Thread:Benny1982/@comment-25358237-20190111111735/@comment-25358237-20190623205646

Benny1982 wrote: I think Watson got rid of the McAllisters to make way for the Dingles. Bad move as I liked the McAllisters. The show did not need the Dingles beyond their brief appearances in 1994. They had just bought in the Glovers. So by 1994 we had the Sugdens, Tates, Glovers and McAllisters. It was always said that the Dingles lived in the village and drunk at the Malt Shovel. In 1983 when the Woolpack regualrs boycotted the Woolpack, Tuplin, Jock and Walter etc must have drunk with a younger Zak Dingle.

I think Watson killed off Joe Sugden because Frazer Hines took an extended break from the show. I feel Frazer wanted to return at some time.

The Dingles vs McAllister feud would probably have been quite interesting if the McAllister family weren't all written out and Tina was killed off instead of Luke (I really do not like Tina, awful character in my opinion)

In fact, the Dingle family is so large they seem to forget about the already established characters that used to be on the show.

Benny1982 wrote: It would be nice to have more Sugdens around, especially with Robert leaving.

I agree, if they brought Joe back from the dead, they could probably bring back some other characters either regularly or briefly, such as Sam, Matt and Dolly Skilbeck.