Should Alzheimer's Be Used As Cheap Entertainment & for Ratings by TV Soap?
Date: Saturday 21 May 2005Coronation Street is the world's longest running TV Show and it is also the UK's most watched programme. However while it remains still very popular in the UK, over the last... continue reading »
"Corrie are getting beyond the joke now. I agree with other - give Mike a better exit! Either have him retire to Spain in good health or have him die of a heart attack several months after marrying Rita while retaining all his faculties (since we ALL forg"
"Has the producer and any of the writers visited Alzheimer wards in nursing homes? I feel if they had then they would know they can't tackle this story. Date 25/5/05 Where Are You From? Cambridge Would you want to watch this story? No"
"Alzheimer's is being used as an excuse for staying in front in the ratings. If you are not careful Coronation Street it could backfire on you badly. Date 24/05/05 Where Are You From? Warwickshire Would you want to watch this story? No"
"Yeah it's being rushed too much. I agree with Ms Dempsey that he should marry the flame-haired one and then have a heart attack. Date 24/5/05 Where Are You From? London, UK Would you want to watch this story? No"
"One word for this storyline - ridiculous! Whoever thought of it and agreed should be sacked on the spot Date 8/1/06 Where Are You From? Manchester Would you want to watch this story? No"
"I have worked with Alzheimer's patients for years. I have also watched Coronation Street since day one but this is shaping up to be one of their worst stories ever. Badly done and in poor taste. I am really quite disgusted with the writers. Date 31/12/05 "
"I think they could do it well if they wanted too. However to be honest I can't see it working given the type of show Coronation Street is. It would need long developing and people would get bored. Also if they don't do this story properly it could scare o"
"Coronation Street is fictional entertaiment, Alzheimer's is a tragic part of real life. The two will not work together if there is any hope of the story being protrayed prooperly. Date May 26th, 05 Where Are You From? Bristol Would you want to watch this "
"Coronation Street promotes such stories as a woman drugging a man for a 1p bet, selling babies, extorting money, underage sex and many other dreadful things. Yet now they expect us to believe they are going to handle something as serious as Alzheimer's se"
"I thought it was all rumours. However the last week scripts suggesting not only is it true but the researchers are doing it badly. Already they are cradcking jokes with lines such as "the first sign of madness." Date 26/05/05 Where Are You From? Hampshir"
"Alzheimers deserves all the attention it can get as people need to be educated about this dreadful illness. However the public should not be mis-informed and every indication suggests Coronation Street is doing just that. Date 24/05/2005 Where Are You Fro"
"I wasn't sure about this petition, but now for the last 3 episodes Mike has been in he has forgotten something. Alzheimer's doesn't happen just like that. So all indications are this story is going to be rushed and not handled well. Date 23/5/05 Where Are"
"I am already not enjoying this story. Last night alone there were 3 references to Mike's memory. In the last two weeks there has only been one episode with Mike in that hasn't referred to madness or memory loss. Please think again Corrie. Date 30th May 20"
"I don't watch Coronation Street, never have and never will and I don't care two hoots how they get rid of an unwanted character. However I do care that a TV show could use the tragedy of Alzheimer's just for cheap entertainment. Date May 24th, 05 Where Ar"
"If the actor Johnny Brigs wants to leave, then send Mike off to live with Linda Baldwin in Dublin. Those two deserve each other but no one deserve's Alzheimer's. Date 28 May 2005 Where Are You From? Glasgow Would you want to watch this story? No"
"If they really want to do Alzheimer's as a story then they should at least portray it properly to educate all the kids who are saying they can't wait for MIke to go mad and its going to be good. Alzheimer's isn't good, it isn't fun. Date 26may05 Where Are"
"For 15 years I cared for someone with Alzheimer's and it was the most heartbreaking experience of my life. I do not want to have to watch it as light-hearted entertainment especially if it isn't going to be done right. Date May 25 Where Are You From? Here"
"For starters if this story is to work then Penny King needs to go. Pauline Flemming who plays her is a dreadful actress and is already ruining any credibility this story could have. Date 26 May 05 Where Are You From? Bury Would you want to watch this stor"
