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Old 25-02-2007, 11:48
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I was just wondering if anyone had these and if so would they recommend them?

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Old 25-02-2007, 11:55
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I haven't got them, but for that price they look like a bargain!
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Old 25-02-2007, 14:05
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Originally Posted by ZoeMcCallister
I was just wondering if anyone had these and if so would they recommend them?

Emmerdale DVD presentation box

Corrie DVD presentation box
Well they'll cost you £7.22 to buy cos I was gonna order the Emmerdale one cos I haven't got that one (I bought the Corrie one when it came out).

Instead I bought the game DVD on its own without the box and beermats. I bought a used one and it cost me £5 in total.

I enjoy the Corrie game. I know a lot of the answers cos I remember Corrie going back a long time (via old episodes and books!) but I'm not as in the know about Emmerdale so I look forward to seeing the old clips in particular!
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Old 25-02-2007, 17:21
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I've just ordered them and looking forward to them!
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Old 09-05-2007, 14:48
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The Emmerdale DVD game was dire. It focussed on storylines from the plane crash onwards and completely ignored the 70s and 80s. Why is old Emmerdale not treated the same way as old Coronation Street? The Corrie game does cover the early days of the programme.
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Old 09-05-2007, 14:53
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The Emmerdale DVD game was dire. It focussed on storylines from the plane crash onwards and completely ignored the 70s and 80s. Why is old Emmerdale not treated the same way as old Coronation Street? The Corrie game does cover the early days of the programme.
The series was an afternoon show in many ITV regions until the late 80s and many people would not have ever had a chance to see it. When it was networked at 18.30 from start of 1988 ratings were never high until the plance crash spiced things up.
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Old 09-05-2007, 15:10
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Over £12 delivered though, have 5 of the corrie ones, its pretty good, questions range from way in the past to recent episodes, have not seen the other one.
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Old 09-05-2007, 16:05
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The Emmerdale DVD game was dire. It focussed on storylines from the plane crash onwards and completely ignored the 70s and 80s. Why is old Emmerdale not treated the same way as old Coronation Street? The Corrie game does cover the early days of the programme.
It's like when they had the telly programme celebrating 30 years of Emmerdale. If you counted that as 40 minutes of TV time, about 35 minutes of it was from years 1993 - 2002 and 5 minutes was from 1972 - 1993!
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Old 10-05-2007, 13:45
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The series was an afternoon show in many ITV regions until the late 80s and many people would not have ever had a chance to see it. When it was networked at 18.30 from start of 1988 ratings were never high until the plance crash spiced things up.
We must not forget though that back in the early days, when people called it a 'sleepy' soap, there was murder, rape, adultery and divorce (peoples perception that is was all set in a farmhouse kitchen was ridiculous). In recent years there has been storylines involving, well, murder, rape, adultery and divorce. The types of stories the show portrays hasn't changed, it's just the different characters and the different ways they deal with certain situations. The plane crash was by no means the 'making' of Emmerdale, it was just, at the time, the latest in a long line of sensational storylines.
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Old 10-05-2007, 13:47
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It's like when they had the telly programme celebrating 30 years of Emmerdale. If you counted that as 40 minutes of TV time, about 35 minutes of it was from years 1993 - 2002 and 5 minutes was from 1972 - 1993!
That's very true, I think "10 Years of Emmerdale" would have been a more appropraite title for it. 'The Sugden Family Album' special too only seemed to deal with recent events, which was stupid really as the Sugdens are Emmerdale's oldest family and there was a wealth of storylines from the 70s and 80s which could have been used. The early years of Emmerdale were great and grossly underrated in my estimate.
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Old 10-05-2007, 13:58
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We must not forget though that back in the early days, when people called it a 'sleepy' soap, there was murder, rape, adultery and divorce (peoples perception that is was all set in a farmhouse kitchen was ridiculous). In recent years there has been storylines involving, well, murder, rape, adultery and divorce. The types of stories the show portrays hasn't changed, it's just the different characters and the different ways they deal with certain situations. The plane crash was by no means the 'making' of Emmerdale, it was just, at the time, the latest in a long line of sensational storylines.
Had the plane crash not made the ratings, ITV would have surely axed it.
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Old 10-05-2007, 14:15
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Had the plane crash not made the ratings, ITV would have surely axed it.
I read in a book about Emmerdale some time ago that the crash storyline was devised to introduce a new generation of viewers to the programme, and to give the younger viewers at the time a chance to learn more about the long established characters and the village in which they lived. I wouldn't say it was an attempt to change the show into something so it resembles a Hollywood blockbuster movie. It wasn't really all that different in terms of storytelling before the crash to what it is now. Since then they've made it a rule to devise something spectacular every few years or so, like when they had the storm a few years back. They'll probably do something spectacular again a few years. But when people say Emmerdale started with the plane crash that's like saying Coronation Street started when the Rovers caught fire.

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Emmerdale moves with the times, as it's always done and like all soaps do. The challenge for each new producer is to make it different enough to attract new younger viewers, but yet the same enough to hold on to it's existing audience.

Regarding classic Emmerdale, I definately think they should bring out DVDs featuring classic episodes from each of it's 35 years like they have with Coronation Street. That would be a great thing for younger viewers.
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Old 10-05-2007, 14:43
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I read in a book about Emmerdale some time ago that the crash storyline was devised to introduce a new generation of viewers to the programme, and to give the younger viewers at the time a chance to learn more about the long established characters and the village in which they lived. I wouldn't say it was an attempt to change the show into something so it resembles a Hollywood blockbuster movie. It wasn't really all that different in terms of storytelling before the crash to what it is now. Since then they've made it a rule to devise something spectacular every few years or so, like when they had the storm a few years back. They'll probably do something spectacular again a few years. But when people say Emmerdale started with the plane crash that's like saying Coronation Street started when the Rovers caught fire.

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However much Emmerdale moves with the times, I suppose they have to make it different enough to attract new younger viewers, but yet the same enough to hold on to it's existing audience.
The series has never rated very well in southern England and the plane crash was a last ditch attempt to increase ratings in the south and add more younger viewers to the show.

If they had axed it in 1994, they would have found it much easier to replace as they were only making two a week. Unlike the six a week of 2007.

Emmerdale and Corrie should reduce to two a week and make way for more fresher programming rather than relying on two formats invented before I was born!! 1960 and 1972.
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Old 10-05-2007, 14:51
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The series has never rated very well in southern England and the plane crash was a last ditch attempt to increase ratings in the south and add more younger viewers to the show.

If they had axed it in 1994, they would have found it much easier to replace as they were only making two a week. Unlike the six a week of 2007.

Emmerdale and Corrie should reduce to two a week and make way for more fresher programming rather than relying on two formats invented before I was born!! 1960 and 1972.
Many feel they use the Emmerdale 6-a-week format as an excuse to fill the show with more characters. I've always been a great follower of the show, but I do feel there can be too many characters at any one time. In recent years they have introduced characters who've left within a space of a few months, or sometimes weeks or days. I'm not criticising the show, but I, as do many others, feel a lot more time could be done to improve existing characters further.

I think relying on "long-gone" formats is worse. I mean look at the way ITV messed up "new" Crossroads, and revamped many great and classic gameshows which in turn caused ratings to fall and their subsequent axing, like in 1995 when they revamped The Krypton Factor and made it "CRAP"!
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Old 10-05-2007, 16:22
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I agree, classic Emmerdale is forever over looked,and it's a real shame as back then they had some excellent characters & stories. You often hear EE or Corrie mention it's past or past characters now n again, but how often does Emmerdale - you wouldn't even know Annie or Amos existed - I know they are long gone, and have no relevance to stories thesedays, but the odd mention/catch up on where they are now would be good.

As for the 30years of & family album shows - well, they usually do a few minutes of proper classics then spend the rest telling you the last few months storylines - very dull.

It'll be interesting to see the 45 minute EE Beale Vs Mitchell documentary next week....I reckon they'll dig out a fair share of oldies like they did with Pauline's tribute show which was the best "EE Revealed" Id seen in a long time.
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Old 11-05-2007, 12:39
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I agree, classic Emmerdale is forever over looked,and it's a real shame as back then they had some excellent characters & stories. You often hear EE or Corrie mention it's past or past characters now n again, but how often does Emmerdale - you wouldn't even know Annie or Amos existed - I know they are long gone, and have no relevance to stories thesedays, but the odd mention/catch up on where they are now would be good.

As for the 30years of & family album shows - well, they usually do a few minutes of proper classics then spend the rest telling you the last few months storylines - very dull.

It'll be interesting to see the 45 minute EE Beale Vs Mitchell documentary next week....I reckon they'll dig out a fair share of oldies like they did with Pauline's tribute show which was the best "EE Revealed" Id seen in a long time.
You'd think they'd shove in the odd scene with Jack on the phone to his mother occasionally which would be nice. Although considering all that Jack has been through in the last 10 years, the death of his second wife, a wedding, nearly being shot dead, all the troubles he has had trying to keep his children on the straight and narrow, it does seem unnatural that his mother would not visit him once in those 10 years. While we're on the subject, you never see anyone tending the gravestones in that cemetery either. Does Jack still tend the grave of his Grandad (Sam Pearson) or his son (Jackie Merrick), not to mention his brother Joe and sister Peggy, and his 1st & 2nd wives. And what of other characters buried there whose families have long since departed, David Glover, Henry Wilks, Luke McAllister, etc. Maybe the forthcoming Village Pageant episodes will make references to the past, it wouldn't be a celebration of 500 years of the village if they don't.

The 30 Years of Emmerdale video featured very little from the 70s and 80s too. Although there was a 21st Anniversary video (presented by Frazer Hines) which was much better produced and included the first episode in full, a behind-the-scenes documentary and montages of full length scenes from 70s, 80s and 90s episodes too. You may remember classic Emmerdale episodes have since enjoyed reruns on 2 long-gone Satellite channels, SKY Soap and Granada Plus. I think they definately should release Emmerdale year-by-year DVDs of around 8 episodes like they have with Coronation Street.

I don't follow Eastenders as much as Emmerdale and Coronation Street, but I do agree it is getting good at the moment so I'll make a rule to watch it as often as I can.
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Old 11-05-2007, 14:08
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Had the plane crash not made the ratings, ITV would have surely axed it.
According to the Emmerdale 30 Years book from 2002, when the plane crash episodes were broadcast, they weren't the highest viewing figures Emmerdale had had in it's first 21 years, although they were certainly the most expensive to make.
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Old 11-05-2007, 14:59
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I just watched the plane crash episode for the 1st time the other day and was amazed at hopw good it looked. They filmed that in a real village and there were houses on fire, things falling from the sky, a collapsed stone bridge! It was amazingly done I think.
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Old 11-05-2007, 15:42
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I just watched the plane crash episode for the 1st time the other day and was amazed at hopw good it looked. They filmed that in a real village and there were houses on fire, things falling from the sky, a collapsed stone bridge! It was amazingly done I think.
It was also done with explosives and spectacular stunts. Not computer generated special effects like they would use today. The village of Esholt, Bradford also survived unscathed.
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