Fiona:

I was recently reminiscing about the great SF of yore with a friend and we noticed that all the good shows (with one or two exceptions) seem to have either ended or gotten really rubbish round about 1985. "What happened in 1985, I wonder?" I said."EastEnders," he said.

I also wonder precisely when Channel 4 started, and when it became popular (I seem to recall a few years of initial lull). Certainly there was a time when it seemed to take over most of the functions of BBC2. (But then was B7 first shown on beeb1 ?? I can't remember.)

Tavia (who wonders sometimes if she's the only UK citizen who's never seen an episode of EastEnders...)