Eastenders - Current Episode Discussion - VIII

[Kim]

Yes there are rules for child actors and they are
quite restrictive and detailed. Main points-

Can only work max 2 hrs per day on school days
and Sundays.
Can work longer hours on Saturdays & school hols.
But must have 2 vlear weeks in school hols


Need a performing licences issued by local
Council.
Cant work before 7am or after 7pm.

If not accompanied by teacher or parent - have to
have chaperone - also licenced by council

Search \\" child actors working hours UK \\" will take
you to got gov.uk for more info!

The regulations seem to be different when it's part time performance work, rather than say a paper round or a retail job. It sounds like they can have days off school as long as they keep to an education plan. Start and end times differ, as do maximum hours they can work. Seems quite relaxed to me. See this PDF: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/abouttheb...sing_guide.pdf

Of course they may have decided that to give Eliot a significant break is in his best interests.

I'm not sure why they think sending Bobby to a boarding school is going to solve anything though. They won't know what he's done and they're not psychologists or psychiatrists.

I thought he'd be sending him to a clinic of some sort, though it didn't do Steven a lot of good when he was on screen. But it seems now that he's not a danger to Peter, Lauren or Louie at all...