Thread:Benny1982/@comment-25358237-20190111111735/@comment-3244635-20190623200921

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.