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!!The Best British Soap Ever!!

posted 20 years ago by Dogtanian75
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Am i the only person who loved this show? When it was first being advertised before it started in 1992 i thought "oh another ****** show" but i gave it a chance and glad i did. Ok, the acting wasnt amazing but so isnt most of the acting in Eastenders, Corronation Street and Emerdale. The scenary made up for that, and there was 1 or 2 great stories. I was gutted when they axed it, but was luky enough to see most of the episodes again when they were repeated on UKGold. Now the BBC has all these digital channels, why dont they repeat it on one of those? maybe BBC4 as that has had a few classic Beeb hits repeated like Threads. Let us know what you think, there must be more Eldorado fans here?

[–] chuffnobbler 20 years ago

I agree. The RADO rules! Best soap ever! After a ropey start, it built up to do some incredible things that no other soaps have done. I would like to nominate Roland Curram and Tessa Wojtczak as Best Soap Actors, as Freddie and Natalie, and nominate the Freddie/Javier story as the Best Soap Plot. Such a shame that The Rado was cut down just when it was getting into its stride!

Join up to the Yahoogroup ... plenty going on there. Ten years on, and The Rado still lives.

[–] Dogtanian75 20 years ago

Yeah, lets start a protest, well refuse to pay our tv licences till they bring it back! Seriously though, it was a huge and welcome break from all the gluminess of Enders and the smelly farming stories on dale, anything, even crossroads beats corrie so wont go there.

Who was that guy in the last episode who turned up on fredies doorstep? me brother said it was blare but im not so sure, saw it repeated on ukgold a couple of year back and thought i realised who it was but forgot lol.

[–] Sebastian_Crawford 19 years ago

It got off to a slow (very slow!) start but the last couple of months were amazing! I converted lots of my friends into liking it but then it went....

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[–] anerbythesea 17 years ago

By the way right at the end of the last episode Freddie opened the door to his lover was it Xavier's father?
xxx

[–] chuffnobbler 17 years ago

In the last episode, Freddie is buying flowers and lighting candles for a romantic dinner, so it's unlikely to be Javier's father (Roberto) ... Riberto has just been copping off with Javier's widow (Ingrid)!

It's a great thing that the second-to-last scene in the last episode gives Freddie a happy ending. With boring Marcooooooze and Plar getting the final scene to themselves, I am ppeased the producers remembered to give some of the likeable characters a decent send-off.

On the subject to the last episode ... what about the twist with Stanley and Rosemary Webb?!?!

[–] bAzTNM 18 years ago

I liked this show so much and was gutted when it went off the air.

The "Who is Paco?" storyline where the English old, gay guy was going out with the guy who was dating the hot Swedish chick was awesome. You didn't know who it was until the Spaniard guy came through the door. Storyline must have been building for about six months. Awesome stuff.

EDIT: I'll admit that at the start of the run the show was pretty poor but when everybody knew it was getting canned it *really* started to pick up.

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[–] luskentyre-2 18 years ago

I watched "Eldorado" from the very beginning. Yes, at first it was a bit ropey - but the idea was always fascinating. The makers of the show knew this and made sufficient changes to make the show really watchable. By the end it was getting nearly 10 million viewers - but was sadly removed from our schedules by someone wanting to appear "popular".

It ended up a wonderful show - and I still miss it.

P.S. Visited the set the other day and it's a real shame that it's lying empty when it could still be providing entertainment for us all.

[–] wheeeeyay 17 years ago

Hehee, I'm glad someone else liked this too. As a rule I can't stand British soap - it all seems to be about incredibly depressing things happening to deeply unlikable people. But this was fun and really quite gripping towards the end, and, as everyone else has said, there were some excellent storylines, and a cracking finale. I'd definitely watch it again.

[–] anerbythesea 17 years ago

Hi all
I thought it was brilliant i was so engrosed i watched it twice a day when it was on in the afternoon and evening. I contacted UK Gold and was told they dont have the rights to show it anymore. I am so desperate to find them so if anyone can help out
Hapy New Year x

[–] Dogtanian75 15 years ago

I TOTALY Agree!!! When the adverts started I also thought "oh another ****** show" and I didnt even watch it until I came accross the 'omnibus' at the weekend then I was hooked!! Loved it and wish I could find the episodes

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[–] eantara-nibs 15 years ago

So bad it was good.
I learnt today it had 10 million viewers at it's peak.

[–] Deputy_Dog 15 years ago

I liked the show and wished they didn't end it, but I guess the 'soap in the sun' format meant it would come up against Neighbours and Home and Away. So although it was doing well it would ultimately have to share viewing numbers with the other 2 soaps. I still think it was better than either of the Australian soaps as being in Spain it related more to the British viewing public.

I remember that by the time Eldorado was introduce I had got fed up with Neighbours as the characters and plots had become very bland. Neighbours was a great soap in the beginning but had lost the humour and characters that you grew to cherish that made it so watchable. It was the same sort of humour and character development that I liked in Eldorado.

Shame. Oh well, C'est la vie

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