Ross Barton (Michael Parr)

[maidmarian]

emmerdale and mike parr did confirm on twitter ross dead but still think it is a bluff and he is alive kate oates keeping very quite

Think kate Oates is taking time out
perfecting her smug smirk for her next
interview pic.
Not got it quite right yet!!

[maidmarian]

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[mariba]

He better be alive after all this silence or loads of people-me included-will be really annoyed with Emmerdale team. I mean, if he really is dead, they could as well confirm it and move on. Now everyone is just speculating..They are just going to lose loads of viewers treating us like this.

The whole summer fete thing has been a total flop-saving so many pointless characters and so much of the cast not even at the wedding+Ali missing from the aftermath(I would have rather got rid of Ali than Ruby, Diane rather than Val-I know, actress wanted to leave). Why did this Bob storyline+Jai, Rachel, Archie custody battle have to clash with the aftermath when all I can think of is-where is Ross??!
This week is just so boring..Diane&Doug..yawn..

[mariba]

He better be alive after all this silence or loads of people-me included-will be really annoyed with Emmerdale team. I mean, if he really is dead, they could as well confirm it and move on. Now everyone is just speculating..They are just going to lose loads of viewers treating us like this.

The whole summer fete thing has been a total flop-saving so many pointless characters and so much of the cast not even at the wedding+Ali missing from the aftermath(I would have rather got rid of Ali than Ruby, Diane rather than Val-I know, actress wanted to leave). Why did this Bob storyline+Jai, Rachel, Archie custody battle have to clash with the aftermath when all I can think of is-where is Ross??!
This week is just so boring..Diane&Doug..yawn..

[kennedyfan86]

Think kate Oates is taking time out
perfecting her smug smirk for her next
interview pic.
Not got it quite right yet!!

Yes, she's a very arrogant looking woman, so proud of herself, a talk to the hand sort cause you wouldn't be good enough to talk to the current Series Producer of one of ITV's top shows, she kind of makes you want to smack her face whenever you see her.

I don't think Mike's much of a holiday person, he finds it difficult to relax, likes to be working and busy - don't we all? Not as easy for everyone and it's all alright for them on their fantastic 6+ figure salaries, makes you sick, the TV industry is definitely one to break into for the financially crippled, that and football, too much money for no important contribution within society

[kennedyfan86]

Think kate Oates is taking time out
perfecting her smug smirk for her next
interview pic.
Not got it quite right yet!!

Yes, she's a very arrogant looking woman, so proud of herself, a talk to the hand sort cause you wouldn't be good enough to talk to the current Series Producer of one of ITV's top shows, she kind of makes you want to smack her face whenever you see her.

I don't think Mike's much of a holiday person, he finds it difficult to relax, likes to be working and busy - don't we all? Not as easy for everyone and it's all alright for them on their fantastic 6+ figure salaries, makes you sick, the TV industry is definitely one to break into for the financially crippled, that and football, too much money for no important contribution within society

[Telly Watcher]

What has really struck me during the last week or so is just how tightly timed everything is on Emmerdale. The planning for each episode seems to go way back so that, even by the filming stage, they know exactly what has to appear in each episode some 6-7 weeks away from showing on TV, even down to correct dates on text messages, etc, that we see cast members receiving on mobile phones in scenes (and no, they don't seem to be CGI overlay images either, just normal mobile phone screen images of usual texts on a phone held by a character in the set surroundings for the scene). If it really was decided (3/6?) months ago to kill off Ross, then I can't imagine it being an easy job to change the storyline now to bring him back, as it would mean refilming/reediting say 6-7 weeks worth of completed episodes and changing the next and future storylines and scripts covering many months ahead.

I checked out the change.org website just now and the petition for Ross to come back has only 1,878 votes. Some 6.08/6.45 million viewers (source: digitalspy.co.uk) watched the two episodes on August 6th where Ross got dumped in the woods, compared to about 5.2million viewers typically for episodes before Summer Fate week (barb.co.uk, figures after July 31st not available yet). 1,878 out of 5.2million regular viewers doesn't seem anywhere like enough to me for Emmerdale to seriously consider overcoming the time and cost of making changes to bring back Ross if he has been written out already and killed on August 6th. Matthew Wolfenden (David) gave a recent interview in which he said that cast cuts were happening because the show's budget needed to be reduced. I'm hoping that the producers and storywriters have got it right in what they've done in the coming episodes, because there doesn't seem much scope to me for changing a lot at this late stage.

Ross is liked by a number of posters on this forum, myself included. Maybe the 1,878 voters are his biggest fans, or maybe his only fans, or maybe many fans think he hasn't really been killed and is going to come back so why vote, or maybe the poll wasn't publicised well enough for enough people to know about it to vote? The population of St Helens town where Mike Parr comes from was 102,629 in the 2001 Census (source: wikipedia) and 176,843 for the St Helens Metropolitan Area. So not even many local town fans could have voted for him either. It wasn't a yes/no vote, so we can't know the real reasons for why so few people voted to bring Ross back to Emmerdale. I suppose the best-case explanation is that the poll wasn't publicised well enough for a very large number of people to vote in it. The worst-case explanation is that the Ross character really isn't popular with the majority of Emmerdale viewers/UK public, and in this case is evidence that leaving Emmerdale might be a smart move for Mike Parr after all?

[maidmarian]

What has really struck me during the last week or so is just how tightly timed everything is on Emmerdale. The planning for each episode seems to go way back so that, even by the filming stage, they know exactly what has to appear in each episode some 6-7 weeks away from showing on TV, even down to correct dates on text messages, etc, that we see cast members receiving on mobile phones in scenes (and no, they don't seem to be CGI overlay images either, just normal mobile phone screen images of usual texts on a phone held by a character in the set surroundings for the scene). If it really was decided (3/6?) months ago to kill off Ross, then I can't imagine it being an easy job to change the storyline now to bring him back, as it would mean refilming/reediting say 6-7 weeks worth of completed episodes and changing the next and future storylines and scripts covering many months ahead.

I checked out the change.org website just now and the petition for Ross to come back has only 1,878 votes. Some 6.08/6.45 million viewers (source: digitalspy.co.uk) watched the two episodes on August 6th where Ross got dumped in the woods, compared to about 5.2million viewers typically for episodes before Summer Fate week (barb.co.uk, figures after July 31st not available yet). 1,878 out of 5.2million regular viewers doesn't seem anywhere like enough to me for Emmerdale to seriously consider overcoming the time and cost of making changes to bring back Ross if he has been written out already and killed on August 6th. Matthew Wolfenden (David) gave a recent interview in which he said that cast cuts were happening because the show's budget needed to be reduced. I'm hoping that the producers and storywriters have got it right in what they've done in the coming episodes, because there doesn't seem much scope to me for changing a lot at this late stage.

Ross is liked by a number of posters on this forum, myself included. Maybe the 1,878 voters are his biggest fans, or maybe his only fans, or maybe many fans think he hasn't really been killed and is going to come back so why vote, or maybe the poll wasn't publicised well enough for enough people to know about it to vote? The population of St Helens town where Mike Parr comes from was 102,629 in the 2001 Census (source: wikipedia) and 176,843 for the St Helens Metropolitan Area. So not even many local town fans could have voted for him either. It wasn't a yes/no vote, so we can't know the real reasons for why so few people voted to bring Ross back to Emmerdale. I suppose the best-case explanation is that the poll wasn't publicised well enough for a very large number of people to vote in it. The worst-case explanation is that the Ross character really isn't popular with the majority of Emmerdale viewers/UK public, and in this case is evidence that leaving Emmerdale might be a smart move for Mike Parr after all?

You given some interesting info.and reasoned
arguments Telly Watcher- my guess would
be apathy -as you suggest - and also a lot
of people are very chary about doing some
things on-line.

I think giving opinions and supporting causes
are things that people feel can back-fire on
them.
I looked at the website you mention and
couldnt even look at it without registering
or signing in??? So more info about a person
held and possibly prone to misuse.

I like Ross -Im sorry if it does turn out he
has left permanently but I wouldn't
sign a petition in support of a matter
such as this.

Im.probably over cautious but I use on-line
for info/services etc that would help me
and do.appear to have safeguards!

Recent well publicised events suggest there
is more need for caution not less.

[maidmarian]

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[mariba]

What I really think is going to happen with Ross, is that he's going to stay as a missing person for few months to come. Mike Parr will that way have a nice break too to try out new things -maybe Strictly? ;)

Pete panics when Emma and James go to mortuary to identify the body, and under pressure ends up telling the truth(or some of it-that they had a fight and he left Ross for dead..), later when the body found turns out not to be Ross and everyone knows what Pete has done, they turn against him and Debbie wants him out, even thinking to call the police. That's why James is begging Debbie to give Pete bit more time. Pete goes to check where he left Ross,maybe thinking to bury him properly- only to find out that he's not there. This takes Pete to a very dark place. His family has turned their back on him, Debbie has left him..He's struggling with his guilt and now even panicking about Ross coming back. I have a feeling that Mike Parr has indeed left the show-but hopefully only temporarily.