

Hi there,
One of the reasons comedians Kathryn Mather (@beforenowafterthen) and Spring "Kathryn" Day( @springkathryndayukcomedian) are Watching EastEnders From the Very Beginning is for Spring to get filled in on a lot of British culture she missed out on that's imbedded in the average British psyche… like the fact that the EastEnders theme song's name is "Anyone Can Fall in Love" and has such ominous lyrics about love, Spring's surprised it's not a country song.
In this episode 5 of EastEnders we meet the new character single teenage mum to a premature newborn a.k.a. the punk Mary who has moved into Reg Cox's old flat which she accidentally locks herself and her baby out of…We also discover Lofty has either bought nazi memorabilia off of Mark Fowler or he has gone all in on questionable Indiana Jones and the Raider's of the Lost Arc movie merch... 
Is having a pint of beer at a work lunch a good idea if you're a builder or anyone with adult responsibilities?
Also, is having never been somewhere before a legitimate reason for Lou Beale to reject an all-expenses-paid holiday to Clacton-on-Sea?!
We're watching EastEnders from the very beginning to see if there ever was truly a "simpler time" and to feel morally superior to fictional soap opera characters life choices written 40 years ago. It's a lot of fun. Thanks for listening! We'd love to hear from you.