When Soap Characters 'move Away'

[dave50]

When these characters announce they are leaving for a while to 'get away' from something or other, nobody asks the obvious questions normal people would ask like 'where are you going to live?' or 'what will you do for a living?' and they only seem to take an overnight bag, what about the rest of their stuff?

[doctordb]

They often used to pop up in 'the bill'

[tenrec]

They go to live in Never Never Land.

[netibiza]

In Eastenders they used come to Ibiza regardless of the fact that we had no direct flights in the Winter and it cost a fortune. Nowadays they settle for Spain or Portugal!

[baza]

A lot of ex-soap characters turn up in Doctors. Oh wait a minute, that's another soap!

[wendilla]

Benny went to fetch a spanner in Crossroads and never returned.

[vakayu]

Not only that,I am always amazed at how many bedrooms are in soap houses as they seem to be able to accommodate all waifs and strays!!

[emmie]

they move to another soap, thus negating the need for more clothes.

[andy-hughes]

It's a bit of poetic licence.

In the same way - hardly anyone watches TV, or reads papers, or talks about news items, or follows a football team, or apart from the occupations within the soap's environs - no-one talks about work.

It all helps ease the writing - if they had lengthy discussions about everyone going 'off' - actors' contracts specifiy a set number of weeks' work in a year, so there is time off regularly included - they would never have time to get the affairs and murders sorted aht!

[whiskeryron]

One question I would like to ask is when you see someone in a soap watching tv has anyone ever seen them watching a soap episode ?

WR.

[LyndaB]

And I want to know why, when they're skint, they send money on cups of tea in the cafe next door.

[deggers316]

LyndaB
ya right there.amused me when the skint dingles all turn up at the pub for breakfast, i would work that out at 4 x £4.50 at least

[vakayu]

No one in Albert Square owns a washing machine either,it's simply creating spaces for communal meetings with more cast members.

[Caribeing]

Leanne in Corrie threatened to move to Leeds don't know who she knew there, Toyah didn't get a mention,as you say they only take an overnight bag makes running away sound simple!

[echokilo]

Eastenders characters generally go to Manchester - Ozzie soap people go to Brisbane ..... and ..... IT'S NOT REAL!!! x

[weecalf]

Change from going to look after sick aunt like so many did well two that I know of

[horselady]

Always amazes me when they pop off abroad at the drop of a hat, as if some of them would have the money to be able to do that.

[andy-hughes]

Alastair McGowan used to do a wicked send-up of the Eastenders 'absences' - it was always 'send them to Manchester' when characters appeared to realse that it wasn't 'real' - '"Peggy, I've seen your Grant, he's abroad making documentaries ..." and so on.

Best one was when everyone had sold their large Victorian terraced house within walking distance of a tube station for over a million each - which is entirely feasible in 'real life'!

[lankeela]

Its amazing when someone new turns up without a home or a job, someone takes them in and gives them a job which they just happen to be experienced at. Interviews are unheard of!

[andy-hughes]

Remember the 'full circle' roke in soaps - everyone will work at the central employment locations - pub / lauderette / shop / cafe etc eventually, and everyone with a pulse will eventually sleep with everybody else!