EastEnders to run five nights a week?

The BBC has refused to rule out the possibility that EastEnders could run five episodes a week, reports Leigh Holmwood in Media Guardian.

Rumours of an extra episode have abounded for years and BBC1 controller Peter Fincham is said to be keen.

A weekend report in the Sun said soap chiefs were planning to ramp up production in a bid to take on ITV1's Coronation Street, which also airs five episodes a week.

A BBC spokesman refused to rule out the move, but said nothing was planned presently.