The state of EastEnders - an alternative viewpoint

[Siobhan]

No raw nerve I'm just wondering why an article even if writen six months ago about a mans time on the show four years ago has to do with the current standing?

He wrote this 6 months ago and not in 2003 when you said it was muck.. I love EE and I think he made some good points. His open line was "I started to watch an episode of EastEnders recently for the first time in several years" so he obviously equated the standard of "currrent standing" to what he experienced 4 years ago..

[alan45]

Oh dear this seems to have touched a raw nerve. I read the blog that Richie posted and agreed with it as judging by the number of thanks he received so did a lot of others. As usual everyone is entitled to their own opinions.

No raw nerve I'm just wondering why an article even if writen six months ago about a mans time on the show four years ago has to do with the current standing?

Had you been able to read the article before criticising it out of hand you would have discovered it to be well written, wittty and informative. It really does tell the truth about what goes on behind the scenes in Elstree

[bakedbean]

Why cant they just have a group of good writers who know Eastenders and have wrote for them before and just keep them and evrey so often add a new writer so they can learn the roots.

[Pinkbanana]

Had you been able to read the article before criticising it out of hand you would have discovered it to be well written, wittty and informative. It really does tell the truth about what goes on behind the scenes in Elstree

Im not sure about the article telling the truth....it was more subjective, someone's personal opinion.

I agree with bakedbeans comment...I think they are in need of some decent writers who know EE and the characters they are writing about extremely well.

[alan45]

Had you been able to read the article before criticising it out of hand you would have discovered it to be well written, wittty and informative. It really does tell the truth about what goes on behind the scenes in Elstree

Im not sure about the article telling the truth....it was more subjective, someone's personal opinion.

I agree with bakedbeans comment...I think they are in need of some decent writers who know EE and the characters they are writing about extremely well.

Reading his article in full I feel its a very fair and unbiased account of what happens out at Elstree land. This man worked on the EE team unlike someones friend who worked there and happened to know somone who overheard the tea lady discussing x y and z. I realise you are a big EE fan and I respect this but EE needs major help if it wants to win back the droves of viewers who have left it. MAybe they dont want us older viewers now. But most of us were young viewers when EE started. It could be that we have outgrown EE and maybe its now aimed and the younger end of the market. Years ago I would have fought tooth and nail against anyone who ran down my beloved EE. Now I think its just plain rubbish pure and simple with the occasional good episode standing out.