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Eastenders Planning Mass Cull
By the end of the year they could be as many as 16 stars axed from the soap in a huge shake up BBC boses want next years Eastenders to be better than ever as the soap hits 20 years on screen. Also a huge load of fresh charactors are planned including a another new family.
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Originally Posted by TOMMY C
By the end of the year they could be as many as 16 stars axed from the soap in a huge shake up BBC boses want next years Eastenders to be better than ever as the soap hits 20 years on screen. Also a huge load of fresh charactors are planned including a another new family.
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Originally Posted by alan45
Oh Brill We really need more like the ferrias
No this family will be quite different think the Dingles in Walford! and drag acts! Then you get Micky Miller's family. Last edited by TOMMY C : 10-06-2004 at 14:04. |
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Oh great Mickey.........another crap character being developed!
Can't we have a character whose IQ is more then 50? :rolleye: |
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i think an asteroid should come plummeting towards london,cutting a huge swathe from charnham to walford,destroying everything in it's path.
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I don't see how they can get rid of 16 characters - there's only about 20/25 in the cast now, and as the Ferrieras' contracts have been renewned, it looks like it might just be them.
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A last ditch attempt to save EE life.
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Whats the source behind this?
Preferably get rid of them all. Say a terrorist attack on Walford killing all with no survivors. |
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Originally Posted by Neily N
Whats the source behind this?
Preferably get rid of them all. Say a terrorist attack on Walford killing all with no survivors. Perfect. Then the Beeb can resurrect Eldorado.... *joke* |
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Originally Posted by TOMMY C
BBC boses want next years Eastenders to be better than ever as the soap hits 20 years on screen.
'Better than ever?' What, you mean, better than 'absolutely diabolical' and 'virtually unwatchable'? Shouldn't be difficult. Then again, with that Berridge berk in charge... |
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bring back ELDORADO
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Originally Posted by garymonc
bring back ELDORADO
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i am starting to lose patience with this programme,it's like watching a train crash.the whole ferrira thing hit a new low with tariq trading in the van for 3 old bangers.
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Why Not? EE is dying and for its 20th birthday it will be on its last legs doing a Brookie, so yes it would be wise to reseruct it.
Its very strange how 2 soaps both got/are getting worse approaching their 20th anniversary! |
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It's clear that none of you are Eastenders' biggest fans and from reading other posts it seems that they are not too keen either. But how come then that it always wins best soap when everyone appears to hate it and claims that it's on its "last legs?" Who is voting for it???
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Originally Posted by Critical
It's clear that none of you are Eastenders' biggest fans and from reading other posts it seems that they are not too keen either. But how come then that it always wins best soap when everyone appears to hate it and claims that it's on its "last legs?" Who is voting for it???
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Good point. C4 dropped the axe on Brookside just before its 20th anniversary and then disappeared a year later. So will EE go the same way?
Its very strange how 2 soaps both got/are getting worse approaching their 20th anniversary! A few years ago EastEnders had a much better and well established cast. Yet today, there are about 5 or 6 established characters that people kind of care about. But no one gives a toss about the lives of all the rest - the Ferreiras, the (what seems) millions of other 'floating' characters with no real place...and even the Slaters since they've been worn out because of all the sensational storylines. If EastEnders has any chance of getting back on top (I don't want it to though!) it has to really really really work hard on developing characters and make the character the centre of storyline...not the issue that they are covering. |
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I completely agree!
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Originally Posted by Critical
It's clear that none of you are Eastenders' biggest fans and from reading other posts it seems that they are not too keen either. But how come then that it always wins best soap when everyone appears to hate it and claims that it's on its "last legs?" Who is voting for it???
Well call me a cynic but I have noticed recently on here that a lot of 'new' posters are very pro EE. Probably just a coincidence or BBC employees and funny how all the so called spoilers about Deadenders seem to be leaked by new posters too. MMmmm strange that |
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Originally Posted by Critical
It's clear that none of you are Eastenders' biggest fans and from reading other posts it seems that they are not too keen either. But how come then that it always wins best soap when everyone appears to hate it and claims that it's on its "last legs?" Who is voting for it???
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Sorry, but I dont work for the BBC and I voted for it.I admit that I dont enjoy every storyline, but thats true of all soaps.A lot of people do still like EE best and would hate it to be axed.It may be on a bit of a low right now but at some time so have all the other soaps,I think it will bounce back, so try not to write it off just yet.
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I think that everyone should stop watching Eastenders in protest! The last few weeks have been crap, even crapper when you compare it to how brilliant Coronation Street is at the moment
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If everyone on here hates eastenders so much, why were you all interested enough to read this thread and other eastenders threads for that matter.
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Originally Posted by lil'pixie
If everyone on here hates eastenders so much, why were you all interested enough to read this thread and other eastenders threads for that matter.
You will probably find that as TV viewers we are interested in all aspects of TV including the Crock of Sh*t that Eastenders has become. Most posters here probably were avid EE fans at one time and are so disappointed the way it has turned out. What used to be unmissable TV has now become Unbearable TV. Eastenders RIP |
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Originally Posted by Benc533
The reason that Brookside is gone and EastEnders is going through such a bad patch is because all of their characters are just pawns that are used to cover social issues...rather than to develop characters like Coronation Street does (and to some extent Emmerdale). In the 20 years of the 2 soaps' history they have gone through nearly all of the main social issues and numerous disasters..and I think viewers are just bored of it.
A few years ago EastEnders had a much better and well established cast. Yet today, there are about 5 or 6 established characters that people kind of care about. But no one gives a toss about the lives of all the rest - the Ferreiras, the (what seems) millions of other 'floating' characters with no real place...and even the Slaters since they've been worn out because of all the sensational storylines. If EastEnders has any chance of getting back on top (I don't want it to though!) it has to really really really work hard on developing characters and make the character the centre of storyline...not the issue that they are covering. Coronation Street, which I used to watch, fell in to the same trap a few years ago when it just became a comedy show (with the Duckworths, Reg Holdsworth, etc.....) and for me it was the ruin of the programme. By all accounts it is now going back to proper drama and is infinitely better than Eastenders. The producers and writers of Eastenders should take note. And please, as a minimum, get rid of Spencer, Vickie, Mickey, Gus and Juley. |
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