Bad storylines
OF all the news stories I’ve ever read about EastEnders, this one struck me as particularly unbelievable.
In November last year it was alleged that a temporary worker on the BBC soap had offered to leak storylines in return for a payment of £4,000.
Yeah, right. As if anyone would pay that much!
The storylines have been a load of old pony for almost two years now.
I don’t just mean bizarre filler such as old man Ted teaching teenager Bernadette Taylor how to play chess or Magic Marv the sleazy children’s entertainer suddenly showing up at the Vic and taking centre stage.
I’m talking the big storylines such as the New Year’s heist, which never really recovered from the bizarre decision to film it in broad daylight.
Truth is there was little about this storyline that was convincing – from cartoon villain mastermind Aidan Maguire to the unlikely involvement of Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter. However, if you want a truly graphic representation of the year EastEnders has had, I give you the Carter family sitting in their kitchen with the floor covered in old copies of the Walford Gazette. Without wishing to put you off your breakfast, I must inform you they were waiting for nature to take its course after their bulldog Lady Di swallowed a wedding ring.