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Old 16-12-2012, 20:03
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmyMuyxuL2s

I was just aimlessly playing around with YouTube just now and stumbled on the scene where Glenda insults everyone at Ben's Home-Coming Party. Then I realised this actually happened 2 years ago today.

The interesting thing is watching now how many of the characters in that scene are no longer in EE or should no longer be in EE as their stories have dried up and the writers aren't making an effort with them - Shirley anyone?

My favourite bit is when Heather asks her to stop and Glenda replies "where would I start." For me that was the most natural bit of the whole scene where the rest was a little clumsily put together and seemed a bit staged. However it is all still very funny?

Who wrote it? It is hard to believe that just a year later EE was totally a different show and going by the spoilers I read now, I can't believe I even watched EE between Feb 2010-April 2012 and I like the odd classic clips online.

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Old 16-12-2012, 20:06
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Thats hilarious- what she says to everyone, I loved what she said to Jane as well!
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:09
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Glenda really was awful wasn't she, she is the female equivalent to Derek.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:11
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One of my favourite scenes in EE, gosh I miss Glenda!
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:12
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Glenda really was awful wasn't she, she is the female equivalent to Derek.
Yes, I agree. The only thing she'd have been woth having for, IMO, would've been the fallout from the Baby Swap. After all the crap between her, Ronnie and Roxy it would've been a little interesting. But they even managed to bugger that up!
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:12
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Glenda really was awful wasn't she, she is the female equivalent to Derek.
Glenda was more convincing than Del- but she was a bitch, I remember that I couldn't wait until her exit but then didn't want her to leave

Glynis Barber was amazing- bring back Glenda Mitchell!
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:14
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Yes, I agree. The only thing she'd have been woth having for, IMO, would've been the fallout from the Baby Swap. After all the crap between her, Ronnie and Roxy it would've been a little interesting. But they even managed to bugger that up!
The fact was Glenda would not sympathise with Ronnie, she'd just use it as an excuse to jump in bed with Jack.

I had high hopes for Glynis, but I think she thought she was acting on Dallas, not Eastenders.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:14
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Thats hilarious- what she says to everyone, I loved what she said to Jane as well!
True. And of course Jane is another character who is gone and they squeezed out the life from her before she went.

Nina Wadia has sadly made the right decision. There was no coming back from Zainab after 2011 without a huge break. In fact the only thing thaat would of made this scene better is if Zainab was in it.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:14
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dont remind me of the glenda/phil affair lol!
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:14
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Glenda was more convincing than Del- but she was a bitch, I remember that I couldn't wait until her exit but then didn't want her to leave

Glynis Barber was amazing- bring back Glenda Mitchell!
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:16
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The fact was Glenda would not sympathise with Ronnie, she'd just use it as an excuse to jump in bed with Jack.

I had high hopes for Glynis, but I think she thought she was acting on Dallas, not Eastenders.
You're right I guess. In a way her departure spared us witnessing Jack being caught red-handed with another blonde Mitchell.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:17
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You're right I guess. In a way her departure spared us witnessing Jack being caught red-handed with another blonde Mitchell.
The thing was the Mitchells could have done with an older character who had a bit of warmth and it's a shame that they didn't go down that angle with Glenda.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:17
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Though I did completly forget about her until recently
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:18
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Who wrote it? It is hard to believe that just a year later EE was totally a different show and going by the spoilers I read now, I can't believe I even watched EE between Feb 2010-April 2012 and I like the odd classic clips online.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:19
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Though I did completly forget about her until recently
Well she is such a forgetable character, sadly every time I see Phil Mitchell I always remember how he got it on with his own auntie.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:21
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Well she is such a forgetable character, sadly every time I see Phil Mitchell I always remember how he got it on with his own auntie.
I'll never forget this quote from Ian (I had nightmares for months!)

'Its a bit sick isn't it, I mean she's your auntie isn't she? Its like me getting it on with Auntie Pauline.'

*vomit smilie*

Didn't help Phil kept calling her Auntie Glenda either
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:26
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dont remind me of the glenda/phil affair lol!
That was truly horrendous - 'Aunty Glenda' was just eww

Glenda was more convincing than Del- but she was a bitch, I remember that I couldn't wait until her exit but then didn't want her to leave

Glynis Barber was amazing- bring back Glenda Mitchell!
I think Glenda was an intriguing character who had lots of potential to explore her background. For example yes she left her kids but we found out in dribs and drabs that she had tried to kill herself just before leaving them, she was terrified that her husband was going to kill her when she discovered she was pregnant with another man's child and there were various other bits that came out that showed that Glenda wasn't a black and white character and more could of been done with her.

She offered comedy, she offered drama, she was a bitch yet vulnerable. What came first the victim or the bitch? She was great with Carol and bounced off of some of the other female cast.

I will concede however that I don't think Glynis Barber at times gave her best, particularly the longer she was in the show. You got the feeling that she wasn't enjoying the Phil storyline anymore than the rest of us.
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Old 16-12-2012, 20:29
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That was truly horrendous - 'Aunty Glenda' was just eww



I think Glenda was an intriguing character who had lots of potential to explore her background. For example yes she left her kids but we found out in dribs and drabs that she had tried to kill herself just before leaving them, she was terrified that her husband was going to kill her when she discovered she was pregnant with another man's child and there were various other bits that came out that showed that Glenda wasn't a black and white character and more could of been done with her.

She offered comedy, she offered drama, she was a bitch yet vulnerable. What came first the victim or the bitch? She was great with Carol and bounced off of some of the other female cast.



I will concede however that I don't think Glynis Barber at times gave her best, particularly the longer she was in the show. You got the feeling that she wasn't enjoying the Phil storyline anymore than the rest of us.
I forgot about BIB- loved Carol and Glenda!
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Old 16-12-2012, 21:19
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One of my favourite scenes in EE, gosh I miss Glenda!
If I still watched EE I'd probably miss her but not her and Phil. She had some cracking one-liners besides this particular scene and I think she and Shirley would of made very fun enemies as long as it wasn't overdone. There was a very funny scene in the nightclub of the two of them insulting each other.

Yes, I agree. The only thing she'd have been woth having for, IMO, would've been the fallout from the Baby Swap. After all the crap between her, Ronnie and Roxy it would've been a little interesting. But they even managed to bugger that up!
Agreed. Of course the baby swap was supposed to be dragged out for 1-2 years so I could see why it possibly made sense for her to go when she did and maybe bring her back near its end.

However on this date 2 years ago as this episode aired, the baby-swap hadn't aired and they already would of known (even if us audience didn't) that Glynis was leaving.

The fact was Glenda would not sympathise with Ronnie,
Please don't take this personally as I think you write a lot of sense and enjoy a lot of your posts but I have to disagree with you on this re Glenda not sympathising with Ronnie. She would of helped Ronnie, in fact she tried to help Ronnie when both Jack and Roxy were burying their heads in the sand. She even appealed to Roxy to do something as Glenda could see things were very wrong with Ronnie. I'll never forget Roxy saying "SO!" Roxy didn't care a hoot about Ronnie at that point in time.

Yes, Glenda went about it all wrong, and that was part of the tragedy with her, however the truth was she loved her children and this was pointed out various times during her year on the show. On at least 2 separate occasions she tried to do what was right by them in the end. Even in her last episode the writers conveyed that she did genuinely love her children.

The whole point was Glenda's punishment for her affairs by the EE gods was to be punished by losing her daugthers, the only thing she truly did care about besides herself. To add salt into the wounds she lost her daughters for the wrong reasons. She didn't steal Roxy's money and she had been trying to help Ronnie in the episodes leading up to her exit. But Ronnie so desperate to protect her own evil deed and fearful her mother knew the truth plotted to get rid of her mother by turning to Phil to help (like she later did over Michael). That's when Shirley heard everything and the rest is history. Realising Ronnie had betrayed her and that Roxy would never believe her, Glenda knew she had to leave Walford then (having resisted for a few episodes) as the 2 people she truly loved hated her!

she'd just use it as an excuse to jump in bed with Jack.
You're right I guess. In a way her departure spared us witnessing Jack being caught red-handed with another blonde Mitchell.
This is very true. Unfortunately this is probably the route Kath Beedles and Bryan Kirkwood would of gone down. Followed by a love triangle with Michael Moon (who was going out with Roxy at the time) as Michael charmed her and she flirted with him.

The thing was the Mitchells could have done with an older character who had a bit of warmth and it's a shame that they didn't go down that angle with Glenda.
Agreed. I think there were traits of that being possible between June-August 2010 but then they had it that she suspected Archie's abuse and went into bed-hopping mode. Painting Glenda either scheming or a mental mess (most highlighted in the episode where she talked to herself in the mirror).

Thank You.

I forgot about BIB- loved Carol and Glenda!
Lindsey Coulson and Rita Simons really gelled with her and both Carol and Roxy I'm sure could really benefit from her.
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Old 17-12-2012, 14:41
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'Ah Jack Branning single handedly impregnating the women of Walford' - best line
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Old 17-12-2012, 15:46
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Auntie Glenda.
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Old 17-12-2012, 16:13
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Glenda was amazing!
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Old 17-12-2012, 19:22
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Glenda was a strange character, they originally cast a 70+ woman in the role but she dropped out after filming a few episodes so they recast her with Glynis Barber (who was 20 years younger than her predecessor). It was then revealed she had a teenage son and she had affairs with both Phil and Ian. I wonder what storylines they would have done had she been played by the other actress surely they wouldnt have been the same.
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