Eastenders: 16 March 2009

Eastenders went beyond the usual hand-holding last night, as when they warn us about what will happen next, to shouting through a loud hailer and shining great big neon lights on the plot. This came most obviously when Heather put on the radio microphone - you know, the one she made a big deal about buying over the internet - and put it in place just as Minty had the promised 'word' with her that he had been meaning to have all day. He couldn't possibly have spoken to her sooner, or so we are led to believe, and had to wait to build up his courage (and for her mike to be in place) before she could confuse his latest rejection of her with him plighting his troth. This programme is achieving what I thought was impossible: it is starting to make Waterloo Road look good