Eastenders review.

SOAP operas are mainly known for their less than realistic story lines, where drive-by shootings, long-lost children and bodies under the patio are everyday occurrences. But recently a rather more true-to-life plot has been unfolding on the BBC's EastEnders. Good-natured know-it-all Keith Miller has spent months regaling the residents of Albert Square with the breadth and depth of his knowledge on any given topic. But in an emotional episode last month, Keith, played by actor David Spinx, admitted he had never learned how to read. The usually buoyant Keith was ashamed of his revelation and in one particularly stark moment, explained he felt he'd let his whole family down, as his illiteracy meant he was unable to get a job and provide for them - unlike other "proper" fathers. According to the Scottish Executive, this storyline is not a scriptwriter's flight of fancy. The Executive estimates one in five people in Scotland experiences problems with basic literacy and numeracy in their everyday lives. Adult literacy courses are available but one of the difficulties of attracting people to them is often they failed at or loathed school - and going back to the classroom is the last thing on their mind.



I agree with this person. I'd come up with a few ideas that we may include in our story lines for example; happy people, a person that enjoys laughing and has a good spirit. Possibly a perfectly normal gay person, not one that as issues about coming out, not one that is struggling to admit their sexually but someone living comfortably with their sexuality. A cannabis user who doesn't have underlying mental issues or abuses the substance but someone who may be prescribed marijuana as a medication and functions normally within society.


These are ideas that go against the normal forms of these archetypes shown, people may be interested to see different dynamics to characters. Going with what the above review mentioned that the literacy and mathematics skills of the whole population in the UK is very low, there may be a market for more intellectual viewers. We discussed as a group that our soap may show on the BBC2 as they have more business minded and sophisticated programmes such as Dragon's Den. This is also challenging the conventions of traditional soaps structure.