We were being offered total creative control of an hour a day television drama five days a week. One of the offers that came within a few days of our new “retirement” was stunning: NBC-TV called to ask if we were to own a show, if we were to be in complete charge of every creative aspect of a show, from sets and costumes and hairstyles and music to every minute detail of the production, acting and writing, would we be willing to work again? Nobody in history had ever been asked this question.
My Exclusive Interview with BRIDGET DOBSON I believe it is some part of a 6 part interview, which is named Of course gays & the soaps is another way the US & the UK versions differ.įollowing this thread right now has put me in the mood of thinking about a passage in an interview & maybe you'd enjoy reading it, or re-reading it as the case may be. He's always been about gay visibility and inclusion. He also expressed concern for the representation of the gay community on television if soaps die out, saying: "Without the soaps, gay visibility on TV will plummet."
You can see a television landscape in 10 years' time where they won't exist or will be reduced." Whereas EastEnders and Coronation Street attracted viewers in excess of 20 million viewers in the '80s, the average for all soaps is now below 10 million.ĭavies told Attitude: "I think the soaps are in trouble and need to be careful. The former Doctor Who writer said that he thinks soaps are in "trouble", because of the significant decrease in ratings since the 1980s. Before I leave you, here's one more little bit about it. I am now officially giving up my search to find the Davies article.
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