I saw the first 5 min of epsisode 1 (ETA: of SJA) and wondered what on earth I'd missed, for it did not make sense. Further contemplation revealed that I had missed the Pilot ep. I've still to go back and watch it.
The 5 min I saw, I'm not totally sold. I think possibly because it is (to me anyway) very obviously Children's TV. Even if I'd known nothing about it, I'd've been able to place this at ~420pm on BBC1, maybe ITV (315pm-530pm/535pm was, and possibly still is, the Children's TV slot on BB1 and ITV in the UK. *g*) and I never really watched Children's TV when I was younger.
Oh, and bentleywg is right. I've only even seen about 3 eps of Eastenders, and my parents don't watch it, but even I know that Dirty Den served Angie the divorce papers on Christmas Day 198...7? (*checks* It was '86) when I was only 4, thus showing that a) Eastenders is an ingrained part of British culture and b) that nothing good ever happens at Christmas. No, seriously. If it's British and is airing in the couple of weeks over Christmas it will have a Christmas ep, and the chances are high that it'll involve heartbreak. *g*
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Date: 2008-04-23 09:29 am (UTC)The 5 min I saw, I'm not totally sold. I think possibly because it is (to me anyway) very obviously Children's TV. Even if I'd known nothing about it, I'd've been able to place this at ~420pm on BBC1, maybe ITV (315pm-530pm/535pm was, and possibly still is, the Children's TV slot on BB1 and ITV in the UK. *g*) and I never really watched Children's TV when I was younger.
Oh, and