Your take on the show's lifespan

[CaptainHulk]

Okay, did this with H&A  but let's see how everyone sees the shoe.

 

1985: The beginning/premature death

1986-90: Resurrection/Golden Age 1

1990-92: First blip

1992-94: Silver age

Late 1994-Early 1996: The Pits

Mid-1996-Late 1999: Golden Age 2

Early 2000-Mid 2002: 50/50/Take it or Leave it

2003-07: Golden age 3

2008-12: Mixed Results Era. 

2013-2016: Back to Roots/Late Night/Social Media era

2017-2022: The tail-end, It's another mixed bag for me.

Edited October 15, 2022 by CaptainHulk

[CaptainTed84]

I would include 2008 in the golden age personally but mostly agree with what your takes. 2013 definitely felt like the show really began a new era and in some ways 2018 did as well

[CaptainHulk]

2008 was fine from a UK standpoint, the highly-publicised move to C5 (while they were still a moderately respectable channel) with the heavy promotion. It's just the Aussie critics came in with their claws and tore it to pieces and there was a fast turnover of cast. 

 

[Jezz]

I'll always have high regard for the 2003-07 era. I know it became a bit whacky from 2005 to early 2007, but it was fun to watch.

The show then lost its edge once the Timmins family were axed and Susan Bower took over as EP.

I'm also quite fond of the 2013-2016 era as well with the introduction of the Turner and Willis families. The show found a new lease of life in my opinion.

I wasn't a fan of the last few years.

[CaptainHulk]

And now We have 

2023: 2nd Rebirth/The Streaming Era