EastEnders' Chris Clenshaw to step down as Executive Producer next year with Ben Wadey, Commissioning Executive from Channel 4 taking over the role

After three years in the role, Chris Clenshaw has made the decision to step down as Executive Producer of EastEnders in February 2025 once the soap has celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Chris returned to EastEnders taking on the role as Executive Producer in January 2022 and has since been credited with “turning EastEnders back into appointment viewing” with “mind-blowing plot twists and devastating real-life storylines” to bring audiences a show that is “full of ambition and entertainment.”
During his second stint at EastEnders, Clenshaw has created many bold storylines and tackled big issues that will go down in EastEnders history, including the award-winning Loving & Losing Lola, as well as The Six flashforward whodunit, and the return of Cindy Beale, while also producing unmissable episodes including The Platinum Jubilee with the then Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, the 1979 Mitchells Flashback, Dot Cotton’s funeral, and Jay and Honey running The…