EastEnders

I don't know why Sky boxes don't let you pillarbox 4:3 content in HD, every other HD STB I've seen does.

It's even more annoying if you have Sky Q, there isn't an auto option so you have to force the TV to 4:3 or put up with it.

Given that there's definitely no software or hardware limitation in pillarboxing it, Sky have clearly made a conscious (and questionable) decision to stick to "stretchy-vision".

I also have the problem that my 4K Sony TV greys out the 4:3 option when receiving the UHD input from Sky Q, so there's literally no way of avoiding stretchy-vision, other than going into the Sky Q settings menu and temporarily dropping the output down to HD.

You can understand why people are moaning about Drama stretching it then, if they're watching on a box which offers no other option.

Was today's second episode on Drama the first to include Julia's theme at the end?

Yep. Wikipedia has a handy list of every use here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastEnders_theme_tune#Julia's_Theme

Interestingly the "Turk" slurs were left in, as were quite a few "bloody"s. Although bloody isn't really a bad word anymore, I'm surprised it stayed in.

2 months and 18 episodes in and we've only left the vicinity of the square once- to see the Carpenters walking around a lake.

A bit behind as I'm catching up but the "Pakis Out" wasn't blurred out when the shop got done over.

They edited out some of the shots where it was more prominent though!

Seems funny to me – surely the whole point is that it's offensive?

The topless poster in the Vic was blurred out again today.