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I’m pleased to hear you did “bottle it”. There’s always another answer.

I am so saddened by this. Although not specifically stated, it seems depression has played a part in Ben’s untimely death. Jesse left the Bay in such sad circumstances back in 2005 that I hoped that one day the character might return and redeem himself to the characters and viewers. Sadly, that won’t happen now.

Did we ever identify the 'REM - Stand' soundalike from the 90s?

Amanda from S&D went missing for months, when the actress chose to leave to work on other projects. Viewers last saw her being 'kidnapped', after overhearing some information she shouldn't have, and her fate wasn't revealed until the following year. It was revealed she had been forced into prostitution and died over a drug overdose days before her mother managed to track down where she had been living. (In reality, I think the actress informed producers she wasn't returning, so the storyline was wrapped up, although not in a very credible way. In the early years of Brookside, Petra Taylor (who was suffering from depression) went out to the supermarket one day and didn't return. After some false leads, police informed her family six months later she had committed suicide in a Llandudno hotel.

Do the 'contractual issues' we keep hearing about refer solely to Dennis Coard? Can someone remind me - what exactly is the issue with repeating episodes from that era/featuring that actor? EDIT: Just read the discussion at the beginning of this thread. I take it we are no further forward in separating rumours from facts?

Happy 7th Birthday BTTB!!! I must have been a member almost from the start (joined June 2004) and have many happy memories of endless nights spent on this forum; crazy capers in the BTTB BB House, bizarre discussions in General Chat, tearing my hair out along with the other mods of the day in the staff quarters when things didn't quite run as smoothly as we'd have liked, and more than anything making some good friends here. Never a dull moment! Like Musie, I don't post much these days but still check in now and again - hats off to all the admins, moderators, contributors, librarians, other helpers and of course the members who have made this place the great online community it has evolved into over the last seven years. *Raises a glass (of Pepsi Max) to BTTB*

A Skinny Cow Triple Chocolate ice lolly!!

The heavens have just opened in Newcastle, UK!

I'm listening to the album The Rusty Razor by the Irish band Goats Don't Shave.

Can I ask which version of the opening titles you're now seeing - or more precisiely, which version of the Fisher/Celia credit? I remember there being two versions of this partilcular shot, one of which I think was only shown a couple of times on a 'Monday' episode in 1988.

purple_butterbear, Usernames have to be changed by an administrator. Drop a PM to Skykat (copying in Dan F) and they'll see what they can do for you.

OK, LisaCarmen, I've opened a thread called 'Connect the Character' - you can start off the game!

Bryan Adams - Please Forgive Me