cymbaline Posted August 14, 2023 Report Posted August 14, 2023 Erm...as soon as I read your comment about the episodes my mind went to exactly the same place as James Martin's. Straight away I was trying to work out how long it'd have taken Emmerdale to clock up 1,000 episodes in the old days and was trying to remember how many weekly episodes they were broadcasting at the time. I think the Australian soaps were the first ones to air 5 days a week in the UK.
CaptainHulk Posted August 15, 2023 Report Posted August 15, 2023 13 hours ago, cymbaline said: Erm...as soon as I read your comment about the episodes my mind went to exactly the same place as James Martin's. Straight away I was trying to work out how long it'd have taken Emmerdale to clock up 1,000 episodes in the old days and was trying to remember how many weekly episodes they were broadcasting at the time. I think the Australian soaps were the first ones to air 5 days a week in the UK. Just under 13 years, though 6 episodes between 1981-1982 kind of went walkabout (I don't think they were ever recovered), so that sped it up.
Homeandawayfan. Posted August 15, 2023 Report Posted August 15, 2023 14 hours ago, cymbaline said: Erm...as soon as I read your comment about the episodes my mind went to exactly the same place as James Martin's. Straight away I was trying to work out how long it'd have taken Emmerdale to clock up 1,000 episodes in the old days and was trying to remember how many weekly episodes they were broadcasting at the time. I think the Australian soaps were the first ones to air 5 days a week in the UK. One thing that irks me a bit is when people reply with paragraphs or sentences that start with with "Erm". I do find it a bit condescending. Anyway H&A "ended" years ago, as nothing since 2011 is H&A anyway. Just a crime/medical show using H&A's title.
James Martin Posted August 17, 2023 Author Report Posted August 17, 2023 Erm... Let's play nice. It's kind of just plodding along in the UK now I agree. Channel 5 could have tried it out in a 7pm slot but have decided not to. For most people it's a streaming soap now anyway, unless you have a smaller telly that forgives the sins that make up 5 Star's picture. You can watch 5 Star in HD via My5 on a PC, and indeed catch-up is HD on PC, but annoyingly it's still SD on any TV based versions of the app (Virgin/FireStick at least.)
cymbaline Posted September 1, 2023 Report Posted September 1, 2023 The plodding-along formula is what seems to suit everyone now. From interviews I've heard with some of the older actors, it sounds like a well-oiled machine that just keeps going. The older actors are happy to have a steady job and not exert themselves too much. The younger actors come in, work hard for a few years and then move on. The crew behind the scenes are very good at what they do and everything just runs smoothly. I daresay things were more chaotic in the early days, especially when the budget was lower and they had more teenagers around. As long as it makes money and they can sell it abroad, they're unlikely to change tack. The formula works.
James Martin Posted September 9, 2023 Author Report Posted September 9, 2023 I kinda agree. I think one of the things about Homers is it's always been a high cast turnover show. You have a core of older characters - today that's Alf, Marilyn, John, Irene, Roo and I guess Leah... they're all just there and that group hasn't really altered in over ten years. But the under 30's are generally there for three years and then move on. It's just how it is. A sobering thought is that if Kate Ritchie was still on the show, Sally would now be 43. She too could have ended up lumped in with the "olds" set like Leah has been. I'm one of the old skool of fans though that liked the light frothy teen soap formula. That said, I'm still sore they left Morag in limbo. British soaps tend to give a character an off screen death and, most of the time, an on screen funeral if an actor dies. I'm still of the opinion they could have done this.
Stewarts Point Posted November 10, 2023 Report Posted November 10, 2023 I don't think it should go without saying that with the digital switchover in the UK at the same time that Home and Away moved to Channel 5, there were plenty of people unable to receive the Channel 5 signal. Even if I had wanted to watch Home and Away at this point, I was unable to do so free to air. Simply put, if ITV had kept the show, there would have been universal coverage in the UK. Beyond that ITV could have pushed Home and Away like they did with Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
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