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Old 19-09-2015, 15:09
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Although, offhand I can think of a dozen people who need to go Sean, Miss Hell, Fiz, Sinead, Chesney something really has to do with the 'Corner Shop'

It used to be the fulcrum of Corrie. Every character used to pass through. We even used to have the grandiose Annie Walker. But now? Its awful. Its never used. We've got the dreaded Sophie on the till and Devinder finny fannying around it the background

We need someone new. Cant Dev disappear to India.

My memories are still of Alf Roberts setting out his vegetables outside, flighty Audrey on the till and Deirdre backing him up

One of the things we have got to have is a total evaluation of the Corner shop?
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:12
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I like Dev. The character is very much like many Indian corner shop owners.
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:33
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:34
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I love Dev! He's a charmingly eccentric soap legend. Just watch this slice of Dev genius:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vlQ6P1w5VY

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Old 19-09-2015, 15:39
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I love Dev! He's a charmingly eccentric soap legend. Just watch this slice of Dev genius:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vlQ6P1w5VY

Dev is a comic genius

I used to find the character very annoying but have come to appreciate his funniness.
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:40
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Dev is a comic genius

I used to find the character very annoying but have come to appreciate his funniness.
Pfffffff Barcelona!
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:47
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Wouldn't you like a new family in the shop. Starting anew?

With careful tinkering you could have someone new in the shop. Nowadays the shops not used...
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:47
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Dev if he stayed needs a decent storyline.
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:48
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Get of with dev? Hmm i don't know. Has a producer ever got of with an actor before?
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:48
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No, no, NO! The show would collapse without Dev, he is a legend. You can't have the Corner Shop without him.
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:52
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Dev had really gown on me over the years and the show would be worse off without him.

Dev to stay.
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Old 19-09-2015, 15:56
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I'd like to see the Corner Shop used this year. Its just not under Dev..
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Old 19-09-2015, 17:19
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Give him a decent woman.
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Old 19-09-2015, 17:54
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Totally agree Dev needs to go
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Old 20-09-2015, 12:21
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He's a Corriedale legend so few actors stay long term these days, we need familiar faces!
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Old 20-09-2015, 18:03
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Totally agree Dev needs to go
Agreed.

But maybe one of Dev's long-lost kids (probably a teen) he fathered with women who worked in his other shops, might turn up in order to give him some purpose/more screen time.
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Old 20-09-2015, 18:33
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I don't like Dev either. The actor's attempts at emotion are cringeworthy. His "crying" sounds like he's trying to get rid of hiccups or trying not to sneeze. I think he should be replaced and a new family should take over the shop. I'm not keen on the shop full stop at the moment.
I wonder what happens to things like vegetables on the market in Eastenders and all the food in the soap shops? Does it go to homeless people's soup kitchen's etc or does it go in the bin? I can see things like tins being used indefinitely but things like bread and fruit & veg will go off so what happens to it? Does anyone know?
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Old 20-09-2015, 19:49
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I'm just not sure what the point of Dev is. Does very little
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Old 20-09-2015, 20:03
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I want an Alf Roberts-type figure in the Corner Shop again - someone in their 50s, not as 'big happy greengrocer' as Alf was, more subtle. But definitely a character that can stay with the show over years to come to build up the older cast again.

Used to love Dev but he's been rather pointless and grating for too long now and I don't think there's anything left for him in the show.
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