Produced for the 1999 edition of the BBC's annual Children in Need fundraiser, Pudding Lane was contributed by the cast and crew of the long-running, immensely popular British soap opera EastEnders. The script contrived to have several of the series' regulars pop up as different characters during the London Fire of 1666. Despite their "new" personalities, most of the actors retained their familiar character names, with a few amusing emendations. For example, Lindsey Coulson, who played Carol Jackson on EastEnders, was now known as Cockney Carol, while Sid Owen, alias "Ricky Butcher," now called himself Sticky Ricky. Pudding Lane was doled out in five five-minute installments, broadcast throughout the evening of November 26, 1999. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide