Emmerdale

Will we ever find out who was the father of April s baby

Most drama these days seems to be dark and gloomy. Very noticeable on Netflix, britbox and just about everywhere. What a miserable lot we are becoming! Is it a reflection of today’s society and a lack of positive thinking perhaps ?

Ah, the days when it was called "Emmerdale Farm" and Annie Sugden ruled the Dales........

Allsorts I think Corrie and Emmerdale have the same group of writers
That hospital scene was ridiculous and unpleasant

All sorts I agree

Tonight's episode of Emmerdale was a new low, the scenes with Joe in a makeshift hospital about to have his kidney removed whilst awake was just sickl. We had every type of the worst of human behaviour and writers are desperate, why cant they get writers who can actually write a good story line. The soaps are out of hand.

I can't believe the police were not bothered about the dog attack? It jumped over the fence onto a public road and attacked. Surely this would not be the case in real life? Is this why we have so many dog attacks? The police do very little about them?

Yes, why introduce her? Celia.
A bit off topic, but the village of Emmerdale looks like a manicured park - grass verges trimmed, no weeds or litter or fallen leaves, spick and span gardens etc etc. Our village isn't scruffy but its nothing like as chocolate-boxy as Emmerdale.

And now another horrible and unbelievable person . Celia !!!

Ellie Anne

Been an emmerdale fan for many years but am seriously considering giving up on it. Too many horrible characters, John,Robert and Joe , Nate’s murder , etc. no lighter moments , all doom and gloom.

Emmerdale has just got silly hasnt it. I agree about doom and gloom but even when they try to address difficult issues they are daft! They even turned what could have been a difficult but strong storyline on child abuse into yet another murder story. How much more powerful it would have been to have really looked at the emotions of that with Ruby's father in court etc etc. I assume they were trying to address "issues of the day" but instead it was just one of the unbelievably frequent murder stories. And John is just a repeat of the Drs mad sister killing people a few years ago 🙄

I watched all of the soaps for years, Emmerdale and Corrie since the seventies. I got fed up with Eastenders first and stopped watching a few years ago. I found I just wasn’t enjoying the other two and questioned why I was watching them if I wasn’t enjoying them so I stopped about 18 months ago. Glad I’m not the only one!

A friend of mine recently bought a TV istings paper for her mum and was commenting on how miserable the characters pictured on the front looked. I said that bearing in mind some of the current storylines I wasn't surprised they looked miserable. She said she would add smiles in felt pen!

I wasn’t keen on Robert’s character years ago. But I’m really enjoying him now he’s returned to Emmerdale and getting under John’s skin.

How funny to be on a thread about something you haven’t watched for years !!! As my grandad used to say ‘nowt as queer as folks’

They are all miserable. Stopped years ago.

I’ve sampled the ale out of a jug in the original Woolpack. No beer pumps, outside toilet.
There seems to so little “follow through”
Car accident - people died! Where’s the investigation. Even if she, ultimately, wasn’t responsible Charity was at the wheel and surely should have been arrested. Etc etc etc

Granny they are the same production team and writers
Some of the storylines are ridiculous but I still look forward to watching them both but agree many are so far fetched and quite ridiculous
I’m like you I gave up on EE years back but can’t imagine why I keep looking forward to watching Corrie and Emmerdale but I do

I didn't mean the word smile - it was supposed to be a happy face

Tell me more please Susique62 smile

I gave up on Eastenders years ago but I’ve remained faithful to Emmerdale and Corrie. I roll my eyes most evenings at some of the outlandish storylines but I keep coming back for more.

I agree with other posters in thinking it’s the same scriptwriters for both programmes as they often have similar storylines. I suspect the Emmerdale scriptwriters were sampling some of the Corrie hallucinogenic drugs when they wrote the crazy kidney kidnapping storyline for Emmerdale 😀

The writers should buy trashy magazines (Take a Break, Chat). They are full of ideas for storylines.

Poor Sarah is a horrible character are teenagers really like that now?

The Woolpack is my local !!

Astitchintime and Exdancer
I believe it’s the same company of people that write the script for both Corrie and Emmerdale They obviously aren’t clever enough to think of different stories
We now have Bear getting dementia same as Debbie

Children and grandchildren don’t watch tv at all fancythat they view everything on their phones or computers
My grandson bought a big TV but he only uses it for games mainly football games

My kids dont watch it either.
Not that many people do nowadays. Compared to years ago.