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terrible editing in the latest ep with the warehouse crash and its cut straight from scene to credits made it jump horribly
Originally Posted by rhumble:
“Did she get the sack for not sending out back up for Madford, Madford beat herself up in the car park and asked for back up claiming a stalker was after her, Robbie knew Madford was making it up, but no one believed her, so i think they let Robbie go, Robbie even got Bob Cryer to help her try and prove Madford is barking mad, but it made matters worse. They either sacked her or transferred her somewhere else.”
“Did she get the sack for not sending out back up for Madford, Madford beat herself up in the car park and asked for back up claiming a stalker was after her, Robbie knew Madford was making it up, but no one believed her, so i think they let Robbie go, Robbie even got Bob Cryer to help her try and prove Madford is barking mad, but it made matters worse. They either sacked her or transferred her somewhere else.”
I could be wrong but I thought she was suspended. How long until Madford gets found out for being a fruit loop?
I have cancelled my series link. I can't be doing with the whole Gabriel Kent thing. I liked June but her relationship with Jim got on my nerves, he's such a creep.
My Mum always used to say it was better when each episode was a separate story and I think she was right.
I love Reg.
My Mum always used to say it was better when each episode was a separate story and I think she was right.
I love Reg.
Originally Posted by ilovewallander:
“I could be wrong but I thought she was suspended. How long until Madford gets found out for being a fruit loop?”
“I could be wrong but I thought she was suspended. How long until Madford gets found out for being a fruit loop?”
Matters come to a head in about 20 episodes and she "leaves" a few episodes after that
Originally Posted by Verence:
“Matters come to a head in about 20 episodes and she "leaves" a few episodes after that”
“Matters come to a head in about 20 episodes and she "leaves" a few episodes after that”
Can't wait!
Originally Posted by ilovewallander:
“What a sleazy slimeball that Thatcher is, he's even more of a tart than Hunter. I don't like his character at all.”
“What a sleazy slimeball that Thatcher is, he's even more of a tart than Hunter. I don't like his character at all.”
He is the series for a year I won't say how he goes out of it only to say it's when Lynda Bellingham [ Irene Radford ] goes out of The Bill, I'm not a fan of him either a bit smarmy.
Originally Posted by Ray266:
“He is the series for a year I won't say how he goes out of it only to say it's when Lynda Bellingham [ Irene Radford ] goes out of The Bill, I'm not a fan of him either a bit smarmy.”
“He is the series for a year I won't say how he goes out of it only to say it's when Lynda Bellingham [ Irene Radford ] goes out of The Bill, I'm not a fan of him either a bit smarmy.”
I remember him when I used to watch The Bill the first time around and didn't like him then either! The name Irene Radford rings a bell, but I don't remember Lynda Bellingham playing her. I stopped watching just after the Gabriel Kent saga had ended, don't know if Thatcher left before or after this point.
Originally Posted by ilovewallander:
“I remember him when I used to watch The Bill the first time around and didn't like him then either! The name Irene Radford rings a bell, but I don't remember Lynda Bellingham playing her. I stopped watching just after the Gabriel Kent saga had ended, don't know if Thatcher left before or after this point.”
“I remember him when I used to watch The Bill the first time around and didn't like him then either! The name Irene Radford rings a bell, but I don't remember Lynda Bellingham playing her. I stopped watching just after the Gabriel Kent saga had ended, don't know if Thatcher left before or after this point.”
Yes Thatcher left at the conclusion of the Irene Radford gangster saga I think it was after Gabriel Kent went so you might not have seen the Lynda Bellingham episodes Roberta Taylor [ Gina Gold ] was at her best at this point IMHO anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRLef45jKg I just loved the sparring between Gina & Irene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SaXeRjCmU0
That one where Juliet and Debbie found out they were being 2 timed by Phil was edited badly, as one minute they were both talking to him in the ladies (where they were on about all 3 of them carrying on), and then it just cut back to the office, with Debbie coming in and asking Mickey (i think it was), if he'd seen Phil.
Originally Posted by Ray266:
“Yes Thatcher left at the conclusion of the Irene Radford gangster saga I think it was after Gabriel Kent went so you might not have seen the Lynda Bellingham episodes Roberta Taylor [ Gina Gold ] was at her best at this point IMHO anyway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRLef45jKg I just loved the sparring between Gina & Irene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SaXeRjCmU0”
“Yes Thatcher left at the conclusion of the Irene Radford gangster saga I think it was after Gabriel Kent went so you might not have seen the Lynda Bellingham episodes Roberta Taylor [ Gina Gold ] was at her best at this point IMHO anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miRLef45jKg I just loved the sparring between Gina & Irene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SaXeRjCmU0”
I love Gina Gold, great character! Look forward to that then
The Bill got so ridiculous I totally lost interest, I hadn't really enjoyed it for a while, not like I used to anyway. And so many of the characters annoyed me that I was disliking more of them than I actually liked!
Originally Posted by Grouty:
“That one where Juliet and Debbie found out they were being 2 timed by Phil was edited badly, as one minute they were both talking to him in the ladies (where they were on about all 3 of them carrying on), and then it just cut back to the office, with Debbie coming in and asking Mickey (i think it was), if he'd seen Phil.”
“That one where Juliet and Debbie found out they were being 2 timed by Phil was edited badly, as one minute they were both talking to him in the ladies (where they were on about all 3 of them carrying on), and then it just cut back to the office, with Debbie coming in and asking Mickey (i think it was), if he'd seen Phil.”
That's what I thought when I saw it. Bloody ridiculous! Don't know if the late night repeat showed the thing properly. If I knew what number episode it was I could check on Dailymotion what actually happened
I've just watched the Micky, Delaney, episode great acting from Micky almost had a tear in my eye for the second time of watching that ! 
Originally Posted by ilovewallander:
“I could be wrong but I thought she was suspended. How long until Madford gets found out for being a fruit loop?”
“I could be wrong but I thought she was suspended. How long until Madford gets found out for being a fruit loop?”
Yeah i think you are right, i didnt even think about her being suspended
Originally Posted by ilovewallander:
“That's what I thought when I saw it. Bloody ridiculous! Don't know if the late night repeat showed the thing properly. If I knew what number episode it was I could check on Dailymotion what actually happened”
“That's what I thought when I saw it. Bloody ridiculous! Don't know if the late night repeat showed the thing properly. If I knew what number episode it was I could check on Dailymotion what actually happened
”
Yeah was well odd, i was like eh, what happened there ??
Also the part where that Delaney smacked Mickey with the shovel, they cut the bit where he whacked him, been a few episodes that have been edited oddly.
Originally Posted by The_Sleeper:
“I've just watched the Micky, Delaney, episode great acting from Micky almost had a tear in my eye for the second time of watching that !”
“I've just watched the Micky, Delaney, episode great acting from Micky almost had a tear in my eye for the second time of watching that !
”
Im up to there now, where hes got him tied, bent over the table, got a feeling hes going to......
Originally Posted by ilovewallander:
“I remember him when I used to watch The Bill the first time around and didn't like him then either! The name Irene Radford rings a bell, but I don't remember Lynda Bellingham playing her. I stopped watching just after the Gabriel Kent saga had ended, don't know if Thatcher left before or after this point.”
“I remember him when I used to watch The Bill the first time around and didn't like him then either! The name Irene Radford rings a bell, but I don't remember Lynda Bellingham playing her. I stopped watching just after the Gabriel Kent saga had ended, don't know if Thatcher left before or after this point.”
Thatcher left at the end of 2004. The Kent stuff carries on right through to October 2005.
Drama is still only in October 2003, so there's a heck of a lot more cringeworthy viewing to come for everybody.
Originally Posted by Grouty:
“That one where Juliet and Debbie found out they were being 2 timed by Phil was edited badly, as one minute they were both talking to him in the ladies (where they were on about all 3 of them carrying on), and then it just cut back to the office, with Debbie coming in and asking Mickey (i think it was), if he'd seen Phil.”
“That one where Juliet and Debbie found out they were being 2 timed by Phil was edited badly, as one minute they were both talking to him in the ladies (where they were on about all 3 of them carrying on), and then it just cut back to the office, with Debbie coming in and asking Mickey (i think it was), if he'd seen Phil.”
It may have been a Drama edit, however -
There were a lot of strange editing decisions on the production side/original airings during these current episodes too. Often it would switch oddly between a soapy scene and the more procedural part of the episode with the same characters, making it feel a bit disjointed.
Probably due to the guy who was series producer briefly at this time, he didn't seem to like the mad soap content and so didn't handle it very well. He "disappeared" from the show fairly quickly after publicly announcing his intention to scrap the soap stuff entirely.
Originally Posted by rhumble:
“Yeah i think you are right, i didnt even think about her being suspended”
“Yeah i think you are right, i didnt even think about her being suspended
”
Thanks everyone who answered my Q. I vaguely remember Madford beating herself up.
Originally Posted by Kay_El:
“I've missed some eps ... what happened to Robbie?”
“I've missed some eps ... what happened to Robbie?”
Originally Posted by bloodynora:
“I haven't missed any episodes and I'm not entirely sure, she disappeared for a while and came back as a fully trained CAD operator but as far as I can remember there wasn't any mention of her asking or wanting to retrain for a different role!
.......but someone on here might know different! ”
“I haven't missed any episodes and I'm not entirely sure, she disappeared for a while and came back as a fully trained CAD operator but as far as I can remember there wasn't any mention of her asking or wanting to retrain for a different role!
.......but someone on here might know different! ”
Originally Posted by rhumble:
“Did she get the sack for not sending out back up for Madford, Madford beat herself up in the car park and asked for back up claiming a stalker was after her, Robbie knew Madford was making it up, but no one believed her, so i think they let Robbie go, Robbie even got Bob Cryer to help her try and prove Madford is barking mad, but it made matters worse. They either sacked her or transferred her somewhere else.”
“Did she get the sack for not sending out back up for Madford, Madford beat herself up in the car park and asked for back up claiming a stalker was after her, Robbie knew Madford was making it up, but no one believed her, so i think they let Robbie go, Robbie even got Bob Cryer to help her try and prove Madford is barking mad, but it made matters worse. They either sacked her or transferred her somewhere else.”
I think it's safe to say it was a rather haphazard, lazy way of writing the actress out of the show; what could she have done to warrant a sacking if she was still a receptionist? Although, I'm always delighted to see Eric Richard cameo as Bob Cryer one last time
Just watching the episodes on Watch, oh my what a difference to the current Drama episodes, it's like watching a completely different programme.
Love Jo Masters and Mickey, actually all of the CID in the Watch era, they seemed to get on well and have a laugh.
Going back to Drama, I'm baffled how Cathy beat herself up so badly, the doctor said she was hit from behind, and the sudden relationship with Max, it's like they've taken huge chunks out of the episodes and stuck the rest of it together. I can't remember it being this bad.
Love Jo Masters and Mickey, actually all of the CID in the Watch era, they seemed to get on well and have a laugh.
Going back to Drama, I'm baffled how Cathy beat herself up so badly, the doctor said she was hit from behind, and the sudden relationship with Max, it's like they've taken huge chunks out of the episodes and stuck the rest of it together. I can't remember it being this bad.
Originally Posted by Mediamyster:
“So in terms of years which is the period of episodes which aren't going down well on here??”
“So in terms of years which is the period of episodes which aren't going down well on here??”
2003 so far, as that's what's currently airing. I'd hazard a guess that 2004-2005 won't be too well received either, as they're much worse.
I'm about a month behind - watching the Cameron stuff with his daughter at the moment, which is very boring the Sheelagh/Des affair is tiresome too. Gabriel is just annoying. I don't like Smithy at the moment either, but I do grow to like him later on.
I know most of you find Cathy annoying, but it's one storyline from this era that I am really enjoying at the moment. I think the standout episodes from 2003 for me so far is the two parter where Brandon's ex wife is killed and Cathy is desperately trying to cover her tracks. It was a very tense pair of episodes and the actress played it very well.
the Sheelagh/Des affair is tiresome too. Gabriel is just annoying. I don't like Smithy at the moment either, but I do grow to like him later on.I know most of you find Cathy annoying, but it's one storyline from this era that I am really enjoying at the moment. I think the standout episodes from 2003 for me so far is the two parter where Brandon's ex wife is killed and Cathy is desperately trying to cover her tracks. It was a very tense pair of episodes and the actress played it very well.
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