BBCNEWS The Media Show June 4, 2024 09:46:00
They want bigger and bigger storylines, and that inevitably led to trying to top the last one, trying to top the last one. and one of our watchwords was, "ok, that's the big story. now it's back to putting up shelves," you know, because you have to sort of take those beats, you have to take those pauses with the audience. and if you keep throwing it in, you burn up storylines so fast that, in the end, itjust becomes... itjust becomes wallpaper in the end, you know? now, let's think about being in soaps. let's talk about being in them. charles, you joined the archers in 1975, almost 50 years ag...