Spot the difference! EastEnders back with clever filming and enticing storylines

Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale and Milly Zero as Dotty Cotton in EastEnders (Jack Barnes/BBC/PA)

Real-life partners of the EastEnders cast were drafted in to appear on screen to allow “moments of intimacy to be cheated”, a boss on the show has revealed.

Clear Perspex screens placed between actors while filming and basic computer-generated imagery (CGI) shots are also among the measures that have been used to enable the BBC One soap to return to screens on September 7.