I've always followed certain programmes, be it radio or Tv with a loyalty, that gets right into the story.. when I was a young wife and mother many years ago, my then husband was in the Merchant Navy, so I spent a lot of time alone. I listened to Mrs Dales' Diaries and The Archers.
So on one occasion when he asked how things had been, when he had been away, I said I'd had an awful week, because Jim, Mrs Dales husband had had a heart attack, and a character in the Archers had died. I was really upset about them. When John Archer was killed in a tractor accident, in the episode of his funeral, I was driving to visit my daughter, and because I was crying so hard I had to stop in a layby, to recover.
So this week in Eastenders' live performance of the explosion in the Vic (The Queen Victoria Pub) with Martin and Stacey trapped in the rubble.. then declaring their love for each other, it was all very teary, the actors and me. Even Dh had a few sniffs! Martin was trapped under a heavy beam, we were fearing he'd be paralyzed for life, but no, his crush injury caused a fatal heart attack, and shock horror he died!
How could the script writers do that??? He was main key character, I was devastated and loyal Eastender fans like me are very, very upset.
But while all that was going on, Sonia was giving birth in the rubble, that was the kitchen with her sister Bianca and Cousin Lauren. There were some hilarious line liners as the two tried to help Sonia delver In fact I'd be more than happy to watch it again on iplayer..
The episode ended with Stacey's scream that could be heard out in the square with Martin's death.
Not a fan? Well you're missing a treat!
Chrisxx
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I very rarely watch TV, anything I do watch is usually on catch up. I used to love The Bill and Corry but not watched any soaps in years, I was never a fan of Eastenders, in fact both of us used to refuse to have it on the main TV, if the girls wanted to watch they had to watch in their rooms, lol
East Enders was awful, but I loved Coronation Street and Brookside. No more soaps for me. I find real life more fascinating.
Haven't watched it for years, it became too depressing and boring. Coronation Street is getting that way too. The only soap I watch now is Emmerdale but only if I've got nothing better to do. Seems that BBC and channel 3 are trying to outdo each other with disasters at the same time, as usual.
J.
When you have a favorite program, drastic changes can always be rather hard to absorb. I've had that happen to me a few times when I've had a favorite TV show that's been on for decades and all of a sudden one of the main characters is simply gone or murdered in the show. We get so involved, but actually that's a good thing because it means our mind is off of other problems.
A good program can really draw us in. The actors must be great to get people so emotionally involved.
I don't watch 'soaps', although my Granny was addicted to Coronation Street. I love home/garden shows, wildlife programmes. OH has cricket on at the mo. I listen to Radio 4 Extra a lot, lots of old favourites, Miss Marple, Sherlock Holmes, Peter Wimsey. Also Boom Radio has become a go to, my era of music and no screaming presenters. Xx
I've gotten teary eyed at commercials!
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