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They are in the last few years. It may just be a coincidence but right around the time Santer (who loved PR, as Corrie's Phil Collinson does) left Eastenders, and Kirkwood came in, there was almost what seemed like a campaign to bash Eastenders at every turn and praise Corrie to the skies. Some Corrie fans just seemed to rattle off a list of buzzwords and accomplishments, with little discussion of the show itself ("War of the Websters" is the one I always cringed at most, with fans heaping praise on a story that supposedly did so much for Sally Webster - so much that she took up with her daughter's pornographer). Meanwhile, Eastenders was constantly trashed in a way which may have partially been fan discontent but which also felt like something else entirely.

That set the tone for the last few years, although it's gotten a little better recently. Is Eastenders good? No, although that has been the case for a number of years. But it's never been the dross DS claims it to be, just as Corrie has never been anything worthwhile in years. Corrie is just better at shell games.

I was LOL at comments like, "I am tarring Eastenders fans" for voting for the show. If anyone can vote for the detritus that is Corrie, a show that relies on nothing more than miscarriages, shrieking women, cheap affairs, bad PR stunts, and stories that tell viewers women ask to be raped, then they don't need to talk about tarring fans.

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Kirkwood's name will probably appear in the credits until June/July.

Newman is the one likely planning Sharon's return or adjusting it from what Kirkwood might have initially had in mind. I think her name will probably appear in the credits just before Sharon comes back.

They seem to be keeping whatever plans they have for Sharon away from the press. Nothing has leaked so far, and we initially expected her back in the summer. I don't think Letitia has started filming yet though, so I wonder if Sharon comes back in late summer (August/September).

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I'm sad that Sharon and Dot won't be able to share scenes when Sharon returns due to June's break.

Oh well, at least June isn't leaving for good.

Actually, they'll probably be leaning on Sharon a lot again (they were always going to regardless) due to so many being on break this year. I wonder if they'll introduce some of Sharon's biological family.

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Ian will be around, Adam hasn't said anything about an extended break yet.

Someone at the BBC should offer Sue Tully the world to come back and reprise Michelle. I know John Yorke said said they would never recast Michelle, as Sue and the character and too integral to a huge part of the show's history.

So basically the people Sharon knows and who will be around when she returns are Ian, Phil, Lucy, Billy, Kat, Mo, Alfie, and Patrick and I guess Mandy might have some overlap with Sharon's reappearance.

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