AWKWARD SILENCE EastEnders in huge blunder as actor gets WHISPERED their line – and BBC keeps it in the episode
EASTENDERS fans have spotted a strange blunder in a recent episode of the hit soap.
An actor could be heard getting their line whispered to them as they filmed on the Queen Vic set, with producers failing to remove it before it was broadcast.
Eagle-eyed, or should we say eagle-eared, fans spotted the blunder in the BBC One soap, with a scene involving actor Aaron Thiara who plays Ravi Gulati.
As he talks in the Queen Vic to Zack Hudson, played by James Farrar, a whispered voice can be heard saying the line: “I can’t even speak to my kids about it right now.”
It is unclear whether Aaron had been struggling to remember the line – off camera ‘whispers’ are often used to help actors recall their words before being edited out – but he continues to say the line just after the prompt.
One fan took to TikTok to address the “quality control” issue and glaring mistake that the pre-production team seemingly made.
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“How did they approve this?” the TikToker asked alongside the clip of Ravi chatting to Zack.
“Listen closely with volume up,” they added.
“Someone whispers Ravi’s line to him: ‘I can’t even speak to my kids about it right now’.”
The TikToker penned in the caption: “Oopsie!! Also this is no hate to the actors in the slightest, nor hate at all to anyone.
“Simply pointing out a mistake as been coming across lots of ones like these recently.”
They also said: “Hopefully someone from BBC sees this and can start cracking down on quality control.”
The mistake happened in the February 2 episode, around 23 minutes into the programme.
But this is not the first blunder the soap has made this year.
On New Year’s Day, viewers were taken into the future with an episode set in 2027 that centred around Max Branning.
The drama-filled episode left viewers with more questions that answers.
One scene showed Max as he nodded at a man in the street from his window with recognition, leaving many curious what this man’s significance is.
The same man was part of a conversation including Max and his daughter Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) elsewhere in the episode.
Fans then uncovered a blunder by bosses that reveals his identity.
Taking to X, they noticed that the show’s audio description – which is for visually impaired viewers – described the man and called him “Mark”.
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“The audio description has identified the man Max waved at as ‘Mark’ – the same man mystery man who was part of that Lauren, Oscar, Peter, Jack conversation.
“Is this Mark Fowler Jr?” they wrote.
