I Am A Swede

That quote looks worse than it actually was. It was even Victoria who said it: Nobody picked a fight with Annie Sugden and got away with it. What I'm most amazed about is that they actually acknowledged what's happened to the Sugdens... I do wish that this scene could have had Eric or even Kim with Victoria instead of Marlon. You know, people who actually had a history with Annie. Since Victoria is leaving Emmerdale for a while to visit never-before-mentioned relatives I think it's quite obvious that this scene with her and Marlon at Jack's grave is all we're gonna get. I can't say I'm surprised. I wouldn't put it past the people in charge to have deliberately picked this moment in time to kill off Annie to escape having to put on any kind of tribute. *bitter*

Would you like a slightly more realistic answer or the dream scenario? One thing I would absolutely do, in both cases, would be to return to Esholt, the village where they filmed the show for 20 years. Annie deserves a send-off in the "real" Emmerdale. It goes without saying of course that it would be completely and utterly Dingle-free. The old, classic theme song would naturally be used, for the opening and over the end credits. Maybe even the classic opening and end titles that were used from 1975 to 1989. Realistically the best we could hope for in terms of guest appearances would be Ryan Hawley (Robert), Kelvin Fletcher (Andy) and maybe Malandra Burrows (Kathy) and Luke Tittensor (Daz) In my dream scenario we would also get Frederick Pyne (Matt), Jean Rogers (Dolly), Diana Davies (Caroline Bates), Jane Hutcheson (Sandie) and Gail Harrison (Marian Wilks). Since Leah Bracknell has sadly passed away, Zoe would be unable to attend, but would send flowers. Same with Betty. It's so frustrating that so many characters who were important to Annie over the years has been unnecessarily killed off. Not only all her children, but also grandchildren (Jackie, Sam and Sally) and other relatives like Sarah, Kate, Pat, Mark and Rachel. I would make it a special double episode, and show tons of flashbacks of Annie with grandad Sam, Jack, Peggy, Joe, Henry and Amos. Of the current cast the only characters who would be prominently featured would be Victoria, Diane, Eric and Kim, with appearances from Laurel, Pearl, Bob, Leyla, Brenda, David and Harriet. I'm sure more ideas will come up, but this is a start.

It is sad. However, I don't think they would have done justice to Annie or Sheila even under the best of circumstances. Celebrating and honouring this shows past is not high on the agenda for the people in charge, and hasn't been for a very, very long time.

And so it has happened.....

Funny what you find on Youtube when you're not even looking..... Like this, the delightfully cheerful theme song to an old 1990s favourite; "The House of Eliott". Created by Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins, who also created "Upstairs, Downstairs"

The only person to umpire a Wimbledon men's singles final and also commentated on them for both radio and tv. I remember him well as a commentator on Eurosport in the late 1990s when I used to watch a lot of tennis.

That is too often the case, isn't it? People who have no interest in what the demonstration is really about use the opportunity to start trouble.

^^ What a mess!

Tens of thousands marched in Berlin, Germany, today in protest against restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53959552 With cases rising sharply again in many places in Europe, this might not have been the best time for such a protest.....

^^ Wow. Has any former president ever been so openly critical of their successor before? I mean, he's completely and utterly correct in everything he says, but wow, he's not holding back one little bit.....

Apparently Serena thinks so... But personally I don't think you can compare players (or achievements) from such different eras, nor do I think you can label one player as the greatest of all time. Greatest of a certain era yes, but not of all time. There are to many differences in equipment, level of competition, training methods etc Tennis is so different now from when, for example, Margaret Court was playing. Not to mention compared to when other greats like Lenglen, Wills Moody or Connolly was playing. I don't even think you could compare tennis now to when Navratilova and Evert were playing, or the early years of Graf and Seles.

Watching all the episodes of the brilliant British archaeology show Time Team thanks to Youtube. Funny and informative at the same time.

I don't see what's fake about her. You might (and thankfully most people do) disagree with her views on things, but there's nothing fake about her achievements on the tennis court.