EastEnders’ new £87m set was built after safety concerns sparked evacuation
ok.co.ukEastEnders have revealed that their brand new set, which cost a staggering £87 million, needed to be built after the old one sparked safety concerns.The BBC soap’s Production Manager Rona McKendrick explained that the team were left with no choice but to revamp and create the new look Albert Square after the old lot was deemed “unsafe” in bad weather.
In a new interview with the Radio Times, Rona said: “The lot got shabbier and shabbier. Once the rain and the wind got in, it really started degrading.” “In recent years, it became unsafe in winds – you could see the chimneys wobbling.” Rona continued to say that on days when it was particularly windy, the team would have to measure the wind pressure and that “at a certain level, we had to evacuate the lot”.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter But it sounds like the revamp is something that the entire cast and crew of EastEnders welcomed, as they’ve since been getting stuck into filming on the new lot.
Now, the team have revealed that they've even shot an upcoming exciting car chase sequence, which will air next week from Monday 7 March.
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