The BAFTA television awards, on 12 May, have a category that’s voted for by the public: Must-See Moment celebrates ‘some of the most tense, edge-of-your-seat, hilarious, and heart-wrenching scenes that television has to offer.’
One soap moment has made the shortlist: Gail’s monologue on the suicide of Aidan in Corrie.
Written by the brilliant Jonathan Harvey, it’s an unforgettable moment in which Gail reminisces about the Street and Aidan, against a backdrop of scenes revealing individuals’ responses to the tragedy.
Mel attempts to impress Jack (pictured) with breakfast while staying at his house in EastEnders
You could fill acres of shortlists with great scenes from soap. Corrie’s Roy and Hayley in Blackpool, shortly before Hayley’s death; the Lockerbie-style plane crash in Emmerdale; Den serving Angie divorce papers on Christmas Day in EastEnders – memorable moments that are talked about for years.
But such moments would be nothing without the immense day-to-day work from which these jewels emerge.
Jonathan, like Corrie’s Damon Alexis Rochefort, is a master of his art: their ability to pen great scenes in addition to the less-heightened drama, is genius.
Get voting for Jonathan!
EASTENDERS: IS MEL TOAST?
There’s a lot of eating going on this week – or, rather, a lot of attempts at eating.
Worried about the vandal who’s thrown a brick through Mel’s window, Jack persuades her to stay with him, and Mel tries to impress him with breakfast.
But he’s not daft (well, not all of the time) and he knows she’s just angling to keep the house. Talk about ending up with egg on your face.
(Would that be poached, fried or scrambled, madam? Or all three?)
Keegan then surprises Bailey and Dinah with lunch and, later in the week, Sharon persuades Dennis to help prepare the family lunch.
Lo and behold, things don’t go according to plan (why would they? No one has finished a meal since 1990).
Why the sudden food fest? Even Mo is talking about edibles when she’s asked to get rid of some dodgy Easter eggs (as if there would ever be any other kind in
