Those are wonderful scenes, @DRW50.

 

7 hours ago, Bright Eyes said:

The death of sweet Damon Grant - Brookside -- Who would have ever guessed the other half of this cute couple would turn out to be such a wonderful nightmare in the Dales a couple of decades later.

 

 

I noticed the writer credited at the end is Frank Cottrell Boyce, who wrote the screenplays for a bunch of Michael Winterbottom films including 24 Hour Party People. He also did a Doctor Who episode. So many writers in British TV and film cut their teeth in the soaps. Jimmy McGovern, who later created Cracker and The Street, started out on Brookside as well. 

12 hours ago, DRW50 said:

I don't have a problem with Neighbours at all. I just didn't really have any clips of it. 

 

That fantasy with Susan and Janelle is hilarious. Susan is the epitome of a stealth bitch - it's much more fun to see a moment where she's just out and proud.

 

12 hours ago, Faulkner said:

I never really watched Neighbours. The only Aussie soap I’ve ever really watched is Home and Away, and that was only a few episodes for work. It was fun to see a pre-Wolf of Wall Street Margot Robbie in the Neighbours clip.

 

Sorry guys I know I'm a pain in the ass, just my enthusiasm for Neighbours is unparalleled  I know for some reason Neighbours doesn't resonate well with Americans. Of all the clips I posted, the one from the official Neighbours Instagram with Sonya is brilliant. She's such a brilliant actress. Though yeah, that Margot Robbie one with legend Harold rapping is a rare clip of complete gold.

 

11 hours ago, DaytimeFan said:

 

 

 

This is one of my favourite EE moments ever. Brilliant!

Emmerdale gave one of their long-running characters, vicar Ashley Thomas, dementia. While I think in the long-term this was a big mistake, as he was one of their strongest characters (and actors), much of the material of the story was wonderfully done, truly heartbreaking. 

 

Here is the "special episode" from his point of view, which even went as far as to go back and film in locations they had last used 20 years earlier (when he'd first joined the show).

 

 

 

 

 

 

^^

That was one of Emmerdale's best episodes in years. Of course it helped that we got to see a glimpse of the old village which added so much and brought back so many fond memories.  

 

I also love all the old Coronation Street clips. I can see why it was such a success back in the days. For some reason I've never really felt any connection to EastEnders though. I don't think it has ever aired here, but I've tried watching some clips on YouTube but it just doesn't appeal to me in the same way that Coronation Street and (especially) Emmerdale Farm do.

Love this scene from Coronation Street. First appearance of the legendary Bet Lynch, and with a very Hyacinth Bouquet-like attitude from Annie Walker.... 

 

Pat Phoenix told Julie Goodyear after that to go and improve her acting by doing theatre, which Julie did. That's what you don't get with soap actors now.

5 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Pat Phoenix told Julie Goodyear after that to go and improve her acting by doing theatre, which Julie did. That's what you don't get with soap actors now.

 

I wonder what Pat would say if she saw the standard of acting on these shows now..... 

Coronation St from 1960-1980 is so good. Anything after that is generally rubbish other than Bet Lynch and Hilda Ogden. 

51 minutes ago, Edward Skylover said:

Coronation St from 1960-1980 is so good. Anything after that is generally rubbish other than Bet Lynch and Hilda Ogden. 

I think Corrie had some great moments from 1980-2005. Since then it's become a cartoonish mess. There's still so much of the 80's, 90's and early 00's i enjoyed.  

Edited February 17, 20196 yr by victoria foxton

I like Ken and Deirdre, but I think Gail, Sally and Kevin were the wrong characters to stay for so long. Too much emphasis on them from the 80s onwards IMO.

1 minute ago, Edward Skylover said:

I like Ken and Deirdre, but I think Gail, Sally and Kevin were the wrong characters to stay for so long. Too much emphasis on them from the 80s onwards IMO.

I liked that Sally & Kevin were together a whole decade until his affair with Natalie. A couple being together all those yrs without an affair is unheard of in an American soap. I don't have a problem with Gail,Kevin and Sally. The writing of the last decade has really hurt all 3.  I miss Deirdre. Even though her Ken could be rather insufferable at times.

38 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

I liked that Sally & Kevin were together a whole decade until his affair with Natalie. A couple being together all those yrs without an affair is unheard of in an American soap. I don't have a problem with Gail,Kevin and Sally. The writing of the last decade has really hurt all 3.  I miss Deirdre. Even though her Ken could be rather insufferable at times.

 

I've always generally disliked the 3 characters I mentioned. Didn't mind Kevin a bit in the 80s though. I really wish they'd do a full repeat of the 60s-1980 though. I bet it's a great watch.

Edited February 17, 20196 yr by Edward Skylover

So...I watched about 5 of the Neighbours scenes posted here and they were all middling to bad. But! This scene showed up in my recommendations after watching those and it's actually very good, the acting saves the rather average writing. She's very good, I hope the actress is still treated well on the show.

 

 

25 minutes ago, Darn said:

So...I watched about 5 of the Neighbours scenes posted here and they were all middling to bad. But! This scene showed up in my recommendations after watching those and it's actually very good, the acting saves the rather average writing. She's very good, I hope the actress is still treated well on the show.

 

She's still on there now and still has an important role, even if she's not as central as she used to be. 

 

Jackie Woodburne is a great actress - she puts many to shame. 

 

Here's another good scene with her. 

 

 

I think that's probably the best work that she's done on the show; she also had some very meaty material a few years before where she revealed that she had helped her mother to die when she was a teenager.

 

I love the show and always will because it's "my soap", I'm the same age as it and grew up with it. I completely see its flaws and I'm lucky that there have been only a few periods where I've had to stop watching. The quality has never plummeted through the floor so dramatically that I think the damage is irreparable but there have been some very close calls.

 

That said, it is wildly inconsistent... if I take Jackie Woodburne as an example, I feel like she shines when she's absolutely committed to the material as above. She's phenomenally talented but unlike some actresses, she can't sell the hokey stuff and around 2005-6, the tone of storylines changed so dramatically for her that she became used to doing these heightened, campy performances and I think she enjoyed getting to play more of an edge to her character.

 

Her last great work I think was when the character was diagnosed with MS in 2007. There is one particular scene which I desperately looked for to post (but couldn't find it) where she is temporary blind but hasn't yet been diagnosed. She's in hospital for a CT scan and freaks out halfway through until Karl goes in to her. They'd been rather stoic up to this point and then both break down - I've not seen it for some time but it always used to have me in floods.

 

As for other soaps, ironically, I think many of the best moments are more difficult to track down online than they are for the US soaps. The Laurel scenes in Emmerdale are on my list so glad to see they've been posted. I'll ponder anything else that I might be able to find.

 

Edited: As if by magic, that's one of the scenes I remember vividly!

Edited February 18, 20196 yr by JamesF

More Laurel and Ashley scenes. 

 

This is in Ashley's last months, when she goes to visit him. He's dancing as part of his therapy/exercise. She joins in, and for just a moment, he seems to recognize her again. It's such a lovely and heartbreaking moment that John and Charlotte play with all the depth they bring to their roles. 

 

 

A vicious argument between them that someone asked me to upload last year.

 

 

Ashley visits Laurel in a dream.