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1989: All About Ambridge - The Archers Documentary | Forty Minutes | BBC Archive @I Am A Swede @vote4llama @AMCOLTLLover

Sorry - this was in the Locher Room chat for his recent interview with Carl Tye Evans.

The show is better to me than it was over the past two years, but I do think they are just marking time. I am especially put off by the whole Esther/Nazar/Marty/Monique story. And by the new angry lesbian character who immediately tried to bed Maeve. I'm glad to see Boyd again though. I think they are mostly having Chris and Rachel so they can be together if the show is canceled. The story isn't bad, but it should have picked up by now. Libby is basically a dizzier Monique. They have taken Viliami too far into an incel role without enough justification.

Thanks for letting us know. I hope someone can get it... I can definitely see this causing ratings to continue their slide. There wasn't enough of a change. Admittedly, bringing Monty back for a big change caused an even bigger drop.

Thank you @JAS0N47

Thanks @SoapDope78 These must be the start of the episodes @All My Shadows mentioned. I can't remember if this episode has been up before and just deleted as I know '80s GL episodes/channels have gone away repeatedly. @P.J. do you remember?

Thanks @Paul Raven appreciate all the reviews. The Chicago Daily News review made me laugh. The cast is indeed very likeable but I'm never sure why they decided to make a show based on a film they couldn't adapt to television, as there was not going to be any wife-swapping going on.

Thanks so much @Franko I know they likely wanted to show the fallout of Laurelton on the wider canvas after a sluggish start, but it's hard to believe Robin would face bullying at school over the case. Maybe now in the true crime overload era, but I don't know about at that time. I appreciate you going through every story, even stories I have no interest in (like the story with Mike and Ginny, who are lucky to still be there). I hate to say it but after reading about Terry crawling into Jake's bed I wonder if DL's abuse of her went even further than I knew.

@safe A Visine ad with Geoff Pierson.

@Soapsuds Thanks. I had to laugh at the whole section which goes on a bit too long about how Joan must be jealous of Linda's projects with CBS...after Linda leaves Dynasty (did those materialize?). And her contract with...Cannon films, which was a mess that ended up bankrupt before Dynasty even ended. And of course Joan was jealous of Linda's youth and beauty!

That's interesting. I do wonder if they may be episodes that we already know of. I hope not. I doubt P&G will care...but ABC does take down OLTL and AMC episodes at times, especially AMC. Oh and if Alan doesn't know about the main EON channel maybe they can help. https://www.youtube.com/@Edgeofnight80s

Not sure why Deadline went with Y&R actress for Dee Freeman when she had many other credits and just had small roles on the show, but RIP to her. https://deadline.com/2026/04/dee-freeman-dies-66-1236773430/

Thanks @Paul Raven seems like a lot of fraught haggling over a show which didn't last long. The whole Canadian/US wrangling helps explain why this type of setup didn't happen again for a soap.

The original vision of Julia does favor her too - that long-suffering element.

I have to assume that Kristen and Frank worked out a plan for her to return long enough to wrap up Maxie's part of the story, which she did. They went out of their way to get that done as fast as they could. Maxie will still be in Port Charles and pop up when needed but clearly will not have a major role anytime soon, if ever again. Finola is more concerning as Anna left in such a depressing place and the way they had Valentin move onto Carly makes me wonder if they don't think she will be back anytime soon.

1988 is also interesting to me because some elements have a grimier and rawer tone than Marland's pen, and it benefited some of the stories (if you are going to have a big affair story with Josh, then it has to be nasty, instead of everyone reminding us how much he's changed and of his many therapy sessions).

Sorry, I misread. I do think Hope returning soon after Maureen's death could have been compelling, especially if Mike came along and we saw some of their complicated relationship, maybe different approaches in how to deal with Alan-Michael. If only JFP had been better at how she used her hires...

What a lackluster promo. How did they make Lexie's return from the dead seem so tedious?

Veleka seemed to have an unhappy experience on ATWT. After that she just had Y&R. Marcia would have been a very good Hope - maybe not bright and bubbly, but thoughtful in the way Bauers so often were. Robin would have been a good get but she was likely better suited to Gina on Santa Barbara.

Happy Easter! Easter Parade (Title Song) - Judy Garland and Fred Astaire

That would have been a lovely scene with Kelly and Nola. And a logical ending for Alan-Michael at the time. They missed so many opportunities with Hope. Reminds me of ATWT with Frannie. Thanks. Maybe even with the ratings hit they thought it was too much of a headache to try again. There is or was a news feature on Youtube where a reporter went backstage at GH to talk with Stuart Damon and Robin Mattson about Fantasies. The clips didn't look great...

Thanks @Vee ! So happy they have made those episodes available in the US.

Thanks. I suppose a little too much like Melinda...still, the character shouldn't have died. Kim and Kristi were believable as sisters so I guess they got the scrapping part out of the way early. A shame Kristi never wanted to return (if they ever asked) as Reva could have used that type of sister in the saintly Rauch years.