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Billy has a granddaughter? Oh my LOL.

Rich Janine is insufferable, as usual. But I still enjoy her character.

I will search out those clips. Thanks for the tip. ;)

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I think Ben believed Heather had gotten him in trouble (which she hadn't) and he lashed out at her. She died, and then he, Phil, and Jay covered up the crime.

Peter and Lucy each left Walford because they were sick of Ian. Lucy came back a few months ago.

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The past few episodes have been great with Janine's wedding, Diane back (even they she felt like an extra at the actual wedding), and Janine giving birth prematurely. Basically, Janine's been carrying huge parts of the over the last year or so.

Joey Branning is clearly the newest in a line of Dennis Rickman knockoffs, and he even looks a bit like Nigel Harman.

One article just pimped Lucy and Joey as the new Sharon and Grant...

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Thanks, Y&RWorldTurner. :) I'm looking forward to those episodes.

No one comes close to my Dennis Rickman. But Joey is kind of "fit," as they say in Walford. I do like the actress playing Lucy. Not sure about the Sharon/Grant comparison. LOL

Speaking of Sharon, I hear that she's returning (yeah!).

The guy who works at the car lot, the one who is bullying Lucy, is he a Branning? He gets on my nerves already.

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In an earlier EE era Derek probably would have become like Barry by now.

I suck at scanning Weeklys but if I ever get a chance I will post a Weekly article from 1989 or 1990 which talks about Eastenders popularity, and Corrie's, and Corrie's day to day realism (boy is that gone for good), and opens with bizarre "Cockney slang" which I never, ever remember hearing on Eastenders.

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I liked Barry's character even though he was a sad sack.

Oh, I would love for Janine to push Derek off a cliff. She's good at that kind of thing.

The Branning that I really have affection for is dear old Jim Branning. Miss him.

ITA about everyone needing to be the new ______ on soaps, both US and UK. It would be nice if TPTB to tried to blaze a new trail instead.

When I first started watching EE, I couldn't understand half of what was being said. My ears weren't used to the lingo or accents. It didn't take me too long to catch on except with Phil Mitchell. Sometimes I still can't understand a word he says, but I think that more due to Phil talking fast while mumbling more than anything else.

Now off to watch some episodes.

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Exactly!. When I started really getting into the show earlier this year it took a while for me to understand some of the accents/lingo but now it is mostly okay except when a few people (Like Phil or Alfie) talk kind of fast, I loved the part of the wedding episode when you can see the look of relief on Janine's face when Ricky and Diane came.

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Here's the top 20 soap moments they polled for the anniversary, which seems to mostly focus on recent years. A lot of it was pretty laughable.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/entertainment/eastenders-revelation-tops-greatest-soap-moment-poll-556831.html

Inside Soap's 20 Greatest Moments:

1. 'EastEnders', Sharongate, October 1994

2. 'Coronation Street', The tram crash, December 2010

3. 'EastEnders', Kat tells Zoe she's her mum,

February 2001

4. 'Coronation Street', Deirdre is sent down, March 1998

5. 'Emmerdale', The plane crash, December 1993

6. 'Brookside', The body under the patio is dug up, January 1995

7. 'EastEnders', Danielle dies in Ronnie's arms, April 2009

8. 'Coronation Street', Tricky Dickie drives the Platts into the canal, March 2003

9. 'Emmerdale', Kim lets Frank die, May 1997

10. 'EastEnders', Stacy and Max's affair is revealed, December 2007

11. 'Hollyoaks', Niall's explosive revenge on the McQueen family, October 2008

12. 'EastEnders', Den is murdered by Chrissie,

February 2005

13. 'Emmerdale', Chris poisons himself and then proceeds to frame Charity, September 2003

14. 'EastEnders', Sonia gives birth not knowing she's pregnant, October 2000

15. 'Coronation Street', Mike Baldwin dies, April 2006

16. 'Emmerdale', Aaron helps Jackson end his life, June 2011

17. 'Coronation Street', Raquel leaves the Street, November 1996

18. 'EastEnders', Tiffany is run over and killed,

December 1998

19. 'Brookside', Beth and Margaret's lesbian kiss, January 1994

20. 'Coronation Street', Sally slaps Natalie for revenge on her affair, September 1997

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