Danielle

[Jessie Wallace]

I've just watched the ee revealed on bbc3/choice (what ever it's called now!) Totally agree with why they did it, if you've not seen it then go to the bbc i-player and watch it

[Perdita]

EastEnders executive producer Diederick Santer has responded to audience reaction following last night's episode of the BBC soap.

The hour special - which featured Peggy (Barbara Windsor) and Archie's (Larry Lamb) wedding as well as the death of Ronnie Mitchell's (Samantha Janus) secret daughter Danielle (Lauren Crace) - was seen by an average of 10.6m and caused an abnormal power surge on at the National Grid.

However, the episode has sparked mixed feelings among some of the viewing audience, with many members of the DS forums expressing their dismay at the plot's ending. The BBC has also confirmed that it has received a number of representations regarding the storyline.

Santer this afternoon said: "Last night's EastEnders contained all the elements of a classic soap episode – a wedding, high drama and tragedy.

"We acknowledge that we didn't deliver the happy ending that many of the audience may have been hoping for, and that for some people this was upsetting. We hope viewers understand that our aim is to deliver the best drama. That doesn't always lead to a happy ending.

He added: "EastEnders - like all good drama - contains a balance of storylines, both happy and sad. We’re proud of the episode, the storyline which built up to it and the way the audience have engaged with it."

[matt1378]

EastEnders executive producer Diederick Santer has responded to audience reaction following last night's episode of the BBC soap.

The hour special - which featured Peggy (Barbara Windsor) and Archie's (Larry Lamb) wedding as well as the death of Ronnie Mitchell's (Samantha Janus) secret daughter Danielle (Lauren Crace) - was seen by an average of 10.6m and caused an abnormal power surge on at the National Grid.

However, the episode has sparked mixed feelings among some of the viewing audience, with many members of the DS forums expressing their dismay at the plot's ending. The BBC has also confirmed that it has received a number of representations regarding the storyline.

Santer this afternoon said: "Last night's EastEnders contained all the elements of a classic soap episode – a wedding, high drama and tragedy.

"We acknowledge that we didn't deliver the happy ending that many of the audience may have been hoping for, and that for some people this was upsetting. We hope viewers understand that our aim is to deliver the best drama. That doesn't always lead to a happy ending.

He added: "EastEnders - like all good drama - contains a balance of storylines, both happy and sad. We’re proud of the episode, the storyline which built up to it and the way the audience have engaged with it."

thats what i got in reply to my complaint

[di marco]

i always thought that the writers were killing danielle off cos then the storyline had gone full circle - ronnie thinks daughter is dead, daughter turns up, daughter dies. although i didnt want danielle to die straight away as i thought it would be good to see her bond with ronnie and them to have some time together and then they could kill her off. however after watching thursdays and fridays epis and the ee revealed i now think it was best to kill her off now rather than kill her in a few months time or not at all. if they didnt kill her at all it would all get very boring very quickly, they would bond and nothing else could really be done. if they killed her off in a few months we would get the bonding which everyone wanted to see and it would be nice, but i dont think danielles death would then have as much effect as it will have killing her off at the wedding. killing her off just minutes after ronnie realises shes her daughter makes it more devastating for ronnie as she never had chance to bond with her daughter, it also makes the fall out with archie worse for the rest of the family as its his fault that ronnie never got to know who danielle was, if she was killed in a few months time i dont think everyone would hate archie as much as they do now. at the end of the day, danielle was brought in as a plot device rather than a proper character and so it makes sense to use her to move ronnies character in a different direction rather than the storyline moving both ronnie and danielles characters

[di marco]

Perhaps not, Siobhan, Ronnie has got something concrete to concentrate on now. Before she was eternally mourning her baby, which her dad forced her to give away and then told her had died. Now she will regret not having given Danielle the time of the day while she was alive but has got the chance to say good-bye, which was previously denied to her. And she can let her anger out at Archie, knowing that all the family have this time witnessed what an evil git he is.

But now she has to live with a) Danielle dying in her arms and b) the knowledge she helped abort her grandchild... poor woman.. Her dad has a lot to answer for, there is protecting your kids and then there is completely destroying them

True. But I think Ronnie can now start to deal with the events in a different way to what she used to. Just me trying to be a mini psychiatrist, pehaps

i think it will effect her more now than her daughters "death" before. before she was devastated cos she never got to see her daughter and that her dad hadnt told her, though then she moved on cos she had closure rather than always trying to find her daughter. now though, not only does she have to live with the fact she could have got to know her daughter sooner as she was living near her, she aborted her grandchild and she was quite horrible to her on occassions, she also knows for certain her daughter is dead and she witnessed it happening, not to mention the fact that her dad betrayed her more than she even thought possible. i think this will effect her harder and hopefully for longer than previously. i think she will also blame herself a lot for what happened

[Perdita]

You might be right, but do you really want to see a miserable Ronnie for the rest of the year?

[Perdita]

Thousands of EastEnders fans have signed an online petition to show their unhappiness with the death of Danielle Jones (Lauren Crace).

Danielle was killed off by writers when the character was run over by Janine Butcher last week.

Fan Vicky Cole set up an online petition addressed to executive producer Diederick Santer to protest the storyline.

Cole said: "We'd like to express our disappointment that you have written out Danielle Jones (played by the talented Lauren Crace).

"We, the fans of the show, believe it is a mistake to write out the most pivotal character in possibly the best storyline EastEnders has had."

She added: "Although we realise it may not be possible to change the storyline and bring Lauren back, we hope that you will ensure her character's exit leaves a door open for her return."

Over 6,200 people have signed the letter posted at PetitionOnline.

Santer has said that the soap's producers were "proud" of the episode and the storyline that preceded it.

She died, how can a door be left open for her character to return? FFS, it is a soap story, yes, would have preferred for mum and daughter to get to know each other and live happily ever after, but it was not meant to be. Get over it.

Is it too late to start a petition to bring back Liam Connor?

[di marco]

these petitions are stupid. how can you bring back a character if theyre dead?! some people need to get a life, shes gone, get over it

[di marco]

You might be right, but do you really want to see a miserable Ronnie for the rest of the year?

i would prefer that than seeing her being all happy with danielle. we know this is what defines her character and so i think it needs to go deeper this time before she changes

[Curly19]

Dose any one know if Ronnie has talked to Joel Danielle birth father