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Old 09-07-2014, 01:47
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I hope so - and hopefully they'll use his link to the 60's and have scenes mentioning Elsie - I'm still waiting for at least 1 scene between Dennis & Gail considering Gail lived with Elsie for 3 years
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Old 09-07-2014, 01:54
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I hope so too. Aside from the fact that I quite like Dennis he's a good link to the past.
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Old 09-07-2014, 02:03
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Pencilled in to leave this summer.
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Old 09-07-2014, 02:27
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I'm sure this whole plan of him trying to get back together with Rita well soon enough backfire and then realising there is nothing left for him in the cobbles and he will pack up and leave
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Old 09-07-2014, 02:58
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Prefer if he was to stay
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Old 09-07-2014, 03:15
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Wish he was staying too. But the current writing team has never had any faith in the character.

Surely having an original character return to the show after so many years is a writer's dream? I'd be chuffed to bits having the opportunity to write for someone like Dennis Tanner. So much potential and it's all been wasted now...
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Old 09-07-2014, 06:51
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If Dennis stays in the show, I hope he is not still with Rita, they were a very ill-matched pair. Where is he supposed to be living now? he only has his old-age pension so he couldn't afford to rent anywhere. Perhaps he is back in the homeless shelter.
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Old 09-07-2014, 07:51
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Dennis is living with Julie at the moment
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Old 09-07-2014, 08:38
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Dennis is living with Julie at the moment
With Julie !! well I hope he is paying her some board and lodging; I think Rita was keeping him for nothing.
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Old 09-07-2014, 09:20
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Don't remember him moving into Julie's, when did that happen? I remember Julie said Marcus could move in, not sure if he still lives there, but I am sure Dennis is living with Rita.
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Old 09-07-2014, 10:30
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The enthusiasm for Dennis among the writing team has been minimal since he came back. A far cry from the days of Jack Rosenthal shedding a tear as he wrote Dennis's return scene after a year away in 1963.
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Old 09-07-2014, 11:41
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They need to get rid of Mary and Julie. Dead wood
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Old 09-07-2014, 12:09
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They need to get rid of Mary and Julie. Dead wood
I disagree. Anyway, what's that got to do with Dennis?
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Old 09-07-2014, 17:27
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The enthusiasm for Dennis among the writing team has been minimal since he came back. A far cry from the days of Jack Rosenthal shedding a tear as he wrote Dennis's return scene after a year away in 1963.
I really don't understand it - I was quite thrilled he was coming back. I LOVED the scene when he first saw the street again - looking at his "Dennis Tanner 1951" handywork.
Then he told Rita what happened to Elsie - dying like Grace Kelly! - much better than after a few poxy years in Portugal as "The Life & Loves of Elsie Tanner" suggested
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Old 09-07-2014, 17:58
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I don't want him to go
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Old 09-07-2014, 18:28
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Don't remember him moving into Julie's, when did that happen? I remember Julie said Marcus could move in, not sure if he still lives there, but I am sure Dennis is living with Rita.
Julie took Dennis in a month or so ago. He's still living with her at the moment.

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Old 09-07-2014, 18:29
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Departing characters[edit]Character Actor Departure date Ref(s)
Marcus Dent Charlie Condou 14 July 2014 [3][4]
Jenna Kamara Krissi Bohn 2014 [5]
Dennis Tanner Philip Lowrie 2014 [6]
Katy Armstrong Georgia May Foote 2014 [7]
Peter Barlow Chris Gascoyne 2014 [8][9]
Rob Donovan Marc Baylis 2014 [10]
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Old 09-07-2014, 22:17
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Sadly the ship's sailed now for showing links to the past
They should have emphasised his link and reminisced about the past.. Made a story out of it somehow.. Give him a family and all that
But no. It just shows they can't be bothered
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Old 09-07-2014, 22:43
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Well I think they should keep him in it, for old times sake! He is the only person along with Ken that remains from episode 1 !! Shame on them if they cannot find him a storyline to keep him going! They keep Anthony Cotton going for years and years!!
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Old 09-07-2014, 23:58
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They wasted him since his return, I feel bad for Philip Lowrie. They had 43-years of backstory, but instead shoved him behind the counter and just made him someone for Rita to talk down to. Even his relation to Julie and Eileen was forgotten, he has only had like 2 scenes with Julie since finding out they were related.
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Old 10-07-2014, 00:18
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I hope so too. Aside from the fact that I quite like Dennis he's a good link to the past.
Yeah that is what I think too, silly to axe him!
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Old 10-07-2014, 17:31
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Let's start a save Dennis petition.
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