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Thanks for that, DRW50. A visit from Inland Revenue for Ian? When he was, like, 21?

Some of my show bizzy friends in the UK told me horror stories about the "presenter" of Blue Peter, Andi Peters. He was apparently an all-round nightmare who got into constant fights with John Barrowman (who was a "roving reporter" on it) over who'd get to date this or that boy band member/actor/chorus boy!

The only conclusion to this gun-on-the-go thing should be a bullet in Shirley's head. But this is EastEnders, innit, so we're not allowed to have nice things.

The retconning of Peggy back to hating Sharon again after their "truce" in 2006 was really unfortunate. And that was Barbara Windsor on UK screens last night, not Peggy Mitchell.

I agree 100%, Ben. It was absolutely ludicrous that Marcus and Sharon conducted their secret meetings in The Albert. London is a big city. Surely they could have met in a pub in Shoreditch?

There's a "huge surprise" on tonight's episode, apparently. I'd love for it to be Michelle putting in a phone call to Sharon.

I like that trailer. It represents what each lady will be experiencing soon onscreen.

The NuBen looks good. He's attractive but not a hunk, which is what I was afraid he'd be recast to be.

Ah, OK, found proof via YT. Of course they were on at the same time. I would have loved it if Cecile slept with Iris' fiance the night before the wedding day and played a video of it at Iris and her hubby's reception.

On another board someone claims that Iris, when played by Carmen Duncan, never had scenes with Nancy Frangione's Cecile. This can't be true. I remember being disappointed that Cecile never tried to get revenge on Iris for bringing Philip Lyons to Bay City to woo her and then dump her. Anybody got any YT links?

John Hutton (Peter Love #1) was very handsome. I think he left acting soon after leaving AW. I suspect he was from a wealthy family in real life and went into banking or something similar.

She's an extremely pretty girl and a good actress. I wonder how long her contract is on EE. I think she definitely has a promising career on television and even feature films.

How stupid was it that Ian happened to have a framed photograph of just Cindy in pride of place on a shelf alongside photographs of Ian and Lou and Mark and Michelle? Absolutely ludicrous.

Oh, damn. I was probably the first on the soap boards to see a Dean/Aunty Linda pairing coming up but was hoping it wouldn't be this sort of twist:

http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/news/eastenders-spoiler-shock-family-rape-storyline.php#results

Jake Wood does have a nice tush, it looked pretty good on Monday's episode. He'll be on Strictly Come Dancing this fall where his posterior will be getting a strenuous workout.

The actor who played Guppy, Meena's fiance in 1995, has died.

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/21/lyndam-gregory

Why can't hulu or Netflix acquire these?

I'm getting the distinct feeling that Charlie has been targeting Max for a long con all this time, not Dot.

Man, DSI Summerhayes is a stupid woman.

Lovely obit in UK newspaper of Charles Keating:

http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/aug/18/charles-keating?CMP=twt_gu

I loved watching Carol Lamonte during that Golden Age of AW. She worked as an architect at Frame Construction alongside Willis Frame (at that time he was played by John Fitzpatrick) and Neil Johnson, who was played by John Getz. He had been a fellow understudy of mine in an ill-fated production of Macbeth at Lincoln Center. He understudied Christopher Walken, who played the title role. John was handsome and likeable and I wasn't surprised he landed on AW about a year later. I think he only stayed for the length of his initial contract and moved on to a fairly good career in film and TV. The last thing I've seen him in was The Social Network-he has an excellent role in it as an attorney. According to imdb he's worked constantly.

Just had a look, saw a Professor Taylor but didn't know who played him. Same with Davie Lance, sorry.

slick jones, I can't find the pic you mentioned. Could you post a direct link to it?

I'm pretty sure my ex bf Brian Murray played Professor Thompson, though! He was in the Tanquir storyline with Quint and Silas. I posted here earlier that they would jokingly pronounce the fictional Middle Eastern country as "Tan-Queer."

Good God, the actress who plays Georgia is awful. But she is young, pretty and blonde so she'll no doubt go to LA as soon as her contract's over and will land a role on a show on the CW.

A friend of mine did the play What The Butler Saw with him on Broadway. She said he was a hairdresser in his youth back in England! She said he was very naughty but adorable.

I agree with that, danfling. The others were just filler.

amybrickwallace, Suzanne Davidson also played the little girl in a 1973 TV remake of The Miracle on 34th Street starring Jane Alexander and Sebastian Cabot!

I'm pretty sure Nick is being brought back to be killed off for the 30th anniversary. I just hope it's entertaining.

Yes. Sharon wore a different school uniform, from what I remember.

Isn't "public school" in the UK actually private school? It's very confusing. And don't get me started on how in the North "dinner" is the term used for "lunch."

Only playing devil's advocate, here, BetterForgotten, but isn't it possible that Tom and his family had moved away before February 1985 which is when the residents of Walford were introduced? I did feel sad we missed the first time Ian's head had been pushed into a toilet bowl.