I Am A Swede

They're really making Joe very unlikeable right now. He's treating Kathy abominably, and he will have only himself to blame when she walks out on him.

Aww, the first real scenes between Matt and Dolly..... Frederick Pyne and Katharine Barker had chemistry right from the start. Not that that was difficult, since Katharine has chemistry with everyone. We had some nice scenes with Kathy and Dolly as well. Too bad that Kathy won't be around for much longer. I think those two could have become good friends.

So true. B&B was always at its best when it was Stephanie vs Brooke, and when Stephanie left she left a huge hole. Steffy vs Hope doesn't work as a rivalry since Brad Bell's writing is clearly lopsided in favour of Steffy in a way that it never was with Stephanie/Brooke.

Yannick

Oasis

You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone

Jack Sugden - Emmerdale Farm

Xanadu

^^ Thank you. I was starting to dread that I was cluttering up the thread with my ramblings about the past. I could go on and on for hours about these old episodes. There's so much to take in and it's all so good! I've completely immersed myself in Beckindale and I'm loving every second. This is an era I only have very vague memories of, and especially 1977, which has been almost completely inaccessible before. Kathy Gimbel for instance is a character I've only seen very little of before, but now she's becoming a favourite of mine. Her and Joe are so sweet together, and it makes me sad knowing that it won't last. They both (and especially Kathy) deserve some happiness. Amos and Henry have become like a bickering old married couple, and it's glorious. I've spoken before about Toke Townley, and he continues to amaze me. Sometimes you want to shake Grandad because he's so stubborn and rigid, but then he can turn around and break your heart and make you want to give him a big hug. Annie is, of course, perfection. The most perfect example of a soap matriarch if there's ever been one. And then there's Dolly.... Katharine Barker hasn't had much to do yet, but she has brought an energy and liveliness to the Woolpack that is infectious. She has such a natural, easy charisma. Such a shame she left when she did.

Say what?? Apparently he wasn't only a racist, he was a complete idiot as well. No R.I.P. from me either. I think a R.I.H. (as in Rot In Hell) would be more suitable.

A Swedish connection! 🇸🇪 Two young Swedish siblings, Asta and Olof, are visiting Beckindale. But their feeble attempts at speaking Swedish are only slightly less unintelligible than the Swedish chef on the Muppet Show (and he was spouting complete gibberish, not actual Swedish)

If only that could stretch to the HW position.....

I've probably said this before () but damn, this show was so good back in the 1970s. The fallout from Joe and Kathy moving in together is spreading, and it's easily more compelling to watch than all the affairs, murders and scandals Emmerdale is serving up nowadays. And amid all the drama Katharine Barker is already sparkling as Dolly. It's hilarious how fast she has learned how to handle Amos and all his quirks.

Joe and Kathy (Gimbel) are scandalizing the village by moving in together even though they're not married! It took a little bit less to shock the village back in 1977 compared to now, that's all I'll say....

I wonder if Brad Bell realizes how incredibly predictable his stories are. Even Stevie Wonder could have seen all of this coming.