East Enders gone mad

Pat Butcher on a good day

'.. I didn't do it gov..'





Now I know that the majority of lefties do not admit to watching soaps on television and would rather be out there storming the Bastille ( a pub in Convent garden..) but for those of us who occasionally bother to watch pathetic soaps like East Enders (I do some times when I finish my knitting) would find the latest storyline dished out by the pathetic producers of this opera rather distasteful.

I am all for freedom of expression and of course the statement on top of this blog confirms my commitment to this. But the BBC has come up with a story line that is too disturbing and should not, in my opinion, be shown on telly. Its about two women on the square who give birth to babies at the same time. One of the babies dies on Xmas night (East Enders is famous for miserable stories) so the other one goes up the Queen Vic and swaps the babies around so she ends up having the baby that isn't hers and leaves the one that's brown bread behind.

Around 4, 000 viewers have so far written in complaining about the story and the actress playing Rony has resigned (according to the standard) because she finds the story disturbing. There is a line the BBC should not be crossing, this is an unnecessary and disturbing story and its not like there are thousands of these incidents happening every day. What would they come up with next? Maybe Prince Philip will be abducted by Nana Mouskouri and Pat Butcher and returned to Greece instead of the Parthenon Marbles (Elgin if you are a vile BM trustee)

Sort yourself out Mr BBC or the licence fee gets it!