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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 405586" data-attributes="member: 673"><p>[ATTACH=full]53886[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]53887[/ATTACH]</p><p>While soaps have dipped their toes into the Sunday schedules (afternoon omnibuses, <em>Corrie’s</em> Sunday evening episode 1996-2008 & <em>Emmerdale</em> 2004-2008), there’s been very few that originated on Sunday evenings. <em>Albion Market</em> is one of the exceptions. A Granada soap that was supposed to be a companion piece to <em>Corrie</em>, it launched in what were regarded as graveyard slots on Friday & Sunday evenings in August 1985. Bad reviews and poor ratings prompted some ITV networks to shift the Sunday episode to an afternoon slot, while others gave up on the Friday screening altogether, airing episodes as a double bill at Sunday teatime. Attempts to revive the show by bringing in “names” including 60’s pop singer Helen Shapiro as tough hairdresser Viv Harket and <em>Till Death Us Do Part</em> star Tony Booth as pub landlord Ted did little to increase ratings and the market shut up shop after one year and 100 episodes. Having watched some episodes a few years ago, I can see why it didn’t last. It was utter cack. The setting was drab, the storylines boring and the characters badly written. The only positive thing I can say about it is that the theme tune was catchy. The bulk of the episodes are out there if anyone is looking for something to send them to sleep at night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 405586, member: 673"] [ATTACH type="full"]53886[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]53887[/ATTACH] While soaps have dipped their toes into the Sunday schedules (afternoon omnibuses, [I]Corrie’s[/I] Sunday evening episode 1996-2008 & [I]Emmerdale[/I] 2004-2008), there’s been very few that originated on Sunday evenings. [I]Albion Market[/I] is one of the exceptions. A Granada soap that was supposed to be a companion piece to [I]Corrie[/I], it launched in what were regarded as graveyard slots on Friday & Sunday evenings in August 1985. Bad reviews and poor ratings prompted some ITV networks to shift the Sunday episode to an afternoon slot, while others gave up on the Friday screening altogether, airing episodes as a double bill at Sunday teatime. Attempts to revive the show by bringing in “names” including 60’s pop singer Helen Shapiro as tough hairdresser Viv Harket and [I]Till Death Us Do Part[/I] star Tony Booth as pub landlord Ted did little to increase ratings and the market shut up shop after one year and 100 episodes. Having watched some episodes a few years ago, I can see why it didn’t last. It was utter cack. The setting was drab, the storylines boring and the characters badly written. The only positive thing I can say about it is that the theme tune was catchy. The bulk of the episodes are out there if anyone is looking for something to send them to sleep at night. [/QUOTE]
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