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In the [[eighties]], ''EastEnders'' featured gritty storylines involving drugs, murder, somewhat reflecting a time in Britain where society and communities had been broken down. Like ''Coronation Street'' first did in the [[1960s]], ''EastEnders'' represented the issues of people - particularly the working-class - in Britain.
Such storylines include, Sue and Ali’s baby [[cot death]], [[homosexuality]] between Colin and Barry leading to
As the show progressed into the [[nineties]], it moved with society, whilst the issues that existed in the eighties still existed, there was much less attention to them – perhaps after changes in government. However, ''EastEnders'' still featured hard-hitting issues such as [[Mark Fowler]] discovering he was [[HIV positive]] in 1991 and the death of Gill, murder, adoption, [[alcoholism]] and [[domestic violence]].
In the early [[2000s]], ''EastEnders'' covered the issue of [[euthanasia]] between long established characters [[Ethel Skinner]] and Dot Cotton, incestual rape of Kat Slater by her uncle Harry, Domestic violence of Little Mo by husband Trevor, Sonia gave birth at the age of fourteen and then put it up for adoption, prostitution , [[agoraphobia]] and drugs.
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