EastEnders scriptwriter from Bristol a 'massive fan' of the show

Mr Lloyd went on to write scripts for the BBC medical drama Doctors, subtly incorporating more than 30 Bristol City football players names into the episodes "as a bit of fun".

"I just slipped it under the radar, I used to do it all the time," he laughed.

"It was an entirely juvenile thing but they're just little inside jokes."

His work caught the eye of EastEnders producers, who asked for him by name.

"I was so proud of the fact that I'd got to write for this programme that everybody knows, but it was a really, really tough gig," he said.

"It's not like working down a mine, but in terms of TV, you're right at the sharp end of television because you have to deliver.

"As a big fan of the show it was very exciting, but also you're thinking 'I've got to get this right'."