EastEnders omnibus to be taken off air in April 2015

[Loukas]

EastEnders will stop airing a weekly omnibus from April 2015.

Executive producer, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, explained that viewing figures for the omnibus edition of the BBC One soap have "steadily decreased" in recent years.

In a letter published by The Writer's Guild, he wrote: "The BBC is today announcing that the EastEnders omnibus will cease from April 2015. This decision has been taken after much consideration and detailed analysis of the audience research."

He said that the "advent of PVRs and the wide availability of BBC iPlayer" has contributed to a decease in demand for the weekly catch-up broadcast.

"With the anticipated introduction of 30 day catch-up on BBC iPlayer in the near future, as well as BBC One +1, there will be even more opportunities for viewers to watch episodes they've missed," he continued.

Treadwell-Collins assured writers in his letter that the BBC is "absolutely committed to the future of EastEnders", and that it "remains at the heart of the BBC One schedule".

A BBC spokesperson confirmed to Digital Spy: "EastEnders is a key part of the BBC One schedule but viewers are increasingly using their recording devices or iPlayer to catch-up on episodes they've missed rather than rely on the weekly TV repeat.

"As a result, from April 2015, BBC One will no longer show the EastEnders omnibus."

Digital Spy (http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a600781/eastenders-omnibus-to-be-taken-off-air-from-april-2015.html#~oRygHlWOkAJ8yY)

[LukeB]

Silly idea.

[Jordan.]

I used to like it on a sunday when they showed the whole week but didn't they move it to some stupid time on the night anyway

[LukeB]

I like Omnibus because i don't have to move to change the next episode :laugh2:

[Kazanne]

Spoilt Sundays moving it from there :-(

[reece(:]

The omnibus was good to watch when eating your sundays dinner

[LukeB]

least they don't do a emmerdale and put then Omnibus at 6am

[Crimson Dynamo]

burn the vile thing with fire

[Shaun]

i can't imagine anything worse than watching a 2 hour block of that

[Tom4784]

I suppose it's kind of pointless with iPlayer so readily available.

[cheeky_monkey]

The omnibus was good to watch when eating your sundays dinner

I agree :)

[Black Dagger]

Aww I enjoyed watching into at a midnight on Friday.

[waterhog]

i don't enjoy it on sundays - then again nore mondays or tuesdays or thursdays or fridays - it goes from bad to worse.

[Marsh.]

i don't enjoy it on sundays - then again nore mondays or tuesdays or thursdays or fridays - it goes from bad to worse.

And yet you continue to watch and post about how you hate it. Yawn.

[Gstar]

How about the people who don't have access to BBC Iplayer? The reason why the viewers have decreased is because the omnibus changed to midnight on a friday, stupid idiots

[Redway]

How about the people who don't have access to BBC Iplayer? The reason why the viewers have decreased is because the omnibus changed to midnight on a friday, stupid idiots

This.

[Marsh.]

The viewing figures dropped which was why they moved it?

[Redway]

The viewing figures dropped which was why they moved it?

True, but I'm sure moving it to a Friday night when most people are out didn't exactly work wonders on that front either. If that was the most convenient schedule they should've either left it on a Sunday or seized the opportunity and canned it altogether at that point.

[Marsh.]

I think it was axed last year and then there was a backlash to bring it back so they put it on a Friday night. :laugh:

[Redway]

Genius move.

[waterhog]

And yet you continue to watch and post about how you hate it. Yawn.


do you not think i have a right to complain or say how i feel about a topic we are all discussing ?

do you not think there might be some truth in what i am saying seen as we are talking about EE axing the repeat ?

do you not think EE can see this and maybe get some ideas where they are going wrong and with a bit of luck change things ? cancel my last point as i have been complaining about EE for at least 3 years now but that is because it is so dyer.

i sware to god if Emmerdale ever got to this point where i was compaining about the best soap ever - well i would be distraught.

marsh - see as you picked up my complaint on EE i don't suppose you have anything nice to say about all my nice comments on emmerdale ? then again if you like EE as it is - well that speaks a million words.

:wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey:: wavey:

[LukeB]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view/45369/fat-black-woman-o.gif

[Marsh.]

do you not think i have a right to complain or say how i feel about a topic we are all discussing ?

do you not think there might be some truth in what i am saying seen as we are talking about EE axing the repeat ?

do you not think EE can see this and maybe get some ideas where they are going wrong and with a bit of luck change things ? cancel my last point as i have been complaining about EE for at least 3 years now but that is because it is so dyer.

i sware to god if Emmerdale ever got to this point where i was compaining about the best soap ever - well i would be distraught.

marsh - see as you picked up my complaint on EE i don't suppose you have anything nice to say about all my nice comments on emmerdale ? then again if you like EE as it is - well that speaks a million words.

:wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey:: wavey:

I couldn't give a flying fig about your opinions on Emmerdale.

I'm simply pointing out that you've whinged about Eastenders being crap for at least a couple of years and yet you continue to watch.

then again if you like EE as it is - well that speaks a million words.

Get on your high horse over the quality of a daft soap opera, that's your prerogative. A million words? I think you're overestimating its importance.

[Redway]

do you not think i have a right to complain or say how i feel about a topic we are all discussing ?

do you not think there might be some truth in what i am saying seen as we are talking about EE axing the repeat ?

do you not think EE can see this and maybe get some ideas where they are going wrong and with a bit of luck change things ? cancel my last point as i have been complaining about EE for at least 3 years now but that is because it is so dyer.

i sware to god if Emmerdale ever got to this point where i was compaining about the best soap ever - well i would be distraught.

marsh - see as you picked up my complaint on EE i don't suppose you have anything nice to say about all my nice comments on emmerdale ? then again if you like EE as it is - well that speaks a million words.

:wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey::wavey:: wavey:
He has a right to complain about you complaining.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

It was bound to happen since they moved it to stupid oclock.

[LukeB]

It was bound to happen since they moved it to stupid oclock.

It's not stupid as the emmerdale omnibus time

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

It's not stupid as the emmerdale omnibus time

When is the Emmerdale one?

[LukeB]

When is the Emmerdale one?

saturday morning, 3am on ITV3 and 6am on ITV2

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

saturday morning, 3am on ITV3 and 6am on ITV2

:facepalm:

[flamingGalah!]

Most people have access to some form of catch up now, so it seems silly to continue to show an omnibus... If you miss it & don't see it later on BBC 3 you can watch it on iPlayer...

[LukeB]

Most people have access to some form of catch up now, so it seems silly to continue to show an omnibus... If you miss it & don't see it later on BBC 3 you can watch it on iPlayer...

but when you watch a single episode you have to search for the next episode? where with the omnibus you don't have to do anything just watch.

[Redway]

Most people have access to some form of catch up now, so it seems silly to continue to show an omnibus... If you miss it & don't see it later on BBC 3 you can watch it on iPlayer...

Some people don't have internet though...

[Marsh.]

but when you watch a single episode you have to search for the next episode? where with the omnibus you don't have to do anything just watch.

You don't have to search they come in a list. You just have to click play.

Lazy people. :hmph:

[LukeB]

You don't have to search they come in a list. You just have to click play.

Lazy people. :hmph:

:p still have to click stuff
http://new2.fjcdn.com/thumbnails/comments/I+stared+at+the+one+with+the+waving+head+and+_4919 85a2a911f72e11dcdac3d165a69b.jpg

[Cal.]

Um maybe they've decreased because they put it on in the early hours of Saturday morning?:rolleyes:

I don't mind Emmerdale's omnibus, me and my mum are usually up to watch the last hour of it

When is Hollyoaks' omnibus? I remember it used to be on T4 On The Beach:flutter:

[waterhog]

i think EE should go back to 2 times a week and make it more interesting to watch then having it on 3-4 and it being rubish. these new producers really don't have a clue.

[Black Dagger]

DTC has saved the show...

[waterhog]

i don't think so sonny jim.

[Jake.]

i think EE should go back to 2 times a week and make it more interesting to watch then having it on 3-4 and it being rubish. these new producers really don't have a clue.

Or it's rubbish then just don't watch? :laugh:

[Jake.]

DTC has saved the show...

Correct.. EE is the best it's been in years.

[Rob!]

I wasn't a fan of EE at all before DTC came along. I love it now.

[Cal.]

Yes, it's really classic EE!

[Redway]

Correct.. EE is the best it's been in years.

This. Definitely the best it's been since 2010 at least

[Gstar]

i think EE should go back to 2 times a week and make it more interesting to watch then having it on 3-4 and it being rubish. these new producers really don't have a clue.

you have got so annoying with your constant EE hate, stick to your poems because I actually used to really like you

[waterhog]

i am not here to be liked germy - i am here to comment on the subject in the hope that someone from EE sees it and suggest they change it.

i have been a EE fan all my life and would not even look at corri or emmerdale but now i gave them both a chance - EE does not compare to them.

[hijaxers]

I agree :)

So do i - guess i'll never watch it again without an omnibus cos i 've never watched at the time they show it !

[Redway]

i am not here to be liked germy - i am here to comment on the subject in the hope that someone from EE sees it and suggest they change it.

i have been a EE fan all my life and would not even look at corri or emmerdale but now i gave them both a chance - EE does not compare to them.

I don't think one person out of 7 million viewers who posts bad poems and poorly-constructed posts on a Big Brother forum is going to convince TPTB that they need to change. Eastenders has been really well received by fans and media alike this year so your opinion is irrelevant.

[Jake.]

I don't think one person out of 7 million viewers who posts bad poems and poorly-constructed posts on a Big Brother forum is going to convince TPTB that they need to change. Eastenders has been really well received by fans and media alike this year so your opinion is irrelevant.

http://i.imgur.com/IYbhARTl.jpg

[waterhog]

thank you jake.




with all due respect redway i am not the only one and these links will speak for them selves.

1. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/apr/18/why-is-eastenders-so-bad

2. http://www.tv.com/shows/eastenders/reviews/ (quite a few on this one)

3.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a541250/eastenders-danny-dyer-responds-to-lord-alan-sugars-twitter-criticism.html#~oSvDYnoIO37XJJ (alan sugar must be right )

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3Wgfs7Ul8

5. http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/telly_addicts/a1835253-Wtaf-is-going-on-with-eastenders


please tell me if you want me to provide more - but i am so privileged to not be the only one who thinks this show is dying in-front of us.

[Jake.]

people have always had mixed opinions on eastenders though, this is nothing knew. whilst some don't like the approach which is being taken, it's been a hit with many fans/critics alike.

[Redway]

thank you jake.




with all due respect redway i am not the only one and these links will speak for them selves.

1. http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/apr/18/why-is-eastenders-so-bad

2. http://www.tv.com/shows/eastenders/reviews/ (quite a few on this one)

3.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a541250/eastenders-danny-dyer-responds-to-lord-alan-sugars-twitter-criticism.html#~oSvDYnoIO37XJJ (alan sugar must be right )

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3Wgfs7Ul8

5. http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/telly_addicts/a1835253-Wtaf-is-going-on-with-eastenders


please tell me if you want me to provide more - but i am so privileged to not be the only one who thinks this show is dying in-front of us.

For one if you're going to criticise EastEnders you should at least post links from this year... 2011 to 2013 are commonly regarded as some of the worst years in the show's history and virtually everyone will agree to that so I don't know why you think that proves a point about it still being rubbish.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-been-quite-good-many-3790003
http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/25/eastenders-superb-acting-will-keep-the-soap-a-ratings-winner-4707759/
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a601326/eastenders-bosses-deny-ratings-crisis-its-nonsense.html#~oSw0T7NJQ3eIMJ
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a601326/eastenders-bosses-deny-ratings-crisis-its-nonsense.html#~oSw0T7NJQ3eIMJ

Just the tip of the iceberg. And the last link describes how apparently brilliant EE is and compares it with Corrie being dire this year.

[waterhog]

i don't feel i should have to back up what my personal thoughts are even if they are not backed up by the links you provide as after all that is what a forum is - to say how you feel on a subject - i am so sorry i am so negative on EE and maybe you are all right i should give up on watching it.