#bbc eastenders

[kornknock]

shannis + snogging in the club

#eastenders #shannis #bbc eastenders #dennis rickman #sharon x dennis #sharon watts #turn up ur brightness to 100 im so sorry #evil club lighting #*

[notasapleasure]

Jack Robbins in EastEnders masterpost

Joplin Sibtain (credited as Chook Sibtain) plays Jack Robbins in 15 episodes. The dates below that have strike-throughs weren’t available when I did my watch, but for the curious/masochistic, all others bar those in Part 4 are on youtube. The episodes from 2001 are currently (February 2023) on UKTV player, free in the UK, labelled Series 17 episodes 144 and 156.

I basically liveblogged each episode with an increasingly deranged number of screenshots (and one hard-won gif in Part 4) though, so if you want to watch Joplin without having to watch EastEnders you don’t have to watch the rest of the episodes, you can just scroll through my posts.

For those who need the warning, just in case, do watch out for - oh, anything that you could imagine putting a trigger warning on, from EDs to euthanasia. It’s a soap, it covers all the bases. Feel free to message me if you want to check anything.

Part 1 covering: 17 Aug 2000, 21 Aug 2000, 22 Aug 2000, 24 Aug 2000, 4 Sep 2000, 5 Sep 2000, 21 Sep 2000

Part 2 covering: 26 Sep 2000, 2 Oct 2000, 5 Oct 2000

Part 3 covering: 9 Oct 2000, 10 Oct 2000, 16 Oct 2000,

Part 4 covering: 19 Feb 2001, 19 Mar 2001

#joplin sibtain #eastenders #chook sibtain #i love british character actors so much you guys. so much. #adventures in joplin sibtain's imdb page #i'm putting these out there in the hope that one day a friendly and competent gif-maker will be inspired to Create Wonders #and yes. some of those missing episodes might actually be on uktv player #but guys. it took me so long to crack the code and work out which one was 19 feb 2001 and i just wanted to finish the story arc #maybe when i have recovered a bit i'll go back and see if any of the missing ones are there too #british soaps #bbc eastenders #also hey hey hey LOOK arm scar is old #boogiewookiesugarcookie #look!!

[eeillustrations]

🥵 🔥 

#eastenders #eastenders edit #bbc eastenders #eastendersedit #bbc #peter beale #dana munroe #Dayle Hudson #Barbara Joan Smith #Barbara Smith #gif #kiss #cute #couple

[will-noble-owns-my-ass]

Elaine winds me up

#eastenders #elaine #bbc eastenders

[partywithponies]

BBC One deciding to air the first episode of a whole new era for their most popular family drama show, the show finale of one their most popular sitcoms, and the single most hyped event episode in about a decade of their most popular soap opera, all in the same day (that day is also Christmas day):

#doctor who #bbc ghosts #eastenders #I'm going to be having stress-fuelled flashbacks every time I hear Stay Another Day for years to come

[georgefairbrother]

A little more on Ian Lavender, who passed away February 2nd, 2024, aged 77.

Just one of the abiding friendships between the cast of Dad’s Army was between Ian Lavender himself (born 1946) and John Laurie (born 1897).

Private Pike was Ian Lavender’s first ongoing television role, while John Laurie, a Great War veteran, had appeared in British films dating back to 1929, and was a leading Shakespearean actor on stage.

John Laurie was godfather to Ian Lavender’s children, and they were both dab hands at The Times crossword. John Laurie passed away in 1980, at the age of 83.

Ian Lavender always expressed his gratitude for having worked on Dad's Army, but admitted that typecasting had held back his career, particularly in movies, although he did appear in a handful of classic mid-seventies British films, including Carry on Behind, Not Now, Comrade, and Confessions of a Pop Performer.

He reprised his Dad's Army character, Frank Pike, in a BBC radio sequel, It Sticks Out Half a Mile, and he starred alongside Mollie Sugden in one of David Croft's rare catastrophes, the sci-fi sitcom Come Back Mrs Noah. He featured with Jimmy Edwards in The Glums, and had a series of memorable cameos on British television, including in Yes Minister, Goodnight Sweetheart, and Keeping Up Appearances.

According to his obituary in The Guardian:

"...In addition to various live Dad’s Army productions, his stage work included the Peter Hall Company’s The Merchant of Venice, with Dustin Hoffman as Shylock in 1989, touring as the Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show in 2005, Monsignor Howard in the London Palladium production of the musical Sister Act in 2009, The Shawshank Redemption at the Edinburgh fringe in 2013, and his own one-man show of reminiscences, Don’t Tell Him, Pike..."

He appeared in 245 episodes of Eastenders, and was one of only two of the original Dad's Army cast members, along with Frank Williams (the Vicar), to appear in the 2016 feature film.

Here Ian Lavender recalls an unintentionally comical appearance on New Zealand radio some years after the final episode of Dad's Army.

#social history #ian lavender #dads army #british culture #british television #british theatre #british actors #classic television #yes minister #keeping up appearances #david croft #bbc radio #eastenders

[mysharona1987]

Keanu's LIES Revealed At The Altar! | Walford REEvisited | EastEnders

But when did Eastenders, a gritty show that insisted it was about working class Londoners, become a Spanish telenovela?

Man, I remember when they were saying they were about “tackling difficult social issues that happen to regular people.”

Ok, but this doesn’t happen to regular people. And if it does happen to you, you need a reality show. 

#youtube #eastenders #bbc #uk #telenova #keanu

[politelymenacing]

People posting about Ghosts, I need you to know that if you write a post about Pat Butcher with no Ghosts context or a photo/gif my brain will always go here:

Which, truly, is a moment in British pop culture I would rather forget.

#pat butcher #ghosts #bbc ghosts #eastenders #problems of growing up in the late 90s/early 00s with a parent who watched this crap

[turningsaintsintotheseax]

Dear streaming services and broadcast channels; sapphic representation is important too…

When I think back to my baby gay days, there are a lot of difficult memories, heartbreak, rejection, and lonely moments. However, some of my happier moments, those glimmers of feeling safe and normal in a world that so often made me feel the opposite, came from media representation. Back in 2010 there wasn’t anywhere near the level of sapphic media representation that there is now, but there was enough.

I was more blessed than those born just a few years before me. I have a friend who is just five years older than me, and for her there was one sapphic media representation she could relate to- just one.

Coronation Street’s Sophie and Sian and Skins’ Naomi and Emily were my saving Grace. It might seem extreme, but I would sometimes count the hours down to be home from school to watch either of these. I’d spent six hours wanting to crawl inside a hole and feeling that I was carrying a secret that everyone secretly knew and hated me for. Yet I could go home and immerse myself into someone’s else’s relationship that made mine feel so much more normal. I don’t doubt that media representation saved my life in more ways than one, and for that I have so much to thank broadcasters for. However there is a hidden dark side to sapphic representation on TV.

While no one can deny that sapphic and wlw media representation has become much more common over time. The bizzare trends that seem to curse sapphic characters are ongoing.

Let’s start with the original trend, referred to as #buryyourgays and essentially outlining the frequency at which lesbian and bisexual characters were killed off in popular tv shows. As of February 2023, a grand total of 225 (and counting) wlw TV show characters had been killed off. I’m not going to list them all, because no one has time to read that, but I will outline the ones that hit hard (for me).

Tara - Buffy The Vampire Slayer (2002)

Tosh - Torchwood (2008)

Sarah Barnes - Hollyoaks (2009)

Cat - Lip Service (2012)

Maya - Pretty Little Liars (2012)

Naomi - Skins (2013)

Emily - Teen Wolf (2013)

Catriona - Doctors (2014)

Maddie Heath - Coronation Street (2015)

Lexa - The 100 (2016)

Nora and Mary Louise - The Vampire Diaries (2016)

Poussey - Orange is the New Black (2016)

Rana Habeeb- Coronation Street (2019)

Tina Carter - Eastenders (2020)

I mean, the list goes on…

And the impact is huge. When you are a lost and lonely youth, these characters do become your saving grace and sense of normality. As I previously mentioned, Skins had the biggest impact on my life and were actually praised by the sapphic community for appearing to break the #buryyourgays trend. So what did they do? Brought Naomi back in a one off spin off series. To kill her off. Tragically. Come on now!

British soaps. I’m a big fan. It’s a guilty pleasure! The soaps have a huge platform to spread awareness and inclusivity, and let’s be fair, they often do. However the trend remains prominent. Eastenders killed off it’s longest running lesbian character in the last couple of years. Coronation Street killed off one half of two of the three lesbian couples to be featured and Hollyoaks killed off Sarah Barnes way back in the day and are currently stabbing us all in the heart with Juliet’s upcoming death.

The British soaps are getting somewhere with their representation of male gay characters, which is good. I mean, it would be nice for it to be all communities but perhaps this means it’s coming. In fact, over its 38 years worth of episodes, Eastenders has cast an impressive 20 male gay and bisexual main characters. Compared to just 10 female lesbian and bisexual characters.

Thankfully, we have seen the #buryyourgays trend slowly come to a steady halt in the last couple of years. But there has to be a replacement hashtag right? Correct! Introducing #cancelyourgays….

In some ways this new trend is worse! I mean, it certainly boils my blood more. It has a whole new feeling of injustice about it and there is an even clearer line between the treatment of male gay shows compared to sapphic shows. Obviously straight shows are still miles ahead, I don’t expect to catch them up, but a little bit of mileage would be nice!

So now that we are in the times of streaming media, the sector saw a whole new opportunity to start cancelling shows and breaking hearts. I was a loyal Netflix fan but to say I am cross with them now, is an understatement.

Let’s start with Netflix, as I do feel they are the worst. I’m not going to list every sapphic show they have ever cancelled, it would simply take me too long. But let’s talk about the main tradegies

First kill - oh my heart. What was not to love about this show? It’s probably the hardest hit for me. Vampires, gouls, monster killers, themes of Romeo and Juliet throughout, Sarah Catherine Hook, and a lesbian couple as the leads where ‘coming out’ is not the storyline and their sexuality just happily exists in the background. It had everything in place for a huge following right? Yes! But Netflix has treated us to cancelling the show just two months after series one premiered! Netflix said it was due to a low completion rate. I haven’t seen the figures so I can’t say this isn’t accurate, but considering First Kill stormed into the top 10 within hours of it’s premiere and reached number 3 worldwide, only falling behind the huge peaky blinders and stranger things, you’d think that the figures couldn’t have been the problem. Considering the teenage hit Heart-stopper was renewed for a further two seasons despite having half the views of First Kill! Good job Heart-stopper chose to have Charlie and Nick as it’s lead and not Tara and Darcy, or it could have been a different story. Let’s not forget that First Kill’s show runner has also spoken about the lack of advertising Netflix gave to First Kill, almost like they didn’t want it to blow up.

Warrior nun - another hugely popular show. This one managed to get renewed for a season two but was cancelled shortly after the second season premiered. Netflix said it was due to viewing figures and production costs, but then again it always is…

The society - was cancelled after the first season, this time due to Covid. I mean, there is legitimacy to this as the second season was due to start filming in late 2020 but if you look deeper, Netflix absolutely did not cancel all of their series due in 2020. In fact, what was the other show to take the hit at the same time as The Society? It was I’m Not Okay With This, which is next on the list.

I’m not okay with this - what a great premise for a show! A mix of coming to terms with sexuality and the development of super powers! This show was a HUGE hit and fans thought the renewal for a season two was as secure as it could possibly be. But no. Due to ‘Covid’ Netflix cancelled it after season one. Definitely couldn’t blame views for this one’s cancellation. I Am Not Okay With This ranks at the 89.6th percentile in the Drama genre. This means I Am Not Okay With This has higher demand than 89.6% of all Drama titles in the United States. It almost doesn’t make sense? Hmm.

A Typical - I personally thought this one was absolutely safe. The sapphic storyline was by no means the main plot of the show. It focused on the life of an autistic teenager dealing with school, friends and girlfriends. But his sister had her own sapphic storyline going on in the background and the wlw community were utterly invested! In fairness to Netflix, this one got four seasons which is unheard of and is believed to have been cancelled after season four due to it coming to a natural end.

Teenage bounty hunters - cancelled after season one. Frustrating so many fans, mainly due to the fact that it ended on a huge cliffhanger! Covid was blamed here too but fans bit back with evidence that advertising was lacking it and the show got lost in the weight of all the other Netflix shows. I mean, the executive producer was Jenji Kohan who brought us Orange Is The New Black, so you’d have thought that Netflix would have been pumping it to everyone’s home screens!

Glow - 15 Emmy nominations and three wins weren’t enough to save season four of GlOW from cancellation. In fact, it was renewed for a fourth season and Netflix reversed the decision due to, you guessed it, Covid! Producers claimed that it was too tricky to film the close proximity scenes. Yet somehow they did manage to do this in every other covid time show that continued…

Gypsy - one of the quickest Netflix cancellations ever. The show had only just premiered when the plug was pulled for a season two. Most of the blame went to viewing figures. Fun fact- the dedicated fans were still battling and protesting for a season two well over a year after it’s cancellation.

Dare me - season one flew into the top 10 in 30 countries. Enough to secure a second season? Of course not. There were rumours that other streaming services were interested in picking it up for a season two, but this never happened.

Netflix are serial offenders, there is no doubting this. But it’s not just them. I can’t go as in depth with these, as I don’t want to write a whole essay, so i’m going to pick the one stand out example of each. Let’s move on to Amazon Prime and another of my heartbreaks…

The Wilds - I loved everything about this show. The diversity, the powerful female leads, the complete mix of Lost and Pretty Little Liars, there was so much to love! Gender was actually the main theme of the show but the wlw storyline between Toni and Shelby was a huge fan favourite. The Wilds returned for a season two and ended on another big cliffhanger, this and the fact that the fan base was HUGE caused fans to feel secure about a season three. But shortly after season two ended, Amazon cancelled the show. They blamed a lack of views in season two however, The Wilds ranks at the 92.7th percentile in the Drama genre. This means The Wilds has higher demand than 92.7% of all Drama titles in the United States. The reaction on the internet was crazy. After all this time, the fans continue to petition and argue for a season three.

HBO next..

Gentleman Jack - this one was a huge shocker. The period drama got two seasons and was beloved to it’s fans, gaining a hugely impressive 92% critics score and 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. I believe that neither HBO or BBC confirmed the reason for the cancellation but it is rumoured that it had to do with the length of time between the two seasons due to the pandemic, which could have led to a loss of viewers. Somehow, I doubt this.

Let’s not forget others worth mentioning..

Batwoman

Legacies

Legends of tomorrow

Charmed

A league of their own

Generation

Willow

and many many more…

Are the streaming services even aware of this pattern? Who knows. But the theme is there, in black and white. And as a sapphic female who has thankfully come out the other side of the years of self hatred, blame, isolation, and rejection, I am pleading with the streaming services to take note of this message

Dear streaming services and broadcast channels; sapphic representation is important too. Not just important but refreshing, a saving grace, a brief moment of normality, a resource, a source of education, and most important could literally save someone’s life.



#girls love girls #sapphic #wlw community #wlw positivity #wlw ship #gay representation #lgbt representation #queer representation #lgbt pride #wlw pride #queer media #media analysis #lgbt media #bury your gays #cancel your gays #netflix #prime video #gay bbc #eastenders #sophie and sian #naomi and emily #skins uk #first kill #calliope #julliette fairmont #julliette x calliope #im not okay with this #gentleman jack #atypical #casey and izzie

[goodoldfashionedmurderboy]

THE QUEST FOR THE ULTIMATE MURDERBOY: ROUND ONE

The Murderboy Polls Masterpost

#murderboys #the murderboy polls #ben mitchell #eastenders #julian fawcett #bbc ghosts #bbc on bbc violence

[vintage1981]

Mel-come back! Bonnie Langford Returns to Doctor Who!

Star of stage and screen Bonnie Langford will once again reprise her legendary role as Melanie Bush as she returns to Doctor Who, this time starring alongside Ncuti Gatwa who plays the Fifteenth Doctor in the new series.

Bonnie first entered the world of Doctor Who in 1986 as the companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors played by Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy, before returning in a cameo role in Jodie Whittaker’s final episode as the Thirteenth Doctor.

Making her West End debut at just seven years old in ‘Gone with the Wind’ at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Bonnie has since gone on to lead an outstanding career. From her countless performances on both Broadway and West End, such as ‘Chicago’, ‘9 to 5’ and ‘Cats’, to her award-winning role as Carmel Kazemi on EASTENDERS.

Now Bonnie is back, as Melanie returns for another epic adventure.

Bonnie Langford said: "I am absolutely thrilled to be bringing Melanie Bush back. To be part of the exceptional cast, crew and production team led by the force of nature that is Russell T Davies is a career highlight. I’m so privileged and proud to have been a member of the Doctor Who family since the classic era and to be included in the new generation is phenomenal.”

Showrunner, Russell T Davies said: “Open those TARDIS doors wide, because Bonnie’s back! What an honour, delight and hoot to welcome back the character of Melanie, after too long away. And this isn’t just a cameo, Bonnie is right in the thick of the action, battling monsters and chaos and cliffhangers, right at the Doctor's side, just like the old days.”

Doctor Who returns in November 2023 with three special episodes with David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor to coincide with the 60th anniversary. Ncuti Gatwa’s first episode as the Fifteenth Doctor will air over the festive period.

Doctor Who will premiere exclusively on the BBC for the UK and Ireland. Disney+ will be the exclusive home for new seasons of Doctor Who outside of the UK and Ireland.

#Doctor Who #Bonnie Langford #Melanie Bush #Pease Pottage #TARDIS #BBC One #BBC Studios #Disney Plus #Disney #David Tennant #Ncuti Gatwa #Eastenders #Colin Baker #Sylvester McCoy #Russell T. Davis

[kornknock]

Dennis Rickman 19/04/2004

#eastenders #bbc eastenders #dennis rickman #nigel harman #classic eastenders #shannis #* #hes so pretty when hes sad... #these look better on desktop aint that just the way

[helmstone]

Festive records for iPlayer

Festive records for iPlayer

The BBC has presented a bumper set of numbers for iPlayer showing plenty of festive records. I won’t steal it all, but it’s worth snapping some (OK most) of it. Of course there’s a bit of a clue in the picture, and we had some Christmas Day numbers already for linear TV. Christmas week (25-31 Dec 2023) sett a new all-time iPlayer record, with programmes streamed a record-breaking 177m times, up…

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#2023 #bbc #beyond paradise #call the midwife #christmas #death in paradise #eastenders #featured #ghosts #vigil

[eeillustrations]

I'm back! What other GIF sets would you like to see?

#eastenders #eastendersedit #bbc eastenders #ee #ee edit #ee stuff

[limeskye]

Eastenders - Ben Mitchell goes into cardiac arrest

#eastenders #bbc #ben mitchell #cw overdose #cardiac arrest #defibrillation #whump #oxygen mask #worry #bystanders #callum #ballum #cpr #unconcious #eeedit #eastendersedit #collapse

[partywithponies]

My favourite common soap opera character arc is when one of the main characters has a kid, right. And that kid is forced to go through every kind of horror and trauma imaginable from the age of like 5 onwards just for the sake of drama and for the sake of the main character's angst. But then eventually the kid grows up enough to look back on all the shit they've been through and realise that the one constant in all of it. Was the main character. And then they get to go through their edgy angsty resentful This Is All Your Fault era. Eats so hard every time.

#eastenders #bbc casualty #I feel like Tommy Moon is going to hit this point sometime in the next few years