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Eastenders: 2 April 2009

Soap weddings never do go according to plan and it's not a surprise (with this being Eastenders) that Peggie and Archie's was downright disastrous. Not only did the truth-teller Danielle finally tell Ronnie she is her long lost daughter - which caused much angst and disbelief, apparently - and reveal grandad was a liar, she also got hit by a car. Oh My God. Did it never cross the producers' minds to try something else apart from melodrama? It could have only been more exaggerated if Wellard had risen from the dead and been the one to drive the car into her.

Apprentice: Week Two 1 April 2009

Alas, poor Rocky, we didn't know him very well and now he's been fired. Good guys don't win seems to be the message this week, especially ones who think a themed buffet drawing on the Olympics 2012 is a good idea for a bunch of lawyers who probably have no interest in the Olympics. Another lesson learned: keep the costs down at all costs.

Eastenders: 31 March 2009

If Archie is as evil as we are led to believe, surely he could have killed Danielle last night and put us all out of our misery. The dramatic tension in this storyline is as saggy as my knicker elastic and if and when Danielle does manage to tell Ronnie that she is her long lost daughter I only hope they decide to set up home somewhere far far away. Never in the history of soap has a secret being kept for so long and if the producers think this is in anyway keeping us riveted, or even interested, they should check out the definition of contrived.

Coronation Street: 30 March 2009

As wonderfully dramatic as the fire was in last night's Coronation Street, I think the producers missed a few tricks. If only little Simon had let Leanne (the rabbit) out to play, the dramatic tension would have increased ten-fold if he'd have had to chase after it as well as waking up his drunken father, ringing the fire brigade to report it and ringing Grandma Deirdre to find out his address.

While we're on the subject of the fire, I couldn't help thinking it took an awfully long time to take hold. From the moment Peter fell asleep and left the brown rug smouldering with his dropped lit cigarette, Deirdre had time to moan about Ken (which always takes forever), have a bath and then moan some more. Furthermore, why was the fire only in little patches on the rug? Surely it would have gone up quicker than that. It's not that I wanted the Barlow clan to be decimated anymore than it has been, but isn't this giving out the wrong message to arsonists?