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Old 17-03-2014, 20:39
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I know pam st clement only wanted a break from EE but they wasnt happy and killed off pat for spite plus I know Cheryl Ferguson who played heather didnt want her character to be killed off! Does anyone else know of any characters killed off out of anger?
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Old 17-03-2014, 20:45
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Devon Anderson in EastEnders who played Billie was SPITEFULLY killed off by Bryan Kirkwood
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Old 17-03-2014, 20:47
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Devon Anderson in EastEnders who played Billie was SPITEFULLY killed off by Bryan Kirkwood
Was going to say this, its true!
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Old 17-03-2014, 20:49
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Devon Anderson in EastEnders who played Billie was SPITEFULLY killed off by Bryan Kirkwood
Yea for some reason he always hated devon it showed when he recast his character in HO
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Old 17-03-2014, 20:58
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Tiff Mitchell in EE
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:01
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She was not spitefully killed off...
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:04
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:10
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Pete Beale
Because he made comments about the BBC and the show after they axed him.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:13
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Viv Hope on Emmerdale.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:14
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Tiff Mitchell in EE
I agree.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:14
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I don't think the Heather one was particularly spiteful. If the actor wants to stay then it's sad, but that doesn't necessarily mean that killing off that character is a personal attack on them!
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:14
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Viv Hope on Emmerdale.
Yep. Awful treatment from the producer, towards this actress.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:18
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Pauline Fowler- the way she was killed off anyway.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:25
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Kathy Beale and Angie Watts, because they didn't agree to come back when the BBC asked them. Leslie Grantham had to be pestered for years to return and I think both Anita and Gillian would have done by now if the characters weren't killed off.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:29
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Martine McCutcheon was launching a pop career and expected time off when she needed it. The bosses didn't see it like that and killed Tiffany off.

The way they treated Wendy Richard was appalling. Wendy said she hated what they did to her character in her last months on the show. She said the nastiness and spitefulness was not the Pauline she'd known for 20 years. In the end, she gave up arguing with them, did the job and left.

Killing off Pat was one of the most idiotic things they ever did.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:31
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Cindy Beale. I read an interview with the producer responsible and even when he tries to dress it up as being for storyline reasons, it still comes across that she was killed off as she held out for too long to give them an answer about returning to film court scenes.

What happened with Michelle Collins is similar to the current situation that we're seeing onscreen with Alice Branning where the actress refused to come back to film her trial scenes but in this case the writers have worked around it whereas in Cindy's case they didn't.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:43
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Kathy Beale and Angie Watts, because they didn't agree to come back when the BBC asked them. Leslie Grantham had to be pestered for years to return and I think both Anita and Gillian would have done by now if the characters weren't killed off.
Gillian Taylforth maybe but Anita Dobson kept saying she would never go back. I think they killed Angie off off-screen because they got fed up asking.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:46
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Gillian Taylforth maybe but Anita Dobson kept saying she would never go back. I think they killed Angie off off-screen because they got fed up asking.
I read am interview with Anita where she seemed less set against a return. Such a shame.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:46
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She was not spitefully killed off...
I think she very definitely was. Probably the most famous spiteful killing in soap history actually. Martine wanted a break to have a singing career, but Matthew Robinson killed her off for getting too big for her boots.
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Old 17-03-2014, 21:46
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Cindy Beale. I read an interview with the producer responsible and even when he tries to dress it up as being for storyline reasons, it still comes across that she was killed off as she held out for too long to give them an answer about returning to film court scenes.

What happened with Michelle Collins is similar to the current situation that we're seeing onscreen with Alice Branning where the actress refused to come back to film her trial scenes but in this case the writers have worked around it whereas in Cindy's case they didn't.
To be fair to Matthew Robinson, he went completely out of his way to get Michelle Collins to agree to a return. They only asked for two days of filming, but she simply refused to make a decision either way. Robinson said he extended the deadline for her to decide three times to accommodate her, yet she still did not pick up the phone. There's negotiating for a better fee, and then there's taking the absolute piss.

Michelle Collins has also recently taken to Twitter to slate the Corrie producers too, complaining she became a background character and that her exit story is anti-climactic. Allegedly only a handful of her co-stars showed up to her leaving do, as well. She seems rather difficult to work with, if truth be told.
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Old 17-03-2014, 22:00
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I think she very definitely was. Probably the most famous spiteful killing in soap history actually. Martine wanted a break to have a singing career, but Matthew Robinson killed her off for getting too big for her boots.
If I told my boss I wanted a break to do something else, and then go back to my job when I wanted to, I know what he'd say! And acting is after all just that - a job. So I think Matthew Robinson did the right thing.
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Old 17-03-2014, 22:05
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Ernie Bishop from Corrie.
He told the producers he wouldn`t sign another contract because he disagreed with how longer term characters at the time like Ken Barlow and Len Fairclough got paid more for doing less episodes.
So they killed him so they could keep Emily Bishop in the show.
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Old 17-03-2014, 22:24
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Agree with this - the biggest character in Eastenders history killed off for having a wank. Grantham himself and many other members of the cast have done far worse in the past.

A long suspension would have been far better.

Imagine Den stalking around the square now.
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Old 17-03-2014, 22:40
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In response to the above post, was it not also to do with LG slagging off his co-stars allegedly?
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Old 17-03-2014, 22:42
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I don't think killing off Pat was out of spite. It was a short-sighted stunt on behalf of Kirkwood to get ratings.
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