Thread:Benny1982/@comment-25358237-20190111111735/@comment-3244635-20190116201407

Do you think Derek was put away for the rest of his life or just 15 years or more? I think he was mentally unstable.

Yes, until April 1986, the show was very dramatic but from April 1986 to late 1989 the show was quite sedate with just Pat's car crash and Crossgill. The nuclear story was more about what they may do rather than what they did. Out of 1987, 1988 and 1989, I say 1988 was the most dramatc year of the 3 as we had Crossgill fire, affairs, a robbery, a wedding followed by a disastrous honeymoon, a Home Farm sale, felling of several trees, Jock's erratic behaviour and car crash etc. The only boring month of 1988 was April but Jan, Feb and March were action packed as was May to Dec.

In early 1985 the show got 15.2 million viewers. It woud have toppled Corrie if it had been primetime as it was not boring like Corrie, which was watched out of habit. I feel Mowlam should have stuck around for longer.