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Old 12-11-2013, 03:21
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People keep saying that Casualty was 'moved'... It wasn't! If it was 'moved' then it would have been scheduled to air in the first place.. It's the same as when Eastenders is not shown on Children In Need/Red Nose Day except for the special mini episode they usually do for RND (Liam/Gang and Whitney/exploitation) yet no one kicks up a fuss about them because its something people are generally happy to watch instead.
I've seen plenty of people kicking up a fuss about CIN and or Comic Relief keeping their progs off on the Friday but they have less of a case because you invariably get an hour long episode (or one transmitted on a Wednesday) the week before so the fans arenakt actually 'missing' anything.

I've just checked and episode 7 of Atlantis was transmitted on 10th so they won't get it finished by Christmas if they miss the 23rd as there are 13. So, either they are showing both which is just possible as Who is scheduled for 7.50 on the 23rd so they could transmit it straight before at 7pm but they'd have to have SCD on very early or they will have to transmit on another night or double bill at some stage or they'll show the final one on Sat 28th December.

Sorry very off topic but at least Casualty hasn't been canned for Who so it isn't always the show that is moved for special transmissions.
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Old 12-11-2013, 03:25
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well as i said they moved waterloo road whenever they liked even though it shouldve been shown within the school year. if they can move that they can move altantis
It is different because Waterloo road has less episodes in each run (usually 10) to shows like Atlantis which have 13. That doesn't leave them much. Wriggle room to fit into a television 'season' as the Autumn schedule starts in September and generally finishes 1 or 2 weeks before Christmas.

Saturdays also tend to be a little harder to shift round in the Autumn because SCD is quite a long programme (usually more than an hour) and you have the National Lottery rubbish that can't be shifted as well as the News.
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Old 13-11-2013, 17:22
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to sarah - i was trying to prove it was all a misunderstanding. i wasnt doing anything for pure badness. cant send you this obviously because you blocked me before letting me explain..
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Old 14-11-2013, 13:59
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to sarah - i was trying to prove it was all a misunderstanding. i wasnt doing anything for pure badness. cant send you this obviously because you blocked me before letting me explain..
Huh? I've not blocked anyone?
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Old 14-11-2013, 14:37
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Huh? I've not blocked anyone?
Not you. Theres another sarah ive just had a misunderstanding with
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Old 14-11-2013, 15:37
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Not you. Theres another sarah ive just had a misunderstanding with
Was wondering what you were going on about
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Old 15-11-2013, 20:00
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The rumblings have begun... See what's on Tv for next week if interested !
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Old 15-11-2013, 20:07
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http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/casualty/...kd8x460ddMX.99
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Old 16-11-2013, 21:27
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Oh God- Letwin's not getting Sarkar to revisit her No Angels character, is he?
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Old 16-11-2013, 21:52
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Well its obvious the new porter and Zoe will shag soon
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Old 16-11-2013, 22:23
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So the other week i was speculating that Max was flirting with Jamie, but i think the more likely answer is he's just a generally flirty guy. I enjoyed his scenes with Zoe and it'll be interesting to see where that goes. I like his character
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Old 16-11-2013, 22:35
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Good episode this week, nice to see Lilly asking for Ash's advice for a change, liking the new Porter and at least hes a bit different to big mac. also nice to see a continuity of the police storyline from the other week.
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Old 16-11-2013, 22:36
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Good episode this week, nice to see Lilly asking for Ash's advice for a change, liking the new Porter and at least hes a bit different to big mac. also nice to see a continuity of the police storyline from the other week.
I found it dull....
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Old 17-11-2013, 12:24
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I've watched half of it so far but I'm still loving Max!

"I was wondering where he was"
"Er...Cubicles"
"Do you know where that is?"
"No"

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Old 17-11-2013, 12:42
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No Tess in the episode, well she's definitely underused.
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Old 17-11-2013, 13:10
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Gotta be honest i really can't stand this new character Max, he's a lazy freeloader. Hopefully he improves cause his scenes are already starting to irritate me.
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Old 17-11-2013, 14:11
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No Tess in the episode, well she's definitely underused.
I think she might have been in the episode briefly... I can't remember her being in it, but she was in the credits. Part of a team treating a patient, perhaps?

Also, I was reading the discussions about the schedule from last week. I don't mind them taking a week off occasionally, but I do wish that it was generally on at the same time each week, instead of varying. Why is it that the Saturday night schedule on BBC One changes week by week? Is it because of the sport?
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Old 17-11-2013, 15:05
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Casualty is also not on during Eurovision aswell.
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Old 17-11-2013, 17:38
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So the other week i was speculating that Max was flirting with Jamie, but i think the more likely answer is he's just a generally flirty guy. I enjoyed his scenes with Zoe and it'll be interesting to see where that goes. I like his character
Let's hope they just remain friends and colleagues.

Hopefully he will learn that women can be respected and are human and not just people to play "games" with and she will be able to recapture what it was like just starting out and be able to offer advice when he needs it as well as listening to the non-management staffs point of view.

Not every man woman encounter has to be about sex afterall
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Old 18-11-2013, 17:38
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Just something I was wondering about...

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Old 18-11-2013, 17:43
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Just remembered it's Amanda Mealing's first day on set today as Connie. Not long now till she's back on our screens
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Old 18-11-2013, 17:44
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Just something I was wondering about...

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They showed him still filming the show the other week on Strictly. But the producer did say characters were leaving?
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Old 19-11-2013, 08:27
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I've been thinking recently about Casualty's origins. It started out in the 1980s to show how integral the NHS was in our society, when it was under threat from Thatcher's Government. It was a huge success and eventually became the household programme that it is today.

Now the NHS is obviously under threat again, with huge parts of it being sold off to private companies. Do you think it's too much to hope for that this will be addressed in the programme? If Oliver Kent decided to take the premise of the show back to its roots in the current political climate, I would take back anything negative that I ever said about him.
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Old 19-11-2013, 09:09
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Woohoo so glad Amanda Mealing is back filming. Can't wait for Connie's reappearance. So Tess hasn't appeared for a while...
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Old 19-11-2013, 09:55
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I've been thinking recently about Casualty's origins. It started out in the 1980s to show how integral the NHS was in our society, when it was under threat from Thatcher's Government. It was a huge success and eventually became the household programme that it is today.

Now the NHS is obviously under threat again, with huge parts of it being sold off to private companies. Do you think it's too much to hope for that this will be addressed in the programme? If Oliver Kent decided to take the premise of the show back to its roots in the current political climate, I would take back anything negative that I ever said about him.
Thing is, it's a different political/social/cultural climate today than it was back then, and I'm not sure that what worked back in the 80s would necessarily work in 2013/14. I mean, 'different' in several senses:

1. Not as many people are as politically active as they were back in the 1980s. Today, they are pretty apathetic until of course the problem lands on their own doorstep. What may be obvious to you (i.e."Now the NHS is obviously under threat again, with huge parts of it being sold off to private companies") may not be as obvious to other people. That's a political view/belief you hold that may not resonant with others.

2. The political & social landscape has shifted so much. For one thing, the politics is not so clearly drawn as they were during Thatcher's time. The Thatcher era broke a political consenus that had existed since the end of WW2 - i.e. high public spending, full employment. We just don't have that today, at least not as "in your face obvious" as it was in the 80s.

3. A lot people, though believing in a free NHS, think that the NHS wastes a lot money. If there are any reforms to improve the service, I'm sure they will welcome it. All most people care about (those not politically atuned to the NHS/privatisation debate) is a 'free' health service at the point of need. If they can see a doctor/nurse when and as they need them, be treated when and as they need it, get the level of after care as and when they require it and all this "'free' at the point of use/need", then most people will be happy. It's only when they start to feel that this isn't so - i.e. that they have pay for something they normally got for free (e.g. paying for a doctor/GP consultation) - that they will wake up to what's happening to their formerly free NHS. And only then you may need vast sways of people to get caught up in that net anyway before the political landscape changed. At least, that's the mental culture of Brits I find (see point 1 above).

4. The danger in going back to Casualty's roots is that may feel like a party political broadcast in dramatic form. The BBC has already got enough on its plate without being labelled as the mouthpiece for the Labour party or oozing a hint of political bias (even though some would argue it was New Labour that introduced the slow creep of privatisation into the NHS and education services).

5. As a result of the above, it may lose even more viewers than it has at the moment. There's nothing worse when watching a show than the feeling of being preached at or being told what to think and how to think it. Casualty as it was in the 80's was of its time, for its time. Right now, we are a different zeigest plagued by huge public debt and a political atmosphere that's all for the lowering of this debt whichever the political party. People want their services to improve as long as things remain free at the point of use/need. If privatisation offers that package, they'll be happy. It's only when they've to pay for services - whether by ever increasing taxes or service charges - that the landscape will change. If the showrunners want to go down that road though, they will have to be subtle about it, and that will take some creativity.

Those are my views, for the little that they are worth...
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