I'm looking forward to Ben's return, even if I am disappointed about the re-cast. I hope they don't change him too much.

 

That's lovely. Thank you.

Some nice pix of the returning original(?) cast's upcoming episodes.

Hamish Patel, who played Tamwar Masood for about 8 years (rarely having anything to do - only in his last year or so did he have story) has been doing a lot since he left Eastenders. I'm glad as I always thought he was underrated. I don't think this movie looks that great, especially with Kate McKinnon doing her usual mugging, but I hope it does alright.

 

 

Letitia Dean just celebrated filming her 2000th episode. Here's Jon Sen and Kate Oates giving her flowers.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 10, 20196 yr by BetterForgotten

That's very sweet. Last year was probably her best year in a long time. I knew it wouldn't last, and it hasn't, but I decided to enjoy it while I could. 

Not watching, but from what I'm reading, sounds like Ben is once again being written awfully. Not surprised. EastEnders seems to have contempt for it's gay characters. Meanwhile, who isn't gay on HollyOaks?  lol 

1 hour ago, KMan101 said:

Not watching, but from what I'm reading, sounds like Ben is once again being written awfully. Not surprised. EastEnders seems to have contempt for it's gay characters. Meanwhile, who isn't gay on HollyOaks?  lol 

It's disgusting they made Ben a child trafficker. 

Edited April 14, 20196 yr by victoria foxton

New Ben is awful and horribly miscast.

3 hours ago, Edward Skylover said:

New Ben is awful and horribly miscast.

He doesn't  even have the brotherly bff friendship/homoerotic chemistry with Jay. 

Edited April 15, 20196 yr by victoria foxton

I never minded the last Ben, personally. But a child trafficker? Lawd ... I can't.

The new Ben comes off as such a straight frat boy it's hard to imagine Phil would ever have had issues with his 'manliness' but I'm willing to give him a chance. At least someone realized Bex had story potential after what feels like years of being wasted, not sure her crushing on Kush is the best idea but it's a start. I'm so glad the Evie girl is gone on the other hand as it was the worst story for a time.

I always felt EastEnders wrote terribly for their gays. HollyOaks has so many various ones they trip over each other. I always feel what seems like resentment in EastEnder's writing, no matter who the head scribe is. But EE as a whole is often dark and miserable, I can never watch for very long stretches.

Edited April 27, 20196 yr by KMan101

The show won the BAFTA yesterday, John Yorke accepted.