EastEnders boss slams rival Coronation Street over ‘bleak’ crime stories as he asks ‘what’s happened’

AN EASTENDERS communicative exertion has taken a swipe astatine rival soap Coronation Street, joining legions of fans who judge the soap has got “too dark”. 

Lawrie Jordan took to X (formerly Twitter) to stock his disappointment successful the trajectory of the ITV soap, which is preparing to say goodbye to iconic quality Gail (Helen Worth) aft a 50 twelvemonth stint connected the show. 

But with truthful galore plots presently going on, including the murder of Weatherfield baddie Joel Deering (Callum Lill), fans fearfulness that her goodbye volition beryllium mislaid successful the mix. 

One instrumentality aired their vexation connected X, writing: “What fans want: a Gail and Audrey two-hander earlier her departure aft fractional a century. What fans get: murder, crime, drugs, unit and characters no-one cares about.” 

The remark rapidly caught the oculus of devout Corrie fans, among them Lawrie, who besides shared his disappointment. 

“This isn’t casual to accidental and I’ve spot my lingua for agelong enough…what happened to the Corrie we utilized to know? I consciousness similar we are watching a wholly antithetic amusement now,” helium wrote. 

“I admit tonight’s a spot of a interruption from signifier but adjacent truthful the caller displacement successful the amusement to transgression and constabulary based stories is wreaking havoc with the show’s DNA. 

“Where is the community, the warmth, the laughs, the icons, the premix of stories and generations?” 

Others were speedy to agree, with 1 responding: “Very existent and it’s not adjacent conscionable the abundance of crime. 

“They utilized to beryllium capable to bash specified stories with their ain flavour. Now they conscionable emulate others. The full accumulation has wholly mislaid show of what the amusement is.” 

“It's decidedly having thing of an individuality situation wherever the radical penning look to deliberation it's a antithetic show,” said another. 

A 3rd said: “Well it’s blatantly turned itself successful to a transgression amusement now. Sees itself arsenic The Bill. But darker.”

While the "Who Killed Joel?" storyline came to its decision connected Friday night, fans are inactive nonethewiser astir what's going to hap to Gail.

Worth’s exit from the amusement was confirmed earlier this year, leaving fans connected borderline arsenic they await to observe her last fate.

In October, the quality suffered a bosom attack and was rushed to hospital, wherever she went done cardiac arrest.

In the archetypal clip successful the soap's history, her heart complaint show flatlining arsenic the credits played out.

However, she was brought backmost from the brink of death, meaning however she exits is inactive a mystery.

Viewers present judge that her wellness volition instrumentality a crook for the worse, with the quality dying somewhat peacefully and without drama.