The trouble with EastEnders

What, you kept watching, even though MO HARRIS came on screen before Ian?! LoL.

No I turned on, that good looking but thick bird with the long brown hair was in the cafe then it cut to Ian being a smug f*cker as usual so I turned it off

I have to agree about Ian, he sudden departure from Enders would be a god send.

Right, I've watched Enders from the start. Back then it was a rather gritty yet deeply entertaining soap. Like most soaps it's had its ups and down but in the last few years it has been a shadow of its formal self. Poor scriptwriting, poor directing, poor continuity and that extra episode on a Friday have all taken their toil.

Now I have to agree with the comments in regards to the soap turning yet another corner and a small but very slow improvement is being made. However there is a hell of lot more that needs to be done for it regain its former glory.

One thing for sure is that Enders does NOT need to be axed. I would love to see every reality TV show from Big Brother downwards scrapped but sadly that's not going to happen either.

I think British soap in general has suffered a severe dose of over exposure in the past few years. None of them need to be on as constantly as they are.

The return of Dirty Den could have worked, if Leslie Grantham had stayed away from internet chatrooms.

Once he opened his gob, that was the beginning of the end for Den.

I disagree. If its ok for normal non celebrity people to visit chat rooms and use web cams, why should there be a different rule for them...

In bad taste, but oh well :

http://www.rp-networkservices.com/tvforum/uploads/wendy_richard.jpg

So true!

Probably paper talk - but knowing EastEnders being so out of touch with reality, it's probably true:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a44911/eastenders-to-defy-smoking-ban.html


Basically, planning to defy the smoking ban and saying they don't care about the law - or any fines (paid by the licencee fee payer) if they occur!

"We have to portray real life, and people smoke.”

err...yeah.

Its true though? With it being a soap they have to show people smoking outside walking the square its real life??

I was mainly hinting at the "we have to portray real life" bit. tit.

- Eastenders in response to rumours of the soap being axed.