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I didn't think the Ashworths added anything to the show in a while. I'm not sad to see them go. Hannah was always my favourite, and Emma Rigny was already set to leave anyway. I hated that the Ashworths took ownership of The Dog, they were such am poor fit for that place, IMO. But I think this is definitely the beginning of Hollyoaks being reshaped and more firings will be on the way.

UK LAW <3, please post more, dear!

Here's Ray Quinn receiving his British Soap Award for the bully story. You see the part where the mother of the bully he killed confronts him in the presentation clip. You also see some more clips from the story after he accepts his award.

Crap, I didn't know Emma Rigby was on Brookside when Paul Marquess was there. She apparently played a character that was sympathetic to Anthony (the boy who murdered his bully). From what I saw of that bullying storyline, it was so hard to watch. Anthony was such a gentle and good kid. I felt so bad watching him being tormented and driven to the point where he had to kill one of his bullies. It was a great storyline, but hard to watch. Too bad such little of it is on YouTube, and none of the important parts are on there.

I guess Marquess will inject a shot of adrenaline into this aimless and boring show. Hopefully, he doesn't get too carried away. I think Tony Wood and the brass at Lime want to intentionally go in the opposite direction of where Allan took this show, and I can't say I blame them.

I wonder if he'll start off with some big explosive stunt? Didn't Kirkwood's first batch of episodes involve Sam setting The Dog on fire, where Clare left Mel and Sophie there to die?

Yes, but strangely, it's only on The Immaculate Collection Video Collection, though the song itself isn't on the album version of The Immaculate Collection. Yep, he did some amazing cinematic videos for her in the late 80's and early 90's. I'd really like to see what he could so with a musical. The Bad Girl video is excellent, though apparently, Mark Romanek was her first choice to direct that video, but it didn't work out, but he later directed the Rain and Bedtime Story videos for her. Bad Girl does appear on the 93-99 Video Collection, though.

Madonna - Oh Father http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uMyMXPlFwE One of her most underrated songs and videos, in fact it broke her string of consecutive top ten hits in 1989.

http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a198988/hollyoaks-stars-fear-mass-cast-cull.html

Has anyone seen Marty Davich's official site, and how he completely ignores that he's composed for DAYS, GH, and PC? LOL! http://www.martindavich.com/

http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a198351/steve-mcfadden-quitting-eastenders.html

There's a lot of propaganda involving the universal health care stuff, a lot of Americans are so gullible and think universal health care means a huge shift to socialism. The word "socialism" is so scary to a lot of Americans. My experience with universal health care in the UK, when I was there a few years ago, was fantastic and easy. But much of America is consumed by bureaucratic red tape. Martha Coakley's campaign was. It should serve as an example to other politicians, never give up seriously campaigning when you're in the lead and it looks as if you have no real competition. Getting your name and vision out there is too damn important. Ted Kennedy is spinning in his grave...

I think the show lost a lot of heart when OB left, and then when Max was killed off months later. I understood why it happened, since Jeffries and Littler wanted to move on, but I thought Max and OB brought a lot of heart to the show and their friendship was the strongest relationship on the show for years. I didn't realize how much I've missed them until they were gone. 2006 and ESPECIALLY 2007 were dynamite years for Hollyoaks, mostly everything clicked and the main storyline were all must see. I think Hollyoaks in 2007 was one of the best years I've ever seen on any soap. Things started to falter a bit in 2008, but I still thought the show was entertaining. Lucy Allan just made the show lots more aimless and her stories adn new characters were so poorly developed. I'm interested in seeing Kirkwood's work on EastEnders, which is a totally different animal from Hollyoaks. I think he's a very strong storyteller, but it should be fun to compare and contrast it with his time on Hollyoaks.

The Script - Breakeven

LOL! They couldn't wait to get rid of Lucy Allan! I'm assuming he'll be planning stuff for when her material runs out, unless he can somehow tweak her latter stuff that maybe hasn't been shot yet. This should be an interesting year for most of the UK soaps, as EastEnders, Corrie, and Hollyoaks are getting new producers.

Yes, he was a bit of a strange fit for the The Bill, and his format changes were the most out there for that show at the time. However, I think Hollyoaks right now could use someone with some strong vision, and is in dire need of certain characters being axed. But the stories and potential new characters have to be good.

I think those types of stories work better on Hollyoaks than some of the other UK soaps. Marquess apparently loves and thrives under the serialised format, we'll see how it works out. Yeah, but to be fair, often that seems to be the case with most UK soaps when a new producer comes in. Hollyoaks could use some type of revamp about now, hopefully the stories and characters will be strong under his watch.

About time. I look forward to what Paul Marquess will bring to the show. I knew Allan's days were numbered...

David Bowie - Life On Mars?

Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaoaisbXkZE

I think Lemay's complaint was that The City lacked a multi-generational aspect and there were too many characters in the same age group that had very little connection to one another on the surface, and I think he was right in that critique. His exact quote was: I think the overall premise for The City would have worked better as a primetime soap than one in daytime, to be honest...

I can't see Lucy Allen lasting out this year... The show sucks and ratings are down significantly.

Aw, Blanche added so much to the show and was always a hoot. I'll miss her greatly. RIP Maggie Jones.

Collinson started off as a writer on Emmerdale in 1998, I believe...

ALL Saints - Pure Shores http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_vEJpgRhZQ