Soap Characters 70-90s

[Twocky61]

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Here's a soap though:

Angie Freeman (played by Deborah McAndrew) in Corrie; the art student girlfriend of Curly Watts (played by Kevin Kennedy)

[Twocky61]

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Oh sorry Zabadak not a soap

[zabadak]

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Hartley Hare from Pipkins

Though only a scraggly old puppet, he is a character

He rather sounds like Kenneth Williams. Whether or not Hartley was gay, nobody knows

Hartley was camp before we were aware camp was not only a place to pitch your tent

Soap?

[Twocky61]

Re: Soap Characters 70-90s

Hartley Hare from Pipkins

Though only a scraggly old puppet, he is a character

He rather sounds like Kenneth Williams. Whether or not Hartley was gay, nobody knows

Hartley was camp before we were aware camp was not only a place to pitch your tent

[Clare]

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The first soap character I can remember, from when I was quite young, was Sandy, the chap in the wheelchair in Crossroads.

[staffslad]

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I used to like Gail's friend Suzie Birchall when they lodged with Elsie Tanner/Howard. Seem to remember that Elsie managed a boutique and Suzie worked there as well. Gail might have been employed there for a while but my memory is a bit hazy on that. Suzie and Gail were supposed to go to London to live but only Suzie went in the end

[Richard1978]

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As for Eastenders Nigel was funny; the guy the Mitchell brothers were friendly with

I remember my Mum saying that Nigel was about the only character she liked in Eastenders in the mid 1990s, & even then he seemed to be there to be a punchbag for the others.

[Twocky61]

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Gail is one ugly creature she looks like ET after a stroke
I always liked Trevor in Eastenders he was soo evil he was great.

I always thought Gail/Helen Worth looked like a fish lol

As for Eastenders Nigel was funny; the guy the Mitchell brothers were friendly with

[George 1978]

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Bill Podmore was a great producer - pity that we don't have producers like him anymore, and regulators like the IBA as well to make sure that the schedules are not overloaded.

At least we have ITV3 episodes at the moment - they are showing such a great Jack and Vera storyline - the gas fire and decorating episodes from late September and early October 1987. I am certain that number 9 has had the same living room wallpaper since the Faircloughs lived there in 1981, correct me if I am wrong?

[staffslad]

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Correct, of course - I remember her working for Fairclough, Langton and Booth...

Me, too. That was a great time for the Street imo. Really strong characters that you cared about, and dramatic and humourous storylines.

[zabadak]

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I think it was Hunt.

Correct, of course - I remember her working for Fairclough, Langton and Booth...

[Zincubus]

Soap Characters 70-90s

I wish one of the soaps would have the courage to spend a month or so without letting the storylines leak into the media and end each episode on a gripping moment ... just to see if the viewing figures increased !!

We stopped watching Corrie and the others as soon as they started feeding the storylines to us ahead of the episodes ...
Back in the day we had drama and intrigue as the episodes ended in a nerve jangler - then we waited from Wednesday 8pm until the next episode on Monday 7:30pm... those days they regularly got 20million viewers ...


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[George 1978]

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And after she was Rashid, she was a Barlow again.

I have lost count how many surnames Gail has had.

[beccabear67]

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Her Mum was Blanche Hunt, so I'm thinking Hunt as well. Then she was Langton and then Raschide if I remember rightly.

[staffslad]

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Quick Corrie trivia question - anyone remember Deirdre Barlow's maiden name?

I think it was Hunt.