Are we supposed to be rooting for Mack and Charity as "star-crossed lovers"?    🤢

Because I'm not. I hope Chloe gives them hell (and I don't even particularly like her).   😈

Anyone has any idea where I could watch and download the show in HD? My VPN is not cutting it, and the quality of the torrents really suck lately

I’ve catched up with ED to the newest episode and I’m like: wth is that show even on about?

THIS is the exit storyline for David after 17 years? On paper I would’ve kinda liked it with him Leaving the village hurt after his son sleeps with his ex etc. But what was that on screen? 

And Jacob punching him again? THIS is the legacy son of that damn evil Eric and he lets himself get cheated on by his own son and his girl and lets himself get slapped by his son.. again? 

Thank god the actor has enough lol

It has just been announced that Zak Dingle actor, Steve Halliwell, has died aged 77.

RIP Steve Halliwell. He was a Emmerdale legend, despite how I feel about the Dingles as a whole. 

A Statement About Steve Halliwell | Emmerdale (itv.com)

Just adding the official statement. 

Steve was a good actor, charismatic, the anchor for several generations of the Dingles. Zak really wouldn't have been anything without him. 

He was also extremely good in a small but important role in Threads, as part of the bunker team of "experts" who slowly succumb. 

Wow, this is a shock. I don't think anyone have missed how I feel about the Dingles, but those feelings only apply to the fictional characters, not the actors. Steve was a fine actor, and he has been a part of Emmerdale for a long time. I wish all the best to his family and friends. It's always hard to lose a loved one.

 

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-richard-franklin-dies-newsupdate/

One of Emmerdale's more memorable gory deaths, that point near the end of Emmerdale Farm to tell viewers what was on the way. 

^^

The old Emmerdale farm house!   

Wow, not a good Christmas for the ITV soaps. Less than 2 million watched Emmerdale.     I can't say that it's not well-deserved, but still.....

Coronation Street drops out of Christmas TV top 10

Damn. Those are worse ratings than AMC/Oltl in their final year lol

1 hour ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

Damn. Those are worse ratings than AMC/Oltl in their final year lol

Emmerdale has never been a well-rated soap on Christmas. Corrie hasn't either. EE was the main Christmas Day soap until it bottomed out in recent years (they have recovered somewhat now but still struggle, in quality or ratings).

I've only seen bits and pieces over the years, but I am in fact watching the plane crash saga this holiday season in time for its 30th anniversary. (There is some claim online Kathy Tate is apparently returning in 2024 after years, but I don't think it's credible.) I always did like Kim and Leah Bracknell's character.

Edited December 29, 20231 yr by Vee

I can't believe it's been 30 years already since the plane crash!       Of course I didn't see it until roughly 1996, since we were a few years behind at the time. 

I have mixed feelings about the whole storyline. Yes, it was successful, and well done, but it changed Emmerdale forever and the show has tried over and over again to replicate that success, with varying results. 

 

As for Kathy returning....what would be the point? Don't get me wrong, I loved Kathy when she was around, but she's been gone for over 20 years, and the village is not what it was when she lived there. Practically everyone she interacted with are gone, the only real exception being Kim. And I wouldn't trust the current writers to know what to do with her. I would rather have her memory intact than watching her get destroyed, which she undoubtedly would be. And then there's obviously the issue of Malandra Burrows' health. She was battling breast cancer last I heard. Hopefully she's on the road to recovery, but I haven't been able to find any news about that.

@Vee @I Am A Swede This may be what they were talking about. Glad Malandra seems to be looking well:

 

Edited December 30, 20231 yr by DRW50