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Title: Eastenders
Post by: loulou on February 02, 2008, 08:41:21 pm

Dot Branning's 30-minute monologue to ill husband Jim lost EastEnders almost a million viewers.


Actress June Brown's solo performance - a first for a TV soap - was seen by 8.7million people, compared to 9.4million the week before.


I found this so depressing that I turned off after 10 minutes.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: goldencup on February 02, 2008, 11:29:18 pm
I couldn't watch it either.  But I did think she did it well.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: on February 03, 2008, 10:01:35 am
How do they know those people didn't watch it?  There was no way of knowing before hand that the whole prog was to be a monologue, so people must have watched it in order to have turned it off.  Media bullsh*t!
Title: Eastenders
Post by: oldspice on February 03, 2008, 10:07:58 am

Thousands of people knew before hand that it was to be a monologue because it was well publicised. I don't watch EastEnders regularly but did tune in to the 10pm version on BBC 3 or 4 and thought it was very well done but not as good as the Dot and Ethel dialogue some years ago.


Jack and Vera's parting acted EEs of the screen.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: goldencup on February 03, 2008, 10:08:37 am
Actually there was loads of publicity about this being the first soap one-hander - I think that was what they called it anyway!
I do agree that statistics like this are a load of bull though.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: goldencup on February 03, 2008, 10:09:18 am
Snap Oldspice! LOL
Title: Eastenders
Post by: smurfboy on February 03, 2008, 11:37:12 am
I haven't watched this yet, but my mother and sister have told me not to bother. I probably still will out of curiosity.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: loulou on February 03, 2008, 01:12:57 pm
It's enough to turn you to drink.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: wjp666 on February 07, 2008, 02:21:50 am
i remember back in about 1990 Eastenders tried an experimental episode which featured ONLY dort and ethel sat on a couch talking to each other on a rainy afternoon and the war etc. that was a painful half hour. and that one lost ratings too. you thought the bbc would have remembered and learnt...
Title: Eastenders
Post by: wjp666 on February 07, 2008, 02:23:33 am
Quote from: oldspice

... but not as good as the Dot and Ethel dialogue some years ago.


 

yay! i didn't imagine it! someone else remembers!
Title: Eastenders
Post by: oldspice on February 07, 2008, 06:59:45 am
I thought the Dot and Ethel double was lovely, but then I'm an old lady too. I don't like EE anymore. It's full of misery and negative experiences and hardly any of them so much as steps on a bus or does anything normal people do in everyday life.  At least Corrie has a bit of humour even if the storylines are a bit dull and unrealistic sometimes (I'm hating the baby-swap story).
Title: Eastenders
Post by: smurfboy on February 07, 2008, 01:58:55 pm
It is a bit strange for a Corrie storyline, but I can forgive that because Kym Marsh has been so good.

If you think that's far-fetched though, what about this - in EE Tanya is going to drug Max and bury him alive.

Title: Eastenders
Post by: oldspice on February 07, 2008, 06:25:56 pm
LOL  I saw a horrifying film once about a woman who was buried alive. It was called The Screaming Woman and when someone finally dug her up she came out of the hole gasping and clawing, all soil-covered. It was horrible!
 

Smurfy, have you noticed how many of the people in Corrie have deep holiday tans? And until about a week ago, Michelle was flitting around in skimpy summer tops. And what about Liam, Michelle, Ryan and Carla's improbable black, black hair?  They look like a strange race of reverse Ayrians.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: smurfboy on February 08, 2008, 11:12:33 am
I know - and now it turns out Ryan isn't even supposed to be related to them! LOL Maria will never last as Liam's wife - she's far too blonde.

P.S. You're laughing at the Tanya/Max comment, but it wasn't a joke:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=512476&in_page_id=1773&ICO=TV_SHOWBIZ&ICL=TOPART


Title: Eastenders
Post by: on February 08, 2008, 11:36:27 am
Where's Melissa Suffield recently?
Title: Eastenders
Post by: smurfboy on February 08, 2008, 01:52:05 pm
Soap kids often disappear for weeks on end because they're busy with schoolwork in real life. How old is she? If she's 15, she probably did her mock GCSEs around Christmas, and episodes filmed then are probably being shown now.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: AVONLADY on February 09, 2008, 12:52:59 pm
Soaps are all so depressing.  I prefer a good novel.
Title: Eastenders
Post by: loulou on February 09, 2008, 06:49:56 pm
Hospital bosses have apologised to two mothers after their babies were accidentally swapped.

One of the babies was breast-fed by the wrong mother, and both babies were given checks including an HIV test.

The incident happened at Bassetlaw Hospital in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, last year. Two staff were disciplined.

Title: Eastenders
Post by: on February 09, 2008, 06:52:23 pm
What a soap opera.