HITS& MISSES!

WHAT’S HIT THE BULLSEYE RECENTLY – AND WHAT’S FALLEN WIDE OF THE MARK?

If you’d told us last year that Adam Barlow was going to end up as one half of a comedy double act with the crackers mum of con-manturned-phelan-victim Vinny, we’d have worried for your sanity. You’d be forgiven for failing to keep up with Joe and Debbie’s roller-coaster romance. From love to loathing, loathing to love

– via an acid attack, CPR and, erm, building model aeroplanes.

It’s a miracle they even know what day it is. We’ve missed Rainie. We’re mystified as to why Corrie’s new Speed Daal set is almost identical to the Bistro. It’s very confusing! If it wasn’t for Kayla in the background of this scene, we’d struggle to tell the difference. Shame on you, Emmerdale, for duping us into thinking Bob and Brenda were actually going to make it, before catapulting him in Laurel’s direction again. And just when we thought poor Ashley’s widow had suffered enough! We loved Mo making the most of her cleaning jobs at the Vic and E20. Have one for us, Mo! Please join us in worshipping at the temple of actress Emma Atkins, whose outstanding performances continue to give us goosebumps. We share Linda’s feeings about Halfway’s lairy brother Stuart – surely the most objectionable new character in years! While we’re impressed with Emmerdale’s commitment to bringing us a broader range of wildlife, it’s the village vets we feel sorry for – having to neuter this lot. Goodbye then, Ingrid the au pair. There was probably a storyline planned for you at some stage, but we’ll never know what it was. Hey ho!

Duncan from Blue

is dead. So sad. We know his Hollyoaks

character probably had a name, but it was always too much fun calling him Duncan from Blue.