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A good reminder at the start of this of just how popular AW was in Canada in these years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyiRS-vyU7U

Thanks!

Governor of Maryland has very advanced cancer. I hope he can beat it. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/larry-hogan-maryland-advanced-cancer

I'd forgotten I had it. I wish we could see that material.

September 1953 Radio TV Mirror.

September 1953 Radio TV Mirror

Thank you. I never can remember that level of cousin loving. That site is a treasure. I hope someone saves it while it's still around. The articles on the actors are especially rare.

I'm still uploading some of the Corrie episodes I had that aren't on Youtube (many already are, of course). I'm posting this one as I thought you might enjoy it, BetterForgotten. It has a few fun scenes with Bet, a little more like she was in earlier years (behind the bar having an extended joke on someone) and not as much of the tragedy or camp. There are also some good scenes in it with Denise shutting Ken down over his control issues, pointing out that he is putting his anger over Deirdre (who'd just married Samir) onto her. The reaction to her marriage to Samir is interesting, as there's genuine trepidation, rather than "toyboy"-style leering you'd often get today. This episode (which is from another person's channel) is right after Deirdre got back from her holiday. There's such casual racism that would cause a mini-tabloid scandal and OFCOM tizzy today. Seeing both of these, and Denise Black's return to Emmerdale, reminds me of what a great, strong character Denise was. I wouldn't want her to be with Ken romantically but I wish they'd consider bringing her, and Daniel, on to Corrie to help add more depth to the nearly-faded out Barlows, and to add more strong women to a canvas that needs them. That episode has some lovely stuff with Vera too...and guess who plays the woman who runs the hotel she's staying at. Maureen and Reg get on my damn nerves.

This is a real treat. Did you make those caps too? Thanks for all the work you do in this thread. I never knew Zas was on RH. Sadly 1982 seems to never show up anywhere on Youtube.

Thanks! Is that what they're called on the show (the torturous triangle)?

I don't think so, no.

I'd love to see Alan come back to reunite with Carol. They were one of my favorite couples. Sadly I think she will leave alone.

Neat little special setting up the Granada Plus repeats. I still wish they'd run the 1960-March 1976 episodes at some point. Sad to see Thelma Barlow talking about Corrie's strong women - and just yesterday I had to sit through "strong" Liz gurning and simpering like a 12 year old as she was fawned over by all and sundrey.

bandstandmike is going to start posting 1988 and 1989 material. I can't remember who said they were hoping to see some late 1987 material - you may want to ask them if they have any of that available.

Thanks. Did you put it in the WATN thread?

That's so cute. They put a lot of nice photos on there. I hadn't seen this one. https://instagram.com/p/4D5ZwciXUI/?taken-by=emmerdale

I guess there will still be Abi/Lauren/Max (when the latter two return). Eh. I just hope those fans who hated the Brannings are loving every second of Carterpalooza.

As speculated on for a while now, Lindsey Coulson is leaving the show. http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/news/lindsey-coulson-is-leaving-eastenders.php I'm pleased we got her for this long. The show won't be the same for me without Carol, but if I have to choose between Carol leaving and Carol being hit in the face by that old wretch Shirley, or being droned at by Sonia, I'll take the goodbye. I just hope viewers who remember her as a somewhat bitter woman in a cafe will go back and watch her 93-97 run too and get more of a picture. For me characters like Carol are everything Eastenders was created to be. These scenes will always stay with me:

I liked Keegan for about a year and then Tina became so unpleasant and Keegan obviously became more interested in being a zelebrity, like the talentless Helen Flanagan.

They have so much riding on Kathy's return and I almost feel like it just can't live up to that expectation. As a result I'm trying not to let myself be that type of fan who expects too much. I just hope they won't have her return be all about Phil.

That's interesting. To be honest I was a little surprised she came back, but then she didn't seem to get tons of work after she left, which she may have expected. I'm half-surprised they never brought her kid sister back. Anyway, given the talk about Paul Nicholas I thought you might like the spoiler photos: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a654091/eastenders-bbc-reveals-pictures-of-gillian-taylforth--paul-nicholas-filming.html

I think Roxy is too vapid to have strong chemistry with most (I have the same problem with Vincent - he's all flash but not much inside, although Blackwood is getting better in toning his performances down), but I thought she was OK with Aleks. It's obvious that they have no idea what to do with Stacey. I hear people say, "Oh she can be part of a new generation of Fowlers," as if that in itself means something - what is that going to mean? What are she and Martin going to do? I kind of wish Lacey would just take the risk of going again, rather than staying around and making faces in lieu of having a storyline, but I can see why she wanted to come back to a safe haven.