07-06-2023, 11:44 PM
It's a bit like early EastEnders in how everything looks quite run down, which was really the point of both shows, how some places were being neglected, ignored and left behind- which feels as relevant again in the 2020s as it did in the 80s. By the time we get to the mid-90s, both shows were far too clean and polished, and it's only got worse since. It wasn't meant to be shiny sets with Hollywood-esque production values, imperfection and videotape is how it should be. Bringing back some of that 1980s aesthetic probably would better represent the state of the NHS in the 2020s.