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How the East End has changed since EastEnders began
From the first episode of EastEnders on 19 February 1985, we saw the now-familiar title sequence - the zoom out from the River Thames, revolving to show the East End, London docks and Isle of Dogs.
On that map there was no City Airport, no cluster of tall commercial buildings in the City of London, and no sign of the Canary Wharf skyscrapers.
The urban geography of the East End has changed drastically in those 40 years - and with it, the people.
麻豆官网首页入口 London's Wendy Hurrell has the story.
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