Eastenders has been the backdrop to my childhood, adulthood and old age. Dirty Den, Nigel, Dot Cotton … the list is (almost) endless. There are others.

The greatest ten seven scenes from Eastenders of all time:

• When Jesse turns to Billy in the Queen Vic and says “Don’t be a pratt all your life”. This quick one-liner had me and my flatmate, Robin, laughing for literally three or four minutes. It was a special moment I won’t forget.
• When Dot quotes the Scriptures. I love Dot and I love the Scriptures! What a great combination! My favourite verse from the Bible is the bit that rhymes in Psalms. She does it so well. Always a special moment I’ll never forget.
• When Mo sells some dodgy goods and then has to go around Albert Square and various other locations in Walford to retrieve them, encountering assorted obstacles and difficulties along the way. My, how we (me, my mother and my aunt Dot (no relation)) laughed at the farcical and unlikely nature of the whole episode!
• When Ian Beale thinks he’s being chatted up by a gay man. It’s funny because it’s true! LOL! ROFL! OMFG!
• When Stacey married a ginger. It’s funny because it’s true! What a special moment! OMG HAHAHA!! POS!!
• When Frank screamed “I LOVE YOU PAT” into the pouring rain. It was especially poignant because I had forgotten my umbrella that day, like countless residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and former colonial territories and other international locations where Eastenders is broadcast. A clever piece of writing guaranteed to invoke empathy at the bathetic finale.
• When Charlene married Scott Robinson. And proved that the battle with serious illness can be won with make-up and a good editor.

What are your favourite moments? Discuss them in the comments. No prizes, though!