“EastEnders” creator Tony Holland, 67
Posted: Thursday, November 29th, 2007 12:34 pmTony Holland, the co-creator of EastEnders and a host of other drama series, has died, aged 67.
Holland, who also devised Eldorado, Angels and District Nurse, passed away in a London hospital after being unwell for some time, the BBC confirmed today.
He devised EastEnders with Julia Smith, his long-term collaborator, who he met on the set of Z Cars in 1971. The soap, set in the fictional London East End borough of Walford, launched on BBC1 screens in February 1985 and remains the network’s biggest-rating weekly show. … Read full obituary
