The highest rated episode of EastEnders is the Christmas Day 1986 episode, which attracted a combined 30.15 million viewers who tuned into possibly the unique transmission or the omnibus to see Den Watts hand in excess of divorce papers to his spouse Angie. The following working day, Parker's negotiations with the lodge resulted in a 5-yr agreement for Presley to enjoy each and every February and August, at an once-a-year wage of $1 million.