I hate Eastenders
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: There and here
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Met one of the script writers some years back and they explained that the storylines were so depressing was because A) It tittilates the viewers and B) the lives of the characters were always worse than that of the viewers allowing a sense of satisfaction to be engendered by said viewer.
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Delta of Venus
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"Shut it you Slllaaaggg , I'll get it sorted alright darlin? "
Kind of reminds me of when that grossly overcompensated "thespian" Raymond Winston I think his name is/was had a go at doing Henry VIII , "Oimmm Enry the Aiffff, int oi? , int oi Ehhh?"
Kind of reminds me of when that grossly overcompensated "thespian" Raymond Winston I think his name is/was had a go at doing Henry VIII , "Oimmm Enry the Aiffff, int oi? , int oi Ehhh?"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: One Three Seven, Disco Heaven.
Age: 60
Posts: 1,334
Used to watch up to the point Martin Kemp left. It was just getting ridiculous. Many years later I caught a snippet while visiting someone's house, where Sharon, Bianca, and some other hatchet faced hag, were in the QV. A scary combination of ugliest looking bitches ever seen on a tv screen at the same time, and it wasn't even the halloween special.
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: UK
Posts: 1,216
In my BBC days, I was seconded to BBC Elstree one year. Nothing to do with Eastenders, but we would sometimes see the actors in the bar. One day, June Brown, Sid Owen and a few others were there, but they stayed in character ! ‘Ricky’ and whoever he was with were having a typical Eastenders argument about where he had parked the car, and June Brown was seated in a corner, still made up as Dot; wreathed in thick cigarette smoke saying “well, I don’t know” etc. in her character, Dot’s voice.
What struck me about the Eastenders sets was the ‘dirt’ that had been painted around the light switches.
As to the actual program, can’t stand it - or any soap for that matter. They are so argumentative and depressing.
What struck me about the Eastenders sets was the ‘dirt’ that had been painted around the light switches.
As to the actual program, can’t stand it - or any soap for that matter. They are so argumentative and depressing.
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 55
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June Brown used to live locally, met her a couple of times in Tesco and the pub - a very nice lady. Rudolph Walker is/was another local; saw him in the Kenley Arms a couple of times but never to speak to.
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Suffolk
Age: 65
Posts: 274
On the positive side, it means that I'm not disturbed when it's on. But it was on most evenings over the Christmas break, sometimes for one hour, sometimes two half hours.
I can never understand how so many market traders can afford so much time and money in the pub when they have small businesses to run. Don't watch it, but has it ever dealt with struggles with VAT, or tax returns? Has anyone ever been investigated by HMRC?
I can never understand how so many market traders can afford so much time and money in the pub when they have small businesses to run. Don't watch it, but has it ever dealt with struggles with VAT, or tax returns? Has anyone ever been investigated by HMRC?
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Suffolk
Age: 65
Posts: 274
On the positive side, it means that I'm not disturbed when it's on. But it was on most evenings over the Christmas break, sometimes for one hour, sometimes two half hours.
I can never understand how so many market traders can afford so much time and money in the pub when they have small businesses to run. Don't watch it, but has it ever dealt with struggles with VAT, or tax returns? Has anyone ever been investigated by HMRC?
I can never understand how so many market traders can afford so much time and money in the pub when they have small businesses to run. Don't watch it, but has it ever dealt with struggles with VAT, or tax returns? Has anyone ever been investigated by HMRC?
