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'Secrets of the Soap Super Brands' Panel with DTC; Edinburgh Television Festival video, essential viewing
Topic Started: 8 Sep 2015, 17:07 (8,010 Views)
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Kathy's nightmare,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKc3msFq4-w
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Cam
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"I think we're healthier than we've ever been!"

Oh Dom, you seem like a great guy... but no. Just no.
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When Kellie was asked how much input she had in her character, DTC looked like he was going to shit himself :P .
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I'm surprised more people don't know about Kathy's Dream Sequence, simply because it was so out there. Probably the furthest EastEnders has pushed in terms of fantasy.
"I loved it in the Olden Days because you talked more. There’s more action now. You know, we would do scenes in the Rovers of me, Bet and Doris Speed with a cup of coffee each before we opened the pub, talking about absolute rubbish. But it was something, and it was what people do." - Betty Driver
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I've got my eye on you

If it was before the credits, I was probably in the kitchen making a brew.
You can't just come bounding in here like John Wayne on a Spacehopper!

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8 Sep 2015, 18:30
I wonder who the character was that Dom was going it kill?

If it was Carol THANK GOD they changed their minds.
Maybe it was Ronnie?
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Charlie?
"I loved it in the Olden Days because you talked more. There’s more action now. You know, we would do scenes in the Rovers of me, Bet and Doris Speed with a cup of coffee each before we opened the pub, talking about absolute rubbish. But it was something, and it was what people do." - Betty Driver
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I thought Dean could have been the character he was referring to.
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I'm sure it would be a character that is still leaving. That's why I thought Carol but Charlie could be right.
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I love the little moments between the producers where you can tell that they are genuinely all friends with each other and don't really see each other as rivals. DTC and Kate Oates on a night out is something I'd love to see.

Seeing Sally-Ann Matthews there makes me really happy that she's coming back into Corrie again. Absolutely one of the success stories of 2015, even with the blunder of them forgetting Kevin had his own dead son.
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Thanks for posting, that was really interesting. Wish it was EastEnders only though!

My favourite part was DTC saying to Daran Little "you alway try and knock everyone up" and Daran's response: "because you go 'in 20 years' time we'll need that character'". Then the anecdote about David Platt and Rosie Webster, and Blackburn getting Simon Barlow's name wrong.

Not one mention of the Lucy storyline which I found surprising. Don't remember anything about Linda's rape either.

Oh, and Daran Little clearly hates Stuart Blackburn.
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I know we're sick of pregnancies but Lauren and Peter having a baby was an incredibly smart move.
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MrJames
8 Sep 2015, 21:07
I know we're sick of pregnancies but Lauren and Peter having a baby was an incredibly smart move.
Same goes for Ronnie/Charlie and Martin/Stacey.
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That said, Liam is absolutely untouchable when it comes to legacy characters and look at him.
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MrJames
8 Sep 2015, 21:14
That said, Liam is absolutely untouchable when it comes to legacy characters and look at him.
Five years time, when the money and jobs have dried up for Patsy Palmer/Sid Owen/Charlie Brooks, he'll be back, recast, and it will be spectacular.
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I think that David Platt has to be my favourite ever young character in soap, he's done so much over the many years he has been in Corrie and is never boring to watch. I loved the Demon David era :ninja: , but I also enjoyed him mellowing down, he was always a versatile and not a one dimensional character.
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This was an absolute treat. I definitely consumed a lot of tea and biscuits while watching this.

I think Daran came across very well but it seems his heart lies with Corrie. Maybe this has always been the case though.
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Thanks Nick
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Kirkwood saying he wanted a male rape storyline on EastEnders. I think that might have been the plan with Michael and Derek as there where hints that Michael may have received more then physical abuse in the arches. If that was the initial plan I wish it had gone ahead as Steve John Shepherd is a great actor and I'm sure he would have done the storyline justice.
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That was actually a really interesting watch .

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Cam
8 Sep 2015, 18:51
"I think we're healthier than we've ever been!"

Oh Dom, you seem like a great guy... but no. Just no.
I think what he says about some of the abysmal acting in the old days of soap is absolutely on the money though. Nobody can ever question that the Jean Alexanders and the Sue Tullys of the world are fantastic in any context. But I've watched many old episodes of all of the soaps, and I am often alarmed by the poor quality of some of the acting.

Again, that doesn't mean that poor soap actors have evaporated all together as there are still more than a few knocking about, but take Emmerdale as an example. Some of the actors in the old days were entirely faceless and tended to simply meander along in their scenes... fast forward to the current day when they are in the fortunate position of having an absolutely rock steady cast of actors. I think there is a noticeable difference between a lot of today's soap actors who seem to relish any bit of character-driven material that is thrown their way, to some of the soap actors of old who seemed to turn up, do their job and go home... and I only speak from the experience of having watched old episodes. Just like athletes, I think each new generation of soap actors is better *overall* than they last, because every new generation is more aware of what came before them and have a wider appreciation for their craft.

I also think soaps have had a rise, a fall and a rise again over the course of their run. You had the days when Corrie was essential viewing & EastEnders were a pop culture phenomenon, then you had the days when soaps were seen as being tacky & throwaway and now, I honestly think that soaps are more well regarded as a genre of genuine quality than they were ten/fifteen years ago... in that respect, I think they're in a healthy position. Soaps break their own boundaries on a regular occasion and appear to the audience more often as a 'drama' rather than as a 'cheesy soap'. I think all of the soaps have produced fantastic material at every stage of their time on air - it's just that the definition of 'fantastic' has evolved and moved on.

I'm still very young in comparison to how long the big three soaps have been running so excuse me if I've been too general but I also like to think that I've done my research.
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