Shows Like EastEnders

Longest-running British soap, ITV counterpart to EastEnders — working-class community serial drama in northern England

British ITV soap set in a Yorkshire village community — same serial format, working-class focus, decades-long run

British Channel 4 soap opera, community-based serial drama, launched shortly after EastEnders' model became dominant

BBC British soap/drama launched a year after EastEnders, same format, same working-class British community storytelling

Channel 4 British soap set in a Liverpool close, working-class community serial — direct EastEnders counterpart

British crime drama set in working-class London, same era as EastEnders, overlapping cast pool and audience

Set in Victorian East End of London — exact same geography as EastEnders, criminal community focus, British production

Australian soap opera launched same year as EastEnders, community-based serial drama, huge UK audience overlap

British drama with ensemble cast across class lines; England setting and long-running character arcs appeal to EastEnders fans

US soap-drama about a neighbourhood community with secrets — same serial melodrama format, different cultural setting

American primetime soap opera with ongoing community drama, class conflict, and serial storylines

Neighbourhood-based American soap following interconnected families with ongoing serial melodrama

Iconic long-running American daytime soap with community-based serial drama — genre peer across the Atlantic

British London-set drama with working-class protagonist and gritty realism; shares EastEnders' London world and tone

London crime-family drama with British working-class roots; shares EastEnders' London setting and crime subplot tradition

London-set British crime drama exploring family loyalties and crime — shares setting and moral-complexity themes

London-set British drama with strong character focus and gritty atmosphere; tonal overlap despite different genre

London-set British serial drama with working-class detective and recurring cast — shares city texture and serial format

BBC British drama set partly in London; female-led ensemble and serialised storytelling attract overlapping audience

London-set British period drama with ensemble community characters; tonal departure but shares Victorian London world