Eastenders

Quite right J52 we are not idiots, and would like something that is a little true to life. I too like Bex, and that storyline was I think quite good, but there is really so little of interest now that I wonder why we settle down to watch!

The recovery from the two crashes ( bus and chip shop) is remarkably swift. I doubt if Kush and Denise's coupling could be achieved with a broken collarbone!
It's time for some reality.

Goodbye Preston, we won't miss you.

I read today that Christopher Timothy is joining the cast as one half of a married couple. I can't remember who's playing his wife. Apparently true to form the character has a murky past.

I think the actress who plays Bex is brilliant, and the bullying storyline at the school is very belivable.

I love Kim.

I hope that Kush survives the chip shop crash!

Thank you Alima I remember now! Miss him. ahhhhhh!

.....me neither, just cannot miss it!

...or rather the two of them returned to Pakistan a round about route.

He went off on a round the world trip with his youngest son. Shame, I liked him and his family.

P.S. Not that I am an addict or anything!

I missed some episodes whilst in hospital at the end of last year, and suddenly realise I have not seen Masood for some time, can't remember what has happened to him, anyone help. It has really got to me. Thanks

I do agree that some of the acting and story lines leave a lot to be desired but hasn't there always been teenage story lines right from the beginning? Think the young Sharon, Michelle, Ian and all the rest that came and went. There was some kind of spin off in 2010 called e20 but I don't think it lasted long.

I agree Jane10. Plus I do like it when the "oldies" get involved. I miss them in Corrie for example when you can see that they went on their christmas breaks and so are missing around the february episodes.

Mick is going on an extended sabbatical Printmiss due to overwork, your wish granted. I agree with the spin off idea for the younger cast. I find Kim a bit of light relief amongst all the misery. The Michelle/ Preston story line is interesting but the acting is not credible. I am not enjoying Enders as much as I once did but will go with it for a while longer.

Corrie is successful because of usually having a 'lighter' storyline going as well as a heavy one. There are also some very good funny characters. Gemma is a joy in her awful way as is Tim and don't get me started on Norris! Eastenders needs more of these type of character. Kim isn't enough!

I like Kim too, speaks a lot of truth in amongst all the ranting! Wish they would get rid of Mick, even when he smiles he looks miserable.

It does seem to have suffered since Dominic Treadwell Collins left as producer. The new chap has his own ideas of where the programme is heading, hopefully it has an upward turn soon. So many regulars have left over the last year I was beginning to think there would be no one left in the square. Do they make a point of the young cast members to try and get more young viewers? Even so, I am still addicted to the thing, my one bit of constant veg telly. I like Kim too though I didn't at first. I do miss Masood and his family. Don't know what to make of the new 'chelle either.

Kim is a high spot for me! I think generally the stories are OK but they all drag on far too long. The Bex/Louise/Shaki story is sadly quite believable but needs to be wrapped up. The Michelle/Preston story is just daft. Sloppy writers getting desperate? New writers needed I reckon.

Ditto.

Glad someone started a thread about it.

I now video the omnibus and watch about half of it.

Dont get me started on "Michele Fowler".

I do like Kim though and know others who like her too.

The writing and story lines have been poor for ages I think.

I am sick to death of Walford Comp, and Bex and her love life, hormones and teenage angst. It's been dragging on for ages now yet I find all the teenager tedious. If the writers want to pull in teenage viewers why don't they call the soap Grange Hill and be done with it.

And now we have some American youth drafted in for the teenage plot to expand. The return of the miserable Michelle leaves me cold. Amazing how she is now running the house hold so quickly. Few of the storylines are credible and many of the actors are unconvincing.

Kim should have been written out ages ago. As for Denise, she'd have cracked long ago given she is involved in trauma after trauma.

It's become plodding and slow moving and I really don't care very much if I miss an episode. I am on the verge of giving up.

Don't give up on it Leonora47. Its only one storyline and it'll peter out. Makes a change from the devastatingly attractive Phil and Max cutting a swathe through all the women of Walford. That was always a struggle for me to understand!