Hits & Misses

Edited by Laura-jayne Tyler WHAT’S HIT THE BULLSEYE RECENTLY – AND WHAT’S FALLEN WIDE OF THE MARK? Ian Beale has had the same polo shirt for at least three years. He can’t be keeping it for sentimental reasons – he was wearing it when he heard his daughter had been murdered. Who chooses the artwork for hospital? Not very uplifting, is it? Weatherfield General BULLSEYE! Budgets have been slashed on the new series of Game Of Thrones. Normally it takes us about 20 years to get used to a new soap family. And to them takes even longer. So that’s why we’re amazed by how hard we’ve fallen for and her scrappy menagerie of kids. Walford was greatly in need of a kick up the arse – long may Karen, and actress stick around to put the boot in. Hold those Mccain Shakeshaketm Fries like a bit higher, Doug! The sponsor is watching. And we hope you bought them using your Karen Taylor Kudos to the soundtrack team, who had vicar driving towards her own stabbing while singing along to Billy Joel’s Emmerdale Harriet Visatm Contactless. Lorraine Stanley, Only The Good Die Young. “What you doing this afternoon, mate?” “Oh, just popping out to the unveiling of a new sign at my local funeral parlour.” Harry We love how baby in is utterly captivated by the studio lights. So many! So high! So pretty! Corrie “Of course. What could be more normal?” The sexual tension between this pair is now unbearable. best guest performance in ages came from as Geraldine – Summer’s vile, bigoted grandmother. What a total cow! (Geraldine, we mean. We’re sure Lynne’s lovely.) Corrie’s We can’t think where Lynne Verrall Michelle Just kiss already! gets her style ideas from. 106 lnsidesoap