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That fucking paedophile in Eastenders.....

milly molly said:
Yeah prob, but to be serious for a sec, the article did make out they had had to put a lot of work and research and that into this one. I'm quite interested in it, to be honest.
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Like Townsend style research:hmm:

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haven't watched eastenders for months - but a google image search to work out who he was in shameless lead me to this article:

EastEnders tackles paedophilia with child abuse plotline

A horrifying EastEnders plotline will see a teenage girl raped by a family member who has been grooming her for months.

Tony King, played by 34-year-old Chris Coghill, will be introduced to viewers in tonight's show. But he will soon be revealed as a paedophile who intends to abuse stepdaughter Whitney Dean, played by Shona McGarty.

In shocking scenes the 15-year-old will be abused after King, the boyfriend of Bianca Jackson, returns to live with the redhead and her children after serving a prison sentence for GBH. The plot is the latest in a series of controversial storylines which have drawn complaints from viewers.

Actor Coghill told digitialspy.co.uk that before taking the role he has sought assurances from BBC bosses that the storyline would be handled responsibly.

'We talked a lot about a backstory for Tony which had been talked through with the NSPCC,' he said.

'From talking to them and reading case studies, it became apparent that the way the story was being written was very true to life.'

King's relationship with Bianca, played by Patsy Palmer, will soon be revealed to be simply a front to hide his interest in her stepdaughter.

Coghill said: 'What's very important is that abusers do tend to groom a whole family, rather than just the victim. That's the backstory for Tony. He entered the family as a hero figure.

'He told them all that he'll look after them, even to the extent that when Bianca was pregnant with Morgan, he said that when the child was born, he'd be the father. He's actually named on Morgan's birth certificate, but clearly he's not his biological father (as the child is black).

'From the beginning, Tony was building up the picture that he was the family's saviour. So for those reasons, his relationship with Bianca gives him the cover he needs to the rest of the world.'
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whitney has always seemed very attached to this bloke - i reckon the story was planned long term.
 
mysterygirl said:
There's a family tree for EE?? :eek:
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On a tangent: as students, my flatmates and I constructed a huge Neighbours family tree which we had on the wall and covered with a wall hanging. When a newcomer arrived in Ramsay Street, we would solemnly, and with great ceremony, add them to the tree. It was great.
 
milly molly said:
On a tangent: as students, my flatmates and I constructed a huge Neighbours family tree which we had on the wall and covered with a wall hanging. When a newcomer arrived in Ramsay Street, we would solemnly, and with great ceremony, ad them to the tree. It was great.
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mm - with the greatest of respect, you need to get out more. :p



Don't suppose you took any pictures of the family tree wall did you?? :D
 
mysterygirl said:
mm - with the greatest of respect, you need to get out more. :p



Don't suppose you took any pictures of the family tree wall did you?? :D
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It was a long time ago and in the dark days waiting for money at the end of the month. I believe it was started while drinking Kirov vodka purchased with the money from our coppers jar.
 
milly molly said:
On a tangent: as students, my flatmates and I constructed a huge Neighbours family tree which we had on the wall and covered with a wall hanging. When a newcomer arrived in Ramsay Street, we would solemnly, and with great ceremony, add them to the tree. It was great.
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step away from the telly!!!

:hmm:
 
milly molly said:
But I was reading the Guardian magazine while waiting for a takeaway on Saturday night and in that it said that the storyline was thought of and planned when Bianca and the producer decided she was going to come back. Hmm.

Bianca's dad Alan, before her dad was the guy she fancied, was black so maybe that has something to do with it.
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Sorry - I have become confused.

I was under the impression from this post that it was EE doing the white parents of a black child storyline that was holding your interest.

But I think it was the flappy ears actually, eh? :hmm: :confused: :hmm:
 
sheothebudworths said:
Sorry - I have become confused.

I was under the impression from this post that it was EE doing the white parents of a black child storyline that was holding your interest.

But I think it was the flappy ears actually, eh? :hmm: :confused: :hmm:
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Eh? Oh not at all, the ears yes and the grooming and that sort of thing. Though will almost certainly end in an annoying being locked in house thing and house burning down, or in screaming car chase and race against the clock in Epping Forest or similar.
 
To be fair, I thought this was going to be another shite EE storyline: but to date, I think it's been quite well handled. Tony, or whatever he's called, is quite well written and played and his manipulative, abusive behaviour's quite creepily realistic, rahter than him just being presented as a tabloid monster.

IMHO.
 
Ahh, I watched 'Enders for the frist time in ages last night & couldn't figure out what was going on at all - it actually all makes a lot more sense now, thankyou people of Urban :D
 
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