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Who killed thingy? (spoiler alert: it was whatshisname) (February 2015)

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IS
Inspector Sands
London Lite posted:
what the hell were they thinking with Swash with his tan dripping off his face?


What were they thinking with Swash full stop?

I did miss that interview, most of the programme was perfectly fine
AS
Asa Admin
I thought that was great to be honest. The live episode seemed really slick compared to 2010, just the odd slight crash zoom. Nice to use Julia's theme as expected but then to actually end on an upbeat note with the fireworks was a surprise. Lovely touch with the Julia+Tony bit too (no doubt loads sadly asking 'who are they?') And announcerless full credits into the backstage show. Really well done.

That 9pm switch should maybe feature on a 'how not to do junctions' training video Smile
DA
davidhorman
Quote:
Ore was out of place

Is he ever not? And this is him a lot better than he used to be.
SB
ScreenBrands
P
ScreenBrands posted:
Do you think any of the other cast members, apart from Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell ) and maybe Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale), knew about Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Beale) returning? The fact that scene was filmed away from Eastenders set may have been to keep it secret from the rest of the cast. It would be nice to think the cast had a surprise too!


So the cast were in the dark about Gillian Taylforth's comeback scene. In the Backstage programme Adam Woodyatt said that the storyline has to be discussed next week because it was kept so secret. Leticia Dean also said she didn't know about it until she saw it happen.

The tweets Daran Little posted last night:









Tweet from Harry Reid who plays Ben (from last night):



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WH
Whataday Founding member
Asa posted:
I thought that was great to be honest. The live episode seemed really slick compared to 2010, just the odd slight crash zoom. Nice to use Julia's theme as expected but then to actually end on an upbeat note with the fireworks was a surprise. Lovely touch with the Julia+Tony bit too (no doubt loads sadly asking 'who are they?')


I thought it was brilliant, and agree that the upbeat ending was perfect.



I didn't notice the fireworks doing the 'doofs' at the end when I was watching it live. Nice touch.
DJ
DJ Dave
Only just got on to that myself, very nice idea that!
VM
VMPhil
Was the show itself and the live aftershow technically classed as the same programme? Would that explain why there was no announcer over the end credits and no ident/trailers in between.

I note that the end credits last night were also the extended version usually only reserved for the omnibus edition (if that still exists).
DB
dbl
VMPhil posted:
Was the show itself and the live aftershow technically classed as the same programme? Would that explain why there was no announcer over the end credits and no ident/trailers in between.

Well The One Show (EE themed) went straight into EastEnders without continuity... (at the start of Live Week), guess it would make sense not to break up the atmosphere.
BR
Brekkie
VMPhil posted:
Was the show itself and the live aftershow technically classed as the same programme? Would that explain why there was no announcer over the end credits and no ident/trailers in between.

I note that the end credits last night were also the extended version usually only reserved for the omnibus edition (if that still exists).

The omnibus is airing in a 4 hour block tonight. Thought they might at least have scheduled the Thursday and Friday episodes in the traditional Sunday slot.

Isn't the omnibus supposed to be being scrapped completely soon?
JA
JAS84
Asa posted:
I thought that was great to be honest. The live episode seemed really slick compared to 2010, just the odd slight crash zoom. Nice to use Julia's theme as expected but then to actually end on an upbeat note with the fireworks was a surprise. Lovely touch with the Julia+Tony bit too (no doubt loads sadly asking 'who are they?') And announcerless full credits into the backstage show. Really well done.

That 9pm switch should maybe feature on a 'how not to do junctions' training video Smile

When BBC Three repeated that later on, they actually inserted a 60 seconds bulletin at the switchover point! Should've gone straight to the second half without continuity, or better yet, edited it to combine the two programmes.


The fireworks shouldn't have been a surprise, because a test run is what caused that fire the other day.
London Lite posted:
You missed Joe Swash's dodgy handover to Ore when he said Zoe instead. Ore was out of place.
I agree. He usually presents Sportsday on the news channel. Wouldn't expect a sports presenter to be involved in this.
BE
benriggers
Brekkie posted:

Isn't the omnibus supposed to be being scrapped completely soon?


According to online reports, April.
:-(
A former member
Has anyone seen where this weeks omnibus has got to?

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