Comments on: Madeleine McCann Fact And Fiction: EastEnders Sorts It Out

By: Murder

Murder — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:51:05 +0000

Funny, that word ‘absolved’, anna - rather implies guilt and confession first, which the McCanns could try any day.

Also funny is the way that Clarence keeps on insisting that ’someone knows what happened, why don’t they say something?’

Any semi-intelligent rational person would have doubts about the parents’ involvement. Is Clarence Mitchell a semi-intelligent rational person?

Only in his dreams, I suppose.

By: angie

angie — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:43:34 +0000

Remember Ben Needham

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:13:03 +0000

LOL! Thank you, Anorak, I was beginning to wonder what the heck next are we going to hear? Surely every possible scenario has been covered by now! I pray every day for Madeleine and her family. God bless them in their sorrow.

By: Bobo

Bobo — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:45:12 +0000

Oh, stuff it! Are we never to have a good kidnapping plot on TV ever again? Should we ban RL Stevenson’s “Kidnapped” from our libraries?

What rubbish!

By: anna

anna — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:09:05 +0000

what i dont understand -
the mccanns state they want to be absolved in order for the the world to continue the search for madeleine…..i was unaware that the search had stopped…according to metodo 3 they were about to discover their daughter!
thats ALL they keep saying - stop pointing the finger at them so the search can continue!! it makes no bloody sense - they cant even think of a good spin anymore.

By: Anorak

Anorak — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:02:13 +0000

Liz - it’s sarcasm…

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:53:19 +0000

“Indeed, the similarities between this plot and the McCanns ordeal cannot be overstated.” Anorak, what exactly do you mean by this statement and the paragraph above it?

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Madeleine McCann: Entertaining The Viewers At Home » Anorak News — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:03:11 +0000

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Anorak On Radio 4 » Anorak News — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:00:53 +0000

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By: graham p malpas

graham p malpas — Sat, 26 May 2007 11:03:43 +0000

could one expand upon “none of their everchanging stories add up”?

By: Bottom

Bottom — Sat, 26 May 2007 02:00:56 +0000

Why are these despicable and irresponsible parents, the McCanns, being treated with kid gloves? None of their everchanging stories add up.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 May 2007 08:57:33 +0000

It could be understood had the storyline started when Maddy first went missing, such as they postpone aircrash movies if there has been an aircrash in life.
But in real life there is birth- death and all factors in between, and don’t these soaps in particular reflect on that?
Whilst its a nasty fact that Maddy is still missing so are many other children and all of them unsung heroes, and this includes their nameless parents

June Johnson

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 23 May 2007 21:28:58 +0000

the thing is, there are cases similar to this happening all the time in the UK.

As such, there would be NO time to run a storyline such as this going by the BBC’s wish not to offend any family members (unless of course they are unfortunate not to have a host of celebrities pleading for the return of the child, or mates with money, or a website, or from a middle class family etc etc…….)

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:42:35 +0000

Soaps are nothing but but junk food for the mind. Spoonfed nonsense. I agree with ‘The Usual suspect’ when he says ‘any caring..is hollow’.

By: graham p malpas

graham p malpas — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:47:41 +0000

isn’t it a sad reflection of today’s viewing public that the content of a soap is in some way deemed to reflect real life?

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Anorak On Radio 4 » Big Brother Celebrity News & Gossip : Anorak — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:00:37 +0000

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By: The Usual Suspect

The Usual Suspect — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:17:32 +0000

Would they have pulled this storyline if the story had not made the type of headline news that it has? I doubt it.

Any caring that is claimed is hollow when this is taken into account. If they cared about the parents in a situation like this they would pull these storylines whenever a similar situation occurred and not only when it was in the media spotlight.

It can therefore only be assumed that they are only interested in how they are perceived rather than how the McCann family might feel about it.

By: charlie bell

charlie bell — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:34:05 +0000

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By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:32:36 +0000

There are cases such as the McCann debacle all the time.

Again -

Why is this one child being treated differently form every other case?