EastEnders to continue premiering episodes on iPlayer during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics

EastEnders is extending its box set releases.

The serial has been releasing its four weekly instalments on iPlayer every Monday since the start of Euro 2020 so that “viewers can get their Albert Square fix whenever suits.”

While it was thought that the box sets of new episodes would cease following the Euros, the Beeb have confirmed that the soap will continue to premiere on iPlayer every Monday at 6am until the conclusion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on August 8th.

“We’re glad that the audience has enjoyed getting ahead of the game – keeping up with Albert Square on iPlayer whilst enjoying the Euros, so we’re carrying on releasing the week’s episodes on Monday throughout Tokyo 2020.

“There’s enough happening in Walford this summer to keep everyone on the edge of their seats and we’re thrilled audiences won’t need to miss out on anything – starting with the match this Saturday!” – Jon Sen, Executive Producer, EastEnders

The soap recently fell to a historic low of just 1.4m viewers after it was shunted to BBC2 due to Wimbledon coverage, while official ratings data supplied by BARB saw none of the serial’s four episodes make BBC1’s top 15 for w/e 20 June

However, the Beeb note that EastEnders has been streamed over 20m times* since debuting its episodes online, which makes up for the loss of viewers from linear screenings.

*Aggregated. Data supplied by BBC iPlayer.