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@vetsoapfanI've heard of the Jonah story and listened to an audio clip, but yes, the actual viewing must have been so special. Slesar's run had such strong day-to-day writing compared to some other lauded headwriters. If you ever do watch and have any questions about the show then this is a good place to ask. @Bright EyesTom is/was such a heavily propped character, partially because his start on the show was botched so badly. The actor is gorgeous, and not that bad thespian-wise, but he feels (or felt, as he's gone now) like someone dropped in from an American medical show.

I can watch through Dailymotion (there's a channel called Shortland Street that posts each episode per day) - if you ever want to try that may be the best way. I'll always be disappointed I never got to see most of Slesar's writing, especially the Jingles the Clown story.

Near the end of December, finally . @vetsoapfan, I know you don't watch this show, but as a fan of the Slesar shows, I thought the end of this clip might interest you - it reminds me a bit of (admittedly not as well written) the Clown Puppet Murders or the Jingles the Clown story. (just to warn anyone who hasn't seen it, it's some genuinely frightening clown makeup)

Such a shockingly dangerous idea for a room full of sick, elderly people.

I think ITV is behaving similarly as they were with Corrie and Liz Macdonald before Bev Callard quit - they aren't going to let the pub go on without Chastity. Even if she isn't the owner (for now) she still plays a central role. I just hope they are actually going to try to take seriously some of the logistics of Ryan being involved and not just have him sell up in a few months after they got some press for his involvement.

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John Bowe, who was a fine (if hammy) soap actor, now seems to be steadily going off the deep end (I remember he and I believe Kelvin Fletcher used to post right wing material on Twitter but Kelvin stopped).

I'm glad Tony has done well since he exited Emmerdale. They made a big mistake getting rid of Archie.

I know. I just wanted to ask Ben as he has much more of a history with these shows than we do.

It's good to see you here @Ben if in such sad circumstances. I hope there's some chance to save the show. What kind of situation is Home and Away in? I know it was better rated in Australia but I'm not as sure these days.

From what people in the replies said, that was about their 2007 deal.

There's a huge international effort to try to duplicate these rallies - in Australia, the Netherlands or Denmark (I think), among other places. It all feels astroturfed. Their antics have been disgusting - dancing on and urinating on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, putting far right slogans on the statue of Terry Fox, burning a Canadian flag to fly a Qanon flag in its place - but this is what the media sees as the ideal, as what "real" people do, unlike those damned elites.

She also lost out on a role on Hollyoaks due to her issues (she played it then was meant to return for a longer stint - instead, another character came on, very similar, to finish out the storyline). I don't think it helps that trash sites like Metro ran headlines claiming that EE "axed" Danniella by bringing back Kim, when that is just not the case. She was lucky to ever get to play the part again, to be honest. And I say that as someone who did like her in the part more often than not.

Kim played the role from 2002-2005, then when John Yorke had a big role at the BBC in the late '00s, he brought Danniella back and tried to make the character very tarty and ridiculous (which she had never really been to that degree before). Danniella was there for part of 2009, for a few parts of 2010, then returned briefly in 2016 for Peggy's funeral. Danniella's behavior was erratic enough in the '10s that I was surprised she was asked back in 2016. I wonder if that led her to think she would always get to come back if she wanted to do so. Most of Sam's time with her family was with Danniella - Kim was only on the show with Barbara Windsor for about half her run, and Steve McFadden was also gone for the last year and a half of her tenure. I sometimes wonder if that is why Danniella returned for those last few stints. I do feel bad for her, but she has been deeply unstable for a long, long time.

Unless he can bring a non-homophobic head writer along with this large audience, I'm not interested.

The delusion and defensiveness of MPK, SJP, and various writers is mind-numbing. So much patting themselves on the back for how controversial and brave they are - they knew people would hate their stories but did them anyway! People didn't hate their stories because they're garbage, they just can't accept change! The attempts at brainwashing viewers to accept the destruction of Miranda's character. And most shameless of all, dredging Kim Cattrall's name up for one more press round, going on and on about how THEY won't want her back on the show when SHE made it more than clear she was never going back. These people are just sad and have zero shame. I will never watch their work, and I will never go back and watch any of SATC.

Is this Tuc Watkins in the commercial around 8 and a half minutes?