EastEnders (Say a prayer for the Branning sisters)

[Marsh.]

I'm shocked we've barely seen Phil yet

Tbf, Phil has the NY plot.

[reece(:]

OMG imagine if Tanya caught Stacey and Max

[reece(:]

OMG Jane's sent Tan to Tell the TRUTH!

We love an Angel Gabriel

[Firewire]

Omg Tanya marching through the square I’m shaking

[Cal.]

OMG if Tan catches Max and Stacey 10 years on

[reece(:]

Tanya marching WILL be gif'ed

[Cal.]

Tanya has left me SHOOK

[Marsh.]

I really thought she would at some point but it's just dawned on me this is the Branning's swansong :(

Tanya, Abi and Steven Jr to return for a Branning resurgence for the 35th anniversary in Feb 2020?

[Cal.]

Omg

[EspeonBB]

I was perched for Tanya walking in on Stacey and Max

[Amy Jade]

Yaaass Jane spilled!!!

[reece(:]

Tannie has STOLE the show

[Rob!]

Tanya marching WILL be gif'ed

:joker::joker::joker: YAS

[Cal.]

OMG now stace is gonna find out IM SHOOK

[reece(:]

omg is Max gonna end Tanya?

[Natalie.]

I've wanted Tanya back for so long, wish she'd stay

[Amy Jade]

Tannie has STOLE the show

As soon as it was revealed it was Tanya there was no doubt she would

[Cal.]

NOT another Tanya and Stace showdown a decade on *inhaler*

[Amy Jade]

Asif they've teased Stacey hearing Jane's message for months only for him to delete it

[Rob!]

Omg he’s going to kill Tanya isn’t he :omgno:

[EspeonBB]

Screaming Tanya is a star

[Marsh.]

Tanya to fall down the stairs again and this time die?

[Cal.]

*inhaler* *inhaler*

[Cal.]

I CANT

[Firewire]

I can’t believe how iconic Tanya is

[Amy Jade]

Cal you're Stacey and I am Tanya. Get told.

[Cal.]

OmGGGGGG

[Cal.]

Cal you're Stacey and I am Tanya. Get told.

Well I guess this is the tea. I should have known better earlier.

[Firewire]

OMG I need to go and pick up my brother

[Cal.]

I'm SHOOOOOK

[Amy Jade]

PLAY ITT!!!!

[Rob!]

Omg Tanya is amazing :love:

[Cal.]

Sorry I can't believe we have a Stacey, Max and Tanya scene 10 years to the day

[reece(:]

Tanya <3333333

[LukeB]

Tanya is a queen :clap1:

[reece(:]

Inspector Tanya :clap1:

[Cal.]

Stacey prioritising nappies and dishes over a murder reveal :laugh2:

[EspeonBB]

I’ll be mad if Tanya is the one who dies

[Cal.]

Stace :(

[Headie]

I don't watch EE but I'm tuning in for the mess y'all are describing

[Amy Jade]

Stacey doesn't deserve Martin. He's stood by her so much and the first sign ugly Max her knickers are on the floor.

Tanya should have slapped her but she's too classy

[reece(:]

Not the nappies

[Rob!]

Oh god. Heavy rain. **** is about go down

[Amy Jade]

Tanya run!

[reece(:]

Tanya is getting snatched?

[reece(:]

How has Phil not showed up yet to fight Max? :skull:

[Rob!]

Screaming at Ian

[Headie]

Mess @ the BGC style takedown

[reece(:]

not the dubbing of Abi

[Cal.]

END HIM Stace

[EspeonBB]

I haven’t watched EE in like a year but I’m throughly enterained

[Amy Jade]

Kill him Phil!

[Cal.]

OMG

[reece(:]

Kathy blubbering welp

[Headie]

What's goin on guys where's the deaths man?

[Wizard.]

What's goin on guys where's the deaths man?

:joker:

[Wizard.]

I’m sick of him blaming it on an imaginary ‘virus’ psycho!

[Amy Jade]

Phil will shoot Max and get Stacey too?

[Rob!]

Welp

[Denver]

She pretty much confirmed roof death?

[Amy Jade]

If he had hair Tanya and Stacey would hace both scalped him tonight

[Headie]

Not Mariah playing in the background

[Headie]

Here for a man dying #YearOfTheWoman

[Wizard.]

Iconic Phil!

[Headie]

Not Battle Of The Baldies

[Wizard.]

Not having to wait until tomorrow for the real drama

[Amy Jade]

Suicide?

[Amy Jade]

He'll pull Abi and Lauren off with him?

[Jason.]

Abi dies?

[Jason.]

(Yes I'm watching this)

[Headie]

Not a triple edge stand-off :skull:

[Smithy]

Abi being a Joanne Stan :love:

[EspeonBB]

Omg mess :skull:

[Denver]

Spoiler was right

[Headie]

Oh so now he steps off the ledge :skull:

[Amy Jade]

Poor Tanya :(

[Headie]

Year of the Woman off to a great start then!

[Amy Jade]

Max is truly dire causing both his daughters deaths

[Wizard.]

UGH at attention seeking Max causing three of his children to fall off the Vic roof. RIP girlies </3

[Amy Jade]

Phil should have shot him

[Rob!]

Oh my god

[Amy Jade]

Wait...technically 3 deaths. Abi's baby :(

[reece(:]

Welp

[LukeB]

That episode was fantastic :clap1: best one in years

Glad we one good christmas soap
Corrie was ****
Emmerdale was ok

[Daniel-X]

That was honestly core shaking I'm devastated :(

[EspeonBB]

Mess Bradley, Lauren and Abi all dying in the same way

[reece(:]

Why does this show hate sisters?!

[Jake.]

No way can they both die :skull:

This show is ****ing grim

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

That episode was fantastic :clap1: best one in years

Glad we one good christmas soap
Corrie was ****
Emmerdale was ok

I thought Emmerdale was great. Weird episode, but i really enjoyed it.

[Brother Leon]

Great episode. Bravo to Jake Wood :clap1:

[Jake.]

That’s honestly a joke if two sets of sisters have died in the space of a year

And three siblings dying in the same way too lmao

[Kazanne]

What a good actor Max is,great episode tonight but a bit far fetched the way it ended.

[Wizard.]

I SWEAR if they try it with our Kim and Denise Fox

[Greg!]

I am SHOOK

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

What a good actor Max is,great episode tonight but a bit far fetched the way it ended.

I absolutely adore Jake Wood. I think he's amazing. Wish he wasn't leaving. :love:

[Greg!]

I mean its almost certainly not going to happen but I hope Abi survives

[reece(:]

I hope Loz survives!

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Great episode. Bravo to Jake Wood :clap1:

He's brilliant! :worship:

[Denver]

Max is the reason 3 of his kids died yet the will still make the public forgive him

[Jake.]

I hope Loz survives!

.

Couldn’t care less for Abi of the demon spawn!

[LukeB]

I think one of them survives.

[Kazanne]

I absolutely adore Jake Wood. I think he's amazing. Wish he wasn't leaving. :love:

oh NO is he leaving aswell, he is such a good actor,he will be missed

[Wizard.]

Max is the reason 3 of his kids died yet the will still make the public forgive him

Yes and Stacey will be there at the funeral as a shoulder to cry on stupid cow!

[Greg!]

Abi is the better sister and she's preggers so I hope she survives!

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

oh NO is he leaving aswell, he is such a good actor,he will be missed

That's what i heard. It's such a shame, because he's fantastic.

[BBUK-Fan]

MY jaw hit the floor

[Kazanne]

Yes and Stacey will be there at the funeral as a shoulder to cry on stupid cow!

:laugh: it's just a TV program,I am sure they are all laughing about it now.

[LukeB]

Abi is the better sister and she's preggers so I hope she survives!

She won’t be preggers after that if shes alive

[Jake.]

If either survives I guess it’d be Abi? Because obviously having an unborn child die along with her is probably a bit too traumatic. Lauren will die as will the baby, with Abi surviving

[BBUK-Fan]

Best Christmas episode I've ever seen! Really thought after Phil walked off from nearly shooting him, somebody else was gonna shoot him

[Wizard.]

Omg am I famous girlies?

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[Kazanne]

That's what i heard. It's such a shame, because he's fantastic.

Yes,I like him too,lovely bloke in real life aswell.EE seem to be culling a lot of people.

[reece(:]

Bye if Ian gets baby Louie

[Rob!]

I mean it was good and the ending was shocking but there was a hell of a lot in there that seemed like it was put in just for the trailer. Like all the Phil stuff was pointless.

[Rob!]

Also surely they’re not both dead. Losing 3 kids off the roof of the Vic is just bloody careless.

[reece(:]

https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

[LukeB]

I mean it was good and the ending was shocking but there was a hell of a lot in there that seemed like it was put in just for the trailer. Like all the Phil stuff was pointless.

Not really, it was there to get people guessing what might happen without giving too much away. :hee:

[EspeonBB]

If one of them survives I hope it's Lauren
https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

[Greg!]

She won’t be preggers after that if shes alive

true :skull:

[Cal.]

I can't believe it

[Jason.]

https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

[Amy Jade]

I am impressed they managed to keep Tanya's guest apperance a secret

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

I have recorded the episode. Can't wait to watch it!

[Cal.]

Can't believe they've killed them both

I thought only one of them would die

[Rob!]

I refuse to believe that both of them are dead. Surely to God they won’t do that again

[reece(:]

EastEnders star Jacqueline Jossa has spoken out about the Branning sisters' jaw-dropping Christmas Day twist for the first time.

The show's hour-long festive special ended with Lauren and Abi Branning falling from the roof of the Queen Vic while trying to talk down their father Max, who was preparing to jump.

EastEnders hasn't yet confirmed whether Lauren and Abi have been killed off, but it's no secret that both characters are leaving the show.

Discussing the top-secret twist, Jacqueline laughed: "When you're leaving, you're like: 'Well it better be Christmas Day, come on! I better be falling off The Vic!'

"You don't want the taxi ending – you want it to be big, to be huge, for everyone to be speaking about it. Obviously it's going to be one that everyone remembers. I'm absolutely buzzing about it."

Abi and Lauren Branning argue in EastEnders
© BBC
Jacqueline and her on-screen sister Lorna Fitzgerald, who plays Abi, did their own stunt work for the episode. Unsurprisingly, they didn't really fall from the top of the Queen Vic, but they did drop from a 10 foot platform onto some boxes below.

Jacqueline continued: "Filming the scenes was freezing cold, as it was two in the morning! Lorna was not scared at all. But in fairness, she could see where she was falling and I was falling backwards! I didn't know what was going on!"

Jake Wood, who plays Max, added: "They built a platform and they had to fall off the back of the roof onto some boxes. I wouldn't have done it, so they were very brave!"

EastEnders continues on Boxing Day at 7.30pm on BBC One.

https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Are they both dead? wow :shocked:

[Saph]

not Tanya just watching from the ground

[Jake.]

Me when it’s 3am and the neighbours opposite are having a party & playing loud music

https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

[Cal.]

I refuse to believe that both of them are dead. Surely to God they won’t do that again

Throwback to the 2nd January when we were holding out for a twist that never came :(

[Daniel-X]

The Branning sissies :sad:

[reece(:]

not Tanya just watching from the ground

her and Stacey could have broken the fall :think:

[Saph]

when both your kids die and you cba anymore

https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

[LukeB]

I am impressed they managed to keep Tanya's guest apperance a secret

I am impressed with the episode altogether, hopefully this gets the most ratings from all the soaps today because eastenders was miles better but everyone will only talk about eastenders tomorrow rather than the others.

[Kazanne]

Everyone in the soaps is falling,lol,Emma,in Emmerdale,Billy in Corrie and Lauren and Abbie in EE

[Daniel-X]

Tanya slayed me

[Santa's NaughtiNess]

Max :love:

[Rob!]

On another note, someone needs to gif Billy handing Phil the gun :joker:

[Rob!]

And Tanya marching through the square :love:

[Ronald.]

That was bloody horrible. Not the lovely Branning sisters. Max is a horrible father. Should be him falling off the roof - I’d bloody push the ginger sod myself! R.

[Kazanne]

That was bloody horrible. Not the lovely Branning sisters. Max is a horrible father. Should be him falling off the roof - I’d bloody push the ginger sod myself! R.

:joker::joker: The girls are ok.

[Jake.]

That was bloody horrible. Not the lovely Branning sisters. Max is a horrible father. Should be him falling off the roof - I’d bloody push the ginger sod myself! R.

Drag it!

[LukeB]

That was bloody horrible. Not the lovely Branning sisters. Max is a horrible father. Should be him falling off the roof - I’d bloody push the ginger sod myself! R.

He can suffer
https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

[Ronald.]

They might as well throw baby Oscar off there too. R.

[Firewire]

Omfg

[Shaun]

as I said to Jake

On 25/12/2017 at 22:12, Shaun wrote:
> "Shall we cut off the mardy arse that's been dragging the show down for a decade?"
> "Nah kill off two young women instead"

[LukeB]

I understand why it was lauren and abi rather than Max, it was shocking and viewers will care about Lauren and Abi, but i think Abi will survive

[Ronald.]

I really don’t think Stacey is the same Stacey she was . All that character development undone in two episodes . She’s not slutty Stacey slater anymore . After everything Martin did for her when she was in the mental hospital as well . Don’t buy it . R.

[reece(:]

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[Ronald.]

Why can’t they just kill someone boring like karmel off instead ? R.

[Amy Jade]

If one of them survives I hope it's Lauren
https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

Gorgeous :love:

[lewis111]

I managed to avoid ALL spoilers about everything and I am SHOOK
Didn't even know anyone was dying or they were leaving - I literally died right there

[lewis111]

I love how it took both his kids dying for Max to be convinced not to commit suicide

[Wizard.]

Who are the scum that are replying to my tweet that Kim and Denise ain’t real sisters?!? They’re the only sisters that matter now!

[LukeB]

If one of them survives I hope it's Lauren
https://i.imgur.com/hq8aSnx.gif

Me too because she has a child and i prefer her to abi

[Amy Jade]

They keep killing iconic sisters like Ron and Roxie and now Abi and Lauren but dull brothers like Max and Jack remain?

[Amy Jade]

Me too because she has a child and i prefer her to abi

Abi is pregnant though so 2 die is Abi dies :(

[LukeB]

I hope they get the julia theme theme on their exits

[lewis111]

Quite annoyed by the ****ty final episode Abi and Lauren had (if they are both dead)
They're whole story line was just getting a present then shouting at their dad, but Stacey and Tanya had the bigger part and more complexity to their relationship with Max purely tonight

[Amy Jade]

Abi deserves the theme. Lorna has been on the show 11 years

[lewis111]

Omg I haven't watched in ages because I thought I was over this show but this has u-turned me - if it keeps up with the standard it was tonight I'll be a daily watcher again

[Shaun]

Mo to return with the ORIGINAL iconic sisters in tow? Lynne & Little Mo to start knocking off Martin as revenge on Stace?

*disclaimer idk if Lynne/LM are dead*

[LukeB]

Omg I haven't watched in ages because I thought I was over this show but this has u-turned me - if it keeps up with the standard it was tonight I'll be a daily watcher again

Eastenders has been good for quite a while really, but this was on another level. I can’t imagine what this christmas episode would have been like if soc produced it because i don’t want to.

[Natalie.]

Hopefully Phil killed someone with that bullet instead

[lewis111]

Eastenders has been good for quite a while really, but this was on another level. I can’t imagine what this christmas episode would have been like if soc produced it because i don’t want to.

Yea I can see a clear Differnce in this episode and ones from last year, doesn't seem to be trying as hard to be dramatic (ironic as 2 people fell off a roof and died but ya know it flows better)

[lewis111]

Did Abi and Lauren ever properly make up or get some closure cause last I remeber they were kinda talking but kinda hated each other

It just seemed like they died to add to Max's storyline cause they didn't seem to have anything of their own

[Jake.]

Hopefully Phil killed someone with that bullet instead

Not Dot killed offscreen on her way to the laundrette

[BBUK-Fan]

I thought the bullet that Phil shot could have hit the railings and got someone and maybe the sisters falling off the roof was a ruse for the real death

[Wizard.]

Did Abi and Lauren ever properly make up or get some closure cause last I remeber they were kinda talking but kinda hated each other

It just seemed like they died to add to Max's storyline cause they didn't seem to have anything of their own

Well they smiled at each other and were both leaving together but I kind of got the feeling that when Max was on the roof and went to take Lauren’s hand Abi was going over her whole inferior sister complex again but she tried saving her so

[Natalie.]

Not Dot killed offscreen on her way to the laundrette

:joker:

[Cal.]

I'm honestly still shook

[reece(:]

I am impressed they managed to keep Tanya's guest apperance a secret
Guess it's cos she was doing her parts at 2am (as per the article)

[LukeB]

I'm honestly still shook

Me too and sad :(
I appericate the episode but i wasn’t ready for them to die or one of them

[Firewire]

The episode was really good but Tanya driving off with Abi and Lauren with Max standing in the rain on his own would’ve been poignant enough

[Jake.]

The episode was really good but Tanya driving off with Abi and Lauren with Max standing in the rain on his own would’ve been poignant enough

.

[LukeB]

2017 - the death of sisters </3

Kim and Denise better stay in their houses before new years

[LukeB]

2017 - the death of sisters </3

Kim and Denise better stay in their houses before new years

Actually they are not even sisters by blood, they are safe <3

[lewis111]

The episode was really good but Tanya driving off with Abi and Lauren with Max standing in the rain on his own would’ve been poignant enough

I thought Max lying on the ground laughing would be the ending because the episode was about him and it highlights how ****ed up his life is. I appreciate the dramatic ending but it doesn't make as much sense in context to the episode

[LukeB]

Another mess of Soc revealed Denise and Kim are not sisters but didn’t really do anything with it, like its easy to forget Kim and Denise aren’t actually sisters.

[BBUK-Fan]

The episode was really good but Tanya driving off with Abi and Lauren with Max standing in the rain on his own would’ve been poignant enough

Would've been good with Julia's Theme

[reece(:]

The showdown in the Square with Max running upto the Vic Roof as the police close in. Lauren and Abi try to talk him down, Lauren falls and Abi tries to rescue her but they both go off the roof. One of them dies and Max is sectioned

Mess at them remaking the Mitchells death

The police didn't close in tho

[Denver]

I wonder if anyone (Johnny again?) Was hit by the stray bullet?

[reece(:]

https://www.change.org/p/bbc-let-lauren-live-on-eastenders

mess

[Firewire]

Yes let's reverse 6 weeks of filming because of a Change petition

[Smithy]

4 people signed :joker:

[reece(:]

Lauren is revived :clap1:

[Deirdre]

Really thought Max was going to kill Tanya. Then I remembered Abi and Lauren are leaving :D
Brilliant episode. Love all these 2007 characters and the history they have.

[Firewire]

I can't get my head around why they'd kill off a part of such a beautifully tragic dysfunctional family.

[Gstar]

Emergency TIBB prayer circle that Ben was hit with the stray bullet

[Firewire]

https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_memqgqfmEj1qahvxv.jpg

[Gstar]

I loved this episode :love: Is anyone else kind of happy that Stacey got her Christmas day ruined on the 10 year anniversary of what she done? The end had my heart beating out of my chest, from the moment they got on the roof I knew at least one will fall

[Marsh.]

They'll both survive and Abi's baby will be the death.

[Marsh.]

Christmas Day 2017 or Annual Axing Sisters Convention or Tanya is a Badass Now or How to Butcher Four Years of Character Development in One Episode.

[Marsh.]

Guess it's cos she was doing her parts at 2am (as per the article)
I thought she looked a bit knackered

[Denver]

Lauren and especially Abi have become pointless characters

[Greg!]

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me!

[Denver]

They'll both survive and Abi's baby will be the death.

The baby isn't a character

[Marsh.]

It's a shame they couldn't give Tanya this backbone when she was actually in the show.

Pity there's no place for her in it now what with all her kids going/gone.

[Marsh.]

Max is the reason 3 of his kids died yet the will still make the public forgive him
Max had nothing to do with Bradley's death.

That was caused by Stacey killing Archie.

[Marsh.]

The baby isn't a character
It's not stopped them before and it counts as a death.

[LukeB]

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me!

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[Marsh.]

DS saying they're relieved the Xmas episode showed Max is redeemable And Phil was back to his best.

:joker:

No and no!

[LukeB]

DS saying they're relieved the Xmas episode showed Max is redeemable And Phil was back to his best.

:joker:

No and no!

I agree with the Phil bit! Phil was great but the Max being redeemable o_O

[Wizard.]

Sharon’s cousin Gemimah Watts is coming?

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[Jake.]

Phil was great in this ep imo

[Marsh.]

I agree with the Phil bit! Phil was great but the Max being redeemable o_O

It wasn't.

It was bloody laughable how he practically through Max across the garden with one hand. :joker:

[Marsh.]

Tanya was the star of the show.

[Cal.]

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me!

Ahhhh me

[Cal.]

Christmas Day 2017

EE - 6.29m (28.6%)
Coronation Street: 5.07m (21.9%)
Emmerdale: 3.73m (18.6%)

Slay! EE peaked with 7.5 million.

[Amy Jade]

I expected way more for EE. Actually it deserved way more it was the best soap by a mile this Christmas

[Smithy]

Yikes they all did pretty poorly, wonder what everyone was watching

[LukeB]

Christmas Day 2017

EE - 6.29m (28.6%)
Coronation Street: 5.07m (21.9%)
Emmerdale: 3.73m (18.6%)

Slay! EE peaked with 7.5 million.

:clap1:
Glad to see the best episode win the soap ratings. Top 5 out of all shows is great for them too. Hopefully the episode gets them more viewers in the future and back in the running for awards and give Emmerdale competition, because Eastenders is back how it use to be before soc ruined it.

[LukeB]

It wasn't.

It was bloody laughable how he practically through Max across the garden with one hand. :joker:

He was though. Well Max is a wimp compared to Phil. It’s good to see Phil back rather than him being nice/stay at home because thats not Phil at all and its boring.

[Cal.]

I expected way more for EE. Actually it deserved way more it was the best soap by a mile this Christmas

It's had a pretty woeful 2 years. I'm not surprised. I'm actually surprised it's nearly double Emmerdale and 1.5 million people ahead of EastEnders.

[Cal.]

Emmerdale was a pretty weird episode but in its defence ITV aired it way before anybody was sitting down for Christmas telly.

[LukeB]

I expected way more for EE. Actually it deserved way more it was the best soap by a mile this Christmas

I was expecting around 7 million tbf but i guess people didn’t watch live tv and probably watched it on catch up so it probably be higher if they count that. Christmas ratings use to be over 10 million and now the most watched show was around 8 million which was the queens speech not even mrs browns boys got higher. So really Eastenders did good

[Cal.]

Did Victoria do much better than EE?

[Cal.]

And I want to know what Call the Midwife did against Corrie

[LukeB]

Emmerdale was a pretty weird episode but in its defence ITV aired it way before anybody was sitting down for Christmas telly.

I found it odd Emmerdale was on 5:50pm and corrie wasn’t on next, i think it was paul o gradys dog show.

[LukeB]

Did Victoria do much better than EE?

No not even in the top 10

The Queen - 7.6m (BBC One, ITV and Sky News)
Mrs Brown's Boys - 6.8m (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing - 6.5m (BBC One)
Call the Midwife - 6.3m (BBC One)
EastEnders - 6.3m (BBC One)
Doctor Who - 5.7m (BBC One)
Coronation Street - 4.8m (ITV) rising to 5.1m when ITV+1 is included
BBC Teatime News - 4.2m (BBC One)
The Highway Rat - 4.0m (BBC One)
Cinderella - 3.6m (BBC One)

[Ross.]

I was SHAKING from the moment Tanya returned to the girls falling off the roof

Tanya was brilliant and the star of the episode

I'm so disappointed in the writers that they've just undone all the work on Stacey's character and regressed her to whatever that was last night, at least she seen sense in the end but she doesn't deserve Martin

The whole episode felt like a swansong for Max so the girls falling at the end instead of him felt out of place and obviously done for shock factor, it should've been Max!

[LukeB]

I was SHAKING from the moment Tanya returned to the girls falling off the roof

Tanya was brilliant and the star of the episode

I'm so disappointed in the writers that they've just undone all the work on Stacey's character and regressed her to whatever that was last night, at least she seen sense in the end but she doesn't deserve Martin

The whole episode felt like a swansong for Max so the girls falling at the end instead of him felt out of place and obviously done for shock factor, it should've been Max!

I guess stacey and max still had a connection and spark and never really cut all ties like Max and Tanya did. I find it iconic christmas was a branning episode just like 2007 :love: Tanya ruining Max and Stacey’s 10 years later after they ruined hers. I’m still shook now and praying Lauren survives. (Sorry abi) Lauren fell the same way bradley did backwards, abi did a front flip :skull:

[Wizard.]

What makes me think that it's Abi that dies is that I can see Jo Joyner agreeing to come back for Lorna's departure as they both entered together and she basically grew up with her on screen.

[Alf]

No not even in the top 10

The Queen - 7.6m (BBC One, ITV and Sky News)
Mrs Brown's Boys - 6.8m (BBC One)
Strictly Come Dancing - 6.5m (BBC One)
Call the Midwife - 6.3m (BBC One)
EastEnders - 6.3m (BBC One)
Doctor Who - 5.7m (BBC One)
Coronation Street - 4.8m (ITV) rising to 5.1m when ITV+1 is included
BBC Teatime News - 4.2m (BBC One)
The Highway Rat - 4.0m (BBC One)
Cinderella - 3.6m (BBC One)Only Fools and Horses (Christmas day 1996) - 24.35m

[Smithy]

Only Fools and Horses (Christmas day 1996) - 24.35m

Back twenty years ago when there was only 5 channels, what are you trying to prove?

[LukeB]

What makes me think that it's Abi that dies is that I can see Jo Joyner agreeing to come back for Lorna's departure as they both entered together and she basically grew up with her on screen.

Didn’t Lauren as well?

[Firewire]

I was SHAKING from the moment Tanya returned to the girls falling off the roof

Tanya was brilliant and the star of the episode

I'm so disappointed in the writers that they've just undone all the work on Stacey's character and regressed her to whatever that was last night, at least she seen sense in the end but she doesn't deserve Martin

The whole episode felt like a swansong for Max so the girls falling at the end instead of him felt out of place and obviously done for shock factor, it should've been Max!

I thought the Max and Stacey stuff was really powerful though but I hope Martin finds out soon

I’m PERCHED for Sonia vs Stace

[LukeB]

Only Fools and Horses (Christmas day 1996) - 24.35m

And?
Times have changed, streaming apps wasn’t around then and we have more than 5 channels like smithy said

[Ronald.]

I hope it doesn’t mean more endless shots of karmel feeling sorry for herself. R.

[Alf]

And?
Times have changed, streaming apps wasn’t around then and we have more than 5 channels like smithy saidProbably not best to brag about viewing figures when they're only a measly 6m.

[Firewire]

It was one of the highest of last night so that’s actually a success :shrug:

[Saph]

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is this ghandi

[Marsh.]

He was though. Well Max is a wimp compared to Phil. It’s good to see Phil back rather than him being nice/stay at home because thats not Phil at all and its boring.
Oh I don't expect him to be nice.

It's just he should be more like Aiden, sending the younger and fitter blokes out to do the physical stuff. Like he did when he had Luke taken away.

When they have him overpowering younger and fitter men in one on one it's laughable and not at all believable.

[Marsh.]

Only Fools and Horses (Christmas day 1996) - 24.35m
Eastenders (Christmas Day 1986) - 25+ million

But that's not relevant to 2017 either.

[Marsh.]

Probably not best to brag about viewing figures when they're only a measly 6m.
Bragging. :joker:

They're discussing how well the show did considering it's gone through a rough couple of years and lost viewers.

[Alf]

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is this ghandiThat's right, that's right, take the pi55 out of my looks, typical bully tactics.

I'll tell you something about Gandhi. We gave them India back, just because he wouldn't eat his dinner.

[Marsh.]

So I take it Tanya is gonna randomly vanish.

From the article on DS it sounds like she could only give them Saturdays early hours of the morning for the Christmas episode.

So if one of them dies she's going to flee before the funeral.

[Smithy]

Probably not best to brag about viewing figures when they're only a measly 6m.

It was one of the top 10 viewed programmes of the evening, nobody was even bragging just discussing the figures.... you’re literally comparing apples to oranges go away

[Gstar]

Let’s not forget there’s no BBC Three or +1, judging by the reaction last night there could of easily been an extra 300-500k viewers

[LukeB]

Probably not best to brag about viewing figures when they're only a measly 6m.

No one is bragging :joker: we are just discussing the ratings for last night and how well it did since it's in the top 5 last night 2017 and you bring up something irrelevant.

[Gstar]

There is more speculation that the stray bullet hit Ben

[LukeB]

Let’s not forget there’s no BBC Three or +1, judging by the reaction last night there could of easily been an extra 300-500k viewers

i forgot about this.

the top 5 was so close and a show didn't really dominate because sometimes a show is millions ahead of others.

[Firewire]

There is more speculation that the stray bullet hit Ben

He wasn't even in the episode though, if they pull that twist I'll fume

[Marsh.]

There is more speculation that the stray bullet hit Ben
But it hit the railings either opposite Stacey's house or the Vic and both times Tanya or Stacey would've spotted someone on the floor in the square surely?

Also wasn't Ben spotted filming with Tamzin Outhwaite on location? :think:

[Marsh.]

Two weeks tomorrow until Mel returns. :flutter:

[LukeB]

Two weeks tomorrow until Mel returns. :flutter:

when does she arrive?

[LukeB]

wait Eastenders is on a Wednesday in two weeks?

[Marsh.]

when does she arrive?
Thursday 11th Jan. :love:

Well according to spoilers it says "Mel returns to the square, but why is she back?" So unless we see her outside of Walford first. :shrug:

[Firewire]

Am I still shaking from Tanya Cross (previously Branning and Jessop)?

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[Marsh.]

Oops I mean two weeks on Thursday.

I'm preparing paperwork for tomorrow so have been writing Wednesday for half an hour.