Greatest EastEnders Scenes on YouTube

LONDON—While it's not the on-demand complete episodes or DVD boxed sets that EastEnders fans have long coveted, BBC Worldwide has uploaded 44 clips have been uploaded to www.YouTube.com, the Web-basede repository for video material of all types.

The clips are available for free to non-U.K. residents.

Memorable scenes include the Sharon/Mitchell brothers love triangle, Dirty Den serving Angie divorce papers on Christmas day plus the classic Frank and Pat seduction scene, and many more favourites for diehard fans to view in a trip down memory lane.

Simon Danker, BBC Worldwide director of digital media, said: "These clips are some of the most memorable scenes from EastEnders to date and are classic moments of a show that audiences around the world will remember. Our YouTube channel gives us this fantastic opportunity of sharing a huge collection of first class footage with viewers, allowing them to relive their favourite EastEnders moments at their convenience."

The BBC announced a package of partnerships with YouTube in March 2007, including the BBC Worldwide branded entertainment channel. In July the BBC also launched its long-awaited iPlayer, an online service that allows British users to download a large portion of the broadcaster's programming from the past week, Reuters reported. The iPlayer will offer nearly 70% of the BBC's output, a total of 400 hours of programming that includes episodes of series like EastEnders and Doctor Who.

The service is only compatible with Windows XP PCs, and does not allow users to permanently store programs. "Our vision is for BBC iPlayer to become a universal service available not just over the Internet, but also on cable and other TV platforms, and eventually on mobiles and smart handheld devices," said Ashley Highfield, the BBC's director of future media and technology.

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