I Am A Swede

Emmerdale won two awards at last nights National Television Awards: Serial drama and Serial Drama Performance (Mark Charnock). National Television Awards: Emmerdale praised by the King as soap wins big

Well, well, someone isn't looking all that happy..... Having a change of heart already?

It's actually too bad that Stephanie isn't around. She could have told Steffy that such definitive statements always comes back to haunt you.... And I for one will enjoy that day. I just hope that Brooke doesn't take Ridge back when he comes crawling, and he will come crawling.

Time for part 2 of the countdown of my top 50 favourite Emmerdale characters through the years. I have to say that picking 50 characters was easier than ranking them. Here are the characters ranked 31-40.

Yes, I had to put Chas on the list, even though she is a Dingle, because for a long time I actually did like her, and I wanted this list to be as fair as possible. If I had done it for, let's say the 40th anniversary, she might even have been higher up.

I hope that Sheila finds out, and gets proof of, what Thomas has done and uses that information to blackmail Steffy. Either she lets Sheila visit Hayes or she exposes Thomas' lies. It would be lovely to see Steffy squirm. 😈

In honour of the show's upcoming 50th anniversary I thought I'd put together a list of my 50 top favourite characters over the years. Now, this list is a highly personal one, so anyone familiar with my feelings towards this show will have an idea of what to expect..... Here is the first part, the characters ranked between 41-50.

What horrible news to wake up to.... 😭 So many beautiful things have already been said about her, and I co-sign every one of them. R.I.P dear Angela. The world seems a little darker and colder now that you're no longer with us.

My god, Ridge is such a repulsive jerk. What the hell do they (Taylor and Brooke) see in him? He bounces between them whenever he wants and they just accept it?!! I wish that Brooke this time releases her inner bitch and takes him for everything he owns in divorce court. Too bad that the slight flirtation between Taylor and Deacon went nowhere. It would have been delicious if Taylor had developed feelings for Deacon and cheated on Ridge with him after they got back together. Just think, Ridge abandoned by Taylor for Deacon and bled dry money wise by a vengeful Brooke. Ooh, delightful!! 🤩 And no mommy dearest to make it right for him this time....

What are you talking about?

Ok, now I'm really mad. They actually used the way Beren and Lúthien met (he saw her dancing in a glade full of flowers) to describe the meeting of Galadriel and Celeborn??!! This is bordering on sacrilegious. Tolkien drew inspiration for that meeting from his real life, from an experience he had with his wife Edith, when she danced for him in a forest glade. And the story of Beren and Lúthien was so close to his heart that those names are engraved next to his and his wife's names on their gravestone for heaven's sake! It had nothing to do with Galadriel and Celeborn.

I won't. Nor will I feel bad for Brooke when Ridge leaves her again. They both deserve it for never learning. Ridge has bounced between them for decades now, and they both constantly take him back whenever he wants. It's beyond pathetic by now.

Has anyone seen the latest episode and can explain how Galadriel and the others survived Mount Doom erupting? I'm sure the explanation is as ridiculous as the rest of this trainwreck, but I'm still a little curious....

That's nice of them, but they got it slightly wrong. Filming didn't begin in Esholt until 1976. The first years the show filmed in another village called Arncliffe. It's not a big secret, so a tiny little bit of research would have told them that.

I see it as a start. 😈

I'm glad that she received an apology from the Academy before her death. The audience booing her wasn't exactly the most shining moment in Oscar history.