Members BadBoy93 Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) Top 50 Favourite Characters. 01 - Grant Mitchell 02 - Peggy Mitchell 03 - Pat Evans 04 - Sharon Rickman 05 - Stacey Branning 06 - Dot Branning 07 - Phil Mitchell 08 - Max Branning 09 - Den Watts 10 - Zsa Zsa Carter 11 - Kat Moon 12 - Mo Harris 13 - Billy Mitchell 14 - Frank Butcher 15 - Johnny Allen 16 - Steve Owen 17 - Alfie Moon 18 - Jake Moon 19 - Dan Sullivan 20 - Mark Fowler 21 - Ian Beale 22 - Pauline Fowler 23 - Chrissie Watts 24 - Sam Mitchell 25 - Dennis Rickman 26 - Shirley Carter 27 - Archie Mitchell 28 - Jean Slater 29 - Darren Miller 30 - Rosie Miller 31 - Patrick Trueman 32 - Barry Evans 33 - Janine Malloy 34 - Ronnie Branning 35 - Melanie Owen 36 - Diane Butcher 37 - Nigel Bates 38 - Lucy Beale 39 - Lauren Branning 40 - Sonia Fowler 41 - Nana Moon 42 - Ethel Skinner 43 - Peter Beale 44 - Cindy Beale 45 - Tiffany Mitchell 46 - Bianca Butcher 47 - Ricky Butcher 48 - Little Mo Mitchell 49 - Whitney Dean 50 - Sean Slater Edited January 7, 2011 by BadBoy93 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 Wow, some fans are taking out their hate of Ronnie's actions on Samantha Womack and her kids. Crazy soap fans... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/3335376/EastEnder-Sam-shows-strain-as-BBC-complaints-over-cot-death-plot-top-6000.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kylie Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) Just for the sake of argument: If EastEnders ratings are in the millions (I believe I saw 10 million here?) is 6000 complaints really worth pulling the storyline? Why not just let those 6000 viewers leave? It kind sounds like a minority of upset people, who took their case up with powerful people to make it seem worse than it actually is. But I'm not in the UK anymore, so I'm not seeing the actual reaction to it. Man, I wish I had EastEnders here to watch this. LOL Edited January 7, 2011 by Kylie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LondonScribe Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 6000 people complaining yes, but they appear to have the press backing them up or stirring it (at the very least). I only question the stability of Bryan Kirkwood's postion because at the end of these contentious episodes, the very last name on the credits are his. Some will point and say he is responsible (even if this was being planned before he fully took over)... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jocko Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgghwf_sam-quits-enders_people 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 I sort of love that fans were vocal in their dislike of what is a staple and over-used plot device on US soaps. Of course, attacking the actress and her children because of reaction to a SL over which she has zero control is absolutely crazy. That's not the kind of "vocal" I am talking about. Can you guys access BBC i-player over in the States? On Radio 4's Today programme this morning, in the last 15 minutes of the show they had a discussion about this SL and Samantha Janus leaving the show. Theatre broad and ex-EE guest star Sheila Hancock weighed in on it and gave a nice defence of acting on soaps in general. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00x799l/Today_07_01_2011/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dannigold Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 There has been more defence from the BBC http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jan/07/eastenders-cot-death-plot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bella20 Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 So far, this storyline isn't as offensive as the baby switchkidnapping storyline that they did on AMC with Bianca and Babe, but, unfortunately, it does show that some people in daytime don't know how to handle these types of stories. It keeps ticking me off that the BBC keeps saying that this is about cot death, and that they researched that issue, because the story hasn't been about cot death or how Ronnie is handling losing her baby. The show went straight from one emotional and sensational topic, to Ronnie kidnapping the baby. So, did their research tell them that women deal with the unexpected deaths of their babies by stealing other newborns, and that the thefts make them forget that they've just lost a child. Another problem is that I don't think they've established why Ronnie is keeping baby Tommy, or why she hasn't said anything. Once they made it clear that she realized that Tommy is not hers, in order to keep building the story up they needed to give her a motive for not saying anything or giving the baby back to Kat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dannigold Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 (edited) A response from Bryan about cutting short the storyline. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/2011/01/bryan-kirkwood-responds.shtml#more Edited January 7, 2011 by dannigold 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 What I want to know if why there wasn't outrage over stuff like Lauren running over Max? It's just double standards. This story did at least show one family grieving from cot death without any baby stealing. There are so many sick, lazy stories on British soaps, really trashy stuff, yet none of those get any criticism, but this one does. It's very annoying to me, and while I can see that some people are genuinely upset, so much else of this seems like people who hate the BBC/Eastenders/Kirkwood just using it as an opportunity. And if this means more stories like "Who's the Daddy?" or gruesome mysteries, then British soaps will ultimately lose viewers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dannigold Posted January 7, 2011 Members Share Posted January 7, 2011 Jana Bennett said the storyline would conclude late spring, so it might not wrap until June. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted January 8, 2011 Members Share Posted January 8, 2011 You know, they could still potentially continue the baby switch plot with Womack out of the picture. Ronnie could lose her marbles, get sectioned, thus leaving Jack all alone to raise James. Perhaps have another woman enter the picture, and eventually have a bitter Ronnie return and spill the beans that James is really Tommy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 8, 2011 Members Share Posted January 8, 2011 I wonder if the show could get away with Little Mo/Trevor today, given how sensitive people are these days and how they'll complain about anything. There were so many disturbing scenes in that storyline, yet it was one of the biggest highlights and successes the show had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 8, 2011 Author Administrator Share Posted January 8, 2011 I can't believe the controversary over a baby switch storyline. Happens all the time on US soaps. LOL Has there never been a baby switch storyline on the UK soaps? I don't get it. Also, is there a youtube channel that is dedicated to this storyline? I love baby switch stories, so I want to see this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 8, 2011 Members Share Posted January 8, 2011 Toups your best bet would probably just be looking for the individual episodes, if they're on Youtube. Stuff which is dedicated to one story or couple seems to be taken down...there's some Christian/Syed stuff but that has to be hidden. I think the Little Mo story would probably be allowed today, because John Yorke was a successful producer and Eastenders was riding high. There are a lot of people who have been waiting for Eastenders to fail and for Kirkwood to fail, and Corrie is seen by the press as being on the comeback, so Eastenders gets the boot. During most of the Little Mo/Trevor era, Corrie was seen as being in a slump, with a lot of stories which offended viewers and even some of the cast, like Toyah's rape and Alma's pap smear mixup/death. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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