BetterForgotten

I know they tried for years to get Anita back on the show (but she always refused). Barbara Windsor herself also tried to talk her into it (Babs and Anita are good friends), but Anita has always said that era of her life is over. They only killed her off due to that. I think John Yorke almost got her back on the show when Sharon came back in 2001, but Anita backed out and they later killed Angie.

I've heard that Peter Dean wasn't liked by much of the cast and production staff. I wonder what the real story with him was.

For anyone who didn't want to search though the EE Live Backstage clip, here is the trailer alone of upcoming scenes: Tons of sh!t with the Carter's obviously, but I'm mostly interested in the other stuff - Peter/Lauren's goodbye, Sharon's bio family, Sharon trying to help Dot, and the Harry revisitation with Kat (as I hope this is a fully realized and character-driven story for her finally). I'm guessing Kat refuses to initially participate in a case against Harry when one of his other victims pops up, and Linda finds out and tries to project her own insecurities about her own rape on to Kat, which causes the fight in the Vic.

Yeah, Adam posted that message on Twitter too. https://twitter.com/AdamWoodyatt/status/568856378917433345

So Corrie and Emmerdale sent flowers, how nice. https://twitter.com/dominictc/status/567661525679489024/photo/1 https://twitter.com/bbceastenders/status/568843888162680832/photo/1

If Lauren has unisex twins, they'll probably be named Bradley and Lucy. Cursed kids.

I know Elsie is regarded as the first "tart with a heart" in British soap, and Bet certainly followed in that heritage. However, I think Bet's character traits and development has had a massive influence in the tart with a heart character archetype. For example, I think Pat and Kat from EastEnders were heavily constructed in the same vein as Bet, even if they have their distinct differences.

I wonder if Lauren will have twins to carry on the Beale tradition...

I <3 Bet. One of the few soap characters I think that has worked well with both camp and serious drama.

31:45 into this Backstage Live clip and you can see the preview clips of upcoming scenes from future episodes/stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5hrYK8fVpw

I want Janine [in a few years time] to have Sharon's 2001 comeback. A secret return where it's revealed that Janine is the new owner of the Vic. She deserves it.

I guess the show can now claim it has 3 characters dating back to the first episode (Ian, Sharon, and Kathy). The most it has had in a long time.

Madonna is pushing 60, she's never going to dominate the singles chart in the way she did in the 80's and 90's. Name another person in her age group that's scoring hit singles? She's the only living pop star from her generation that's still has some cultural resonance. Also, she's pretty much a touring artist at this point (by her own admission). No other woman has been as successful tour-wise as she has in the past decade. She's also a global icon - not many stars have the same international following as she has (even if she's no longer scoring hit single after hit single).

Such bad camp.

What a clusterfuck this whole things turned out to be. I mean, I expected it, but this just got seriously lame. DTC needs to be on his way out by the end of the year.

Gillian kind of looks disturbed here....

I think my grandmother had Jane's wedding dress as a tablecloth once.

I just hope they don't do the awful flip-flopping with Vicky's accent again.

I don't think they'd ever dare recast Michelle. I do think they'd probably recast Vicky though, and since they're mentioned more often these days, we might see her and Spencer (ugh), return at some point. Vicky has Sharon, Martin, Rebecca, and Ian, and Spencer has the Moon/Slater family.

Do you really think it's leading to a Kathy is alive storyline? I don't know, I have my doubts as numerous people at the show have said that she's dead and they have no intention of revising that (DTC himself included, I believe).

Shane initially auditioned for the part of Tom the fireman (another ex of Sharon's that's dead). I know the cougar story that was floated around for years about Peggy involved Dennis, but maybe it was initially Alfie? I know Barbara's sick leave in 2003 scrapped plans for several stories, so that could have been a casualty of her absence from the show, but who knows... Though Peggy did forgive Alfie for stealing from her, so maybe that forgiveness was going to turn into sex.

She mentioned she's in marketing now and designed the website for his Channel 4 series, which he made a sarcastic remark about. It was harmless though, and she looked lovely and has aged very well. The episode itself really made me miss Pat and Pam St. Clement, I'm glad they included her. Letitia Dean and June Brown were the funniest, I'd love to get drunk with those two. I did like when Letitia randomly mentioned at the end that Pam discovered a pig's foreskin in a jar during a scene with Pat and Sharon, lol.

Yes, she only wanted to be friends with Sharon and didn't want to acknowledge her as her daughter. Sharon decided it was best to just walk away. It was a very short story, and I don't understand why they never delved into it more at the time.

And no matter what, it's not like this bio family is going to automatically replace Den and Angie. She was raised by Den and Angie and they are who she considers her parents. She was rejected by Carol Hanley when she reached out in the early 90's. The only family Sharon has living are Vicki and Dennis, Jr. I don't see the harm in her connecting with her (albeit half) blood relatives. Now, if 15 of them moved in and started to dominate the show, I would have issues, but I doubt that's going to be the case.