The bits with Ronnie didn't look too bad, but when it showed Heather... xD

Tracey last night was just beautiful.

Thought i'd come in here and say how much I love Kim! :love:

Kims great. Not sure why she's all of a sudden in with Kat though and was allowed at the funeral etc :conf:

Want Kim to have a storyline, shes great!

Whitney to be prostitute in new EastEnders plot

EastEnders bosses have confirmed the soap is to highlight the issue of sexual exploitation in a storyline involving Whitney Dean.

The plot sees vulnerable Whitney, played by Shona McGarty, begin work as a prostitute.

EastEnders bosses said the teenager's life will go on a downward spiral after her stepmother Bianca Butcher (Patsy Palmer) leaves, leading her to fall for an 'unscrupulous man who ultimately sexually exploits her for his own financial gain'.

The soap - which has hit headlines over its controversial baby swap plot - has devised the plot alongside Comic Relief.

An EastEnders spokeswoman said: "EastEnders has been working alongside Comic Relief since last year, devising a storyline that raises awareness of sex exploitation.

"In the long tradition the show has of tackling social issues, this is a storyline that looks to be exploring a growing problem that faces many young women in the UK."

Gilly Green, head of UK grants at Comic Relief, said: "It is vital that we continue to alert young people to the dangers if we are to stop them being exploited and the opportunity to work with EastEnders will make a huge audience aware of this issue.

"We have been working with the EastEnders script writers and some of the young women from projects we support to ensure the story reflects the reality of young people caught up in sexual exploitation."

The charity's chief executive, Kevin Cahill, said the plot would 'highlight an important issues' and "help raise crucial funds to help young women caught up in it".

*A special 10-minute episode will be shown during Comic Relief's night of TV on March 18.



Theyve ruined Whitney recently. :bored:

More cheery storylines from EastEnders... :rolleyes:

It's not intended to be the Waltons:D, they've done happy before and according to the ratings people switched off which must indicate they prefer seeing serious hard hitting drama plots.

I would hate it if EE started doing over the top comedy because Corrie is the comedy soap and no-one can match them at it but they can't beat EE when it comes to the drama IMO;).

Eastenders needs a few 20-25 characters and some strong male characters too.

The Whitney storyline sounds good!

Carol & Connor :bored:

I know, what a pathetic storyline. I feel for poor Lindsey Coulson having to act that:shocked:.

Pictures of tomorrows showdown...

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2...astenders.html

The most annoying this is how much screen time that god awful storyline gets

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^Sounds good

I'm actually quite looking forward to tomorrow's episode seeing as it's centered around Carol and Biana who are both brilliant actress' and are great at whatever material given, even though Carol's character is being damaged by this Connor storyline. Also excited to see Sonia make a one off return, I think it's this week she's back? I know she gets a lot of hate on forums but I've always been a fan of Sonia myself.

Oh it might be quite good actually then Reg. :)

No, but when they try to do "comedy" it is cringeworthy, they need a happy medium... EastEnders has always been depressing, it needs to lighten up a bit without the slapstick comedy (a la Heather), I could handle the doom & gloom more if they gave at least a couple of the characters a break now & again! :D

Heather is epic. :D

Patsy Palmer now leaving Eastenders for good, in news reports today, she has said its so she can spend more time with her family and may return when the time is right.

Says on the Daily Mail shes leaving over the cot death storyline. :shocked:

Awww no I really like Bianca :(

she's not leaving, she confirmed it.

Patsy Palmer is NOT leaving:D, the press have their own agenda and keep relating every story to the baby swap:sleep:. Her contract has simply expired and she wanted to spend a bit more time with her newborn baby but has every intention in returning!

Thats good news then. :D

I hate how the press have jumped on it been about the baby storyline straight away, like people aren't fed up of hearing about it now.

Patsy isn't leaving but she won't be back on screens until late summer or autumn

Tonights episode was epic! :D