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Cops request 'Enders Cold Caller plot
Police have urged EastEnders producers to educate viewers about cold-call share scams.
Officers have become concerned about the rising amount of people being tricked into buying worthless shares over the phone. They hope that an EastEnders plot which focuses on the scams will help to raise awareness of the problem and prevent people from being duped. DCS Steve Wilmot, of City of London Police, told The Sun: "We have had heart-wrenching stories of people remortgaging their homes who have lost the lot." Source - DigitalSpy: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a7...ller-plot.html Thoughts? Last edited by DS Forum Support : 27-08-2007 at 19:28. Reason: Source Added |
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It may be a good storyline for some of the older un-used characters.
Eg. Charlie Slater, Dot Cotton, Pat Butcher, Patrick Trueman etc |
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I think it'd be a great storyline for someone like Shirley, seeing as she has very little to lose. Could lead into a homeless storyline or her being taken in by Pat!
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I think this would be a good storyline for Charlie and Mo Slater - they've been underused for a long while.
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I don't think that cops should be asking TV Entertainment programmes to raise an "issue". Fine if it's in a documentry or if it would be certainly character led but I hate it when certain organizations are seen to be demanding certain storylines.
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Why do they want EastEnders, and not one of the other soaps?
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Didn't they already do it with Billy and little Mo?
They were in some scam anyway. |
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Why do they want EastEnders, and not one of the other soaps?
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Thanks, I clearly did not pay much attention to the article, when I read it.
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i think charlie would be great for this storyline
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I think a younger character should be the victim if this storyline happens. I'm sure there's a stereotype that it's mostly elderly people who fall victim to these sorts of things.
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Would be a great storyline
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I think it'd be a great storyline for someone like Shirley, seeing as she has very little to lose. Could lead into a homeless storyline or her being taken in by Pat!
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Most of the characters in EE do low paid jobs and wouldn't exactly be candidates for share scammers.
Despite that, most of them seem to have endless cash to spend in the pub, but that's just EE being slightly out of touch with reality as usual. |
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I was thinking that Emily Bishop would be perfect for this until I remembered she is in Corrie!!!
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I think Ian Beale is a good candidate for this plot as he is always looking to make a quick buck
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Why do they want EastEnders, and not one of the other soaps?
Also EE appeals to a broader demographic eg teens and BME people more likely to watch. |
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Thoughts?
So it could be anyone from those soaps..... |
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The full quote from DCS Wilmot mentions EE, Corrie, Emmerdale and the Archers.
So it could be anyone from those soaps..... |
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Yeah, it does seem odd that DS have specifically mentioned EE - the Telegraph article quotes him as saying: "We don't know which soap yet, but something like EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale or The Archers."
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I thoguht Billy was involved in that scam-it wasn't that long ago it would be stupid to have another story similar to that (especially if it was Billy again!)
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