14-02-2023, 06:19 PM
(14-02-2023, 11:28 AM)James2001 Wrote: While I think about it in pretty much every Sheila and Bobby scene, the New Year's episode with the banjo really had Royle Family vibes.I think Caroline Aherne said she wanted Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson after seeing them together in Brookside. It's also interesting to note that Sheila works in a bakery and so did Barbara Royle.
Was Damon farting earlier in that episode the first time it had been done in a soap?
Also very Royle Family-esque, a shame Simon O'Brien wasn't cast on there as well
Another thing that stopped after a few episodes was superimposing Phil Redmond's credit over the final shot then fading in the blue background, they just cut straight to the blue background. There was dodgy fringing and shimmering around the text on those episodes, I'm guessing they had issues with the keying which is why it stopped.