BBC paid graffiti artist to spruce up sets

If anyone has seen the set of Eastenders recently they may have noticed that there is some pretty realistic graffiti that has been carefully or not so carefully placed around the set.

Clearly this is not the work of the props people, so did a young tearaway break into the set one evening?

Well that is almost right, in fact the BBC actually paid real life graffiti artist, Andrew Gillman aged 25, to go out on the set and use it as his personal street canvas.

In fact his tag can be seen on many of the shows landmarks, like the pub, car lot and even the famous “Albert Square” street sign.

It now turns out that the artist is the head of an international graffiti gang know as the DPM crew, whose exploits have taken them to Paris and Amsterdam.

He was employed by the BBC just before Christmas where he worked under an assumed name, Eddie Jones.

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