EastEnders actors Adam Woodyatt and Jacqueline Jossa have shared their fears about the upcoming live episode.
The BBC One soap is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month, and once again, they are going live.
On today's Saturday Kitchen, Ian Beale actor Adam said he was worried about technical difficulties, such as the cameras and the devices they are attached to, while Lauren Branning actor Jacqueline said she was more scared about fluffing up her lines.
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"I suppose there is the fear of the mind going blank and you forgetting what to say," she stated. "But the thing is, we do it every single day."
"Hopefully the other person in the scene will help us out and it will be alright if it goes wrong!"
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The soap previously went live in 2010 and 2015, and both times there were mishaps. In 2010's 'Who Killed Archie Mitchell?' reveal episode, Jack actor Scott Maslen started speaking nonsense, something that he admitted still haunts him a decade later.
In 2015's 'Who Killed Lucy Beale?' live episode, Jo Joyner returned as Tanya and infamously asked "How's Adam?" instead of "How's Ian?"
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Jane actor Laurie Brett, who shared the scene with Jo, later admitted that she was about improv a line about Tanya being drunk as she didn't have scripted line to follow-up with.
However, she didn't have to, as a quick-thinking assistant director decided to send another actor in early to move the scene along.
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This year's live episode will reveal who attacked (but didn't kill) Cindy on Christmas Day after the explosive revelation that not only had she been cheating on Ian with Junior Knight, but every time she did, she was thinking about Junior's dad George.
The anniversary will also feature a huge explosion in the Queen Vic, and viewers will get to decide whether Denise ends up with Jack or Ravi Gulati.
EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast. The live episode will air on Thursday, February 20. Saturday Kitchen airs every Saturday morning on BBC One.
