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#BringBackBalham - A REVIEW OF GP's BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

23/10/2016

KnickerbockerGlory, the television production company - not the well known desert - returned to Channel 5 with series 4 of GP's Behind Closed Doors almost 5 weeks ago and the fourth series has been very disappointing.

In the series previous, we were introduced to likable, dare I say lovable, people at a medical centre in the Balham region of London in the third series of GP's Behind Closed Doors.

In series 3, we met medical staff full of life and personality.

Paa Siaw - Probably the most talked about person of the whole series due to his caring nature with people of all ages and a very unique hairstyle. He is a Health Care Assistant who was a real hit with the pensioners in particular.

Doctors; Sara Kayat, Eleanor Beecraft, William Laird, Shilts Shah, Heather Watson and Clémence Mitchell - to name a few - had amazing people skills and a very clever way of making their vulnerable patients feel completely at ease in their horrendously difficult circumstances. Those group of Doctors were not just your regular local General Practitioners, they were gentle souls who went out of their way each and every time to ensure the people they were helping were cared for in the best way possible.

On reception, we had Antonia Beeko & Anesha Lamaz, two of the most friendliest of women you could ever meet. - A pair of ladies who I'd prefer to be calling if I ever needed my local surgery.

We even got to know the patients as well, we became a part of their story as we were with them step-by-step.

Which leads me to series 4 of GP's Behind Closed Doors.

Farnham Road Surgery is very lacklustre of just about everything. - The medical staff shown come across not a friendly bunch whatsoever. Their style in dealing with patients isn't comfortable to watch whatsoever as it's very hard viewing.

We need Balham Park Surgery back indefinitely. All of the staff are amazing to watch and they take their time over people. - Plus, we need to keep up with the patients as well.

We know this place, we love this place, it's long overdue we went back to it.

No other series of GP's Behind Closed Doors has had such likeable people than in series 3 at Balham Park Surgery.

KnickerbockerGlory, I implore you and Channel 5 to renegotiate a contract with Balham Park Surgery and give us back the people we love to watch.

If you agree, tweet KnickerbockerGlory with the hashtags, #BringBackBalham & #GPsBehindClosedDoors.

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THE KID THAT CRIED WHEN HIS RABBIT DIED: THE LIFE OF DAVID PLATT

17/10/2016

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The Teen Tormentor Years

David Daniel Platt, born on Christmas Day 1990, is the son of Martin and Gail Platt. Drama was never far from David’s life even from a young age, when he was the centre of a botched kidnap plot orchestrated by his father’s friend, Carmel Finnan, who later attempted to frame Gail for pushing her down the stairs. The young boy’s disobedient streak first began to surface when, in 2001, David’s parents divorced after Martin had an affair with Rebecca Hopkins. Distraught, David began to misbehave and after becoming the target of a school bully, his wayward behaviour became violent despite Gail's hopeless pleas. If only the Platts knew then that this was just the beginning of Dangerous David Platt.

As the Platt family looked like they were moving on to happier times who could forget Gail’s third husband, Richard Hillman. In March 2003, Richard was revealed to be a serial killer and set about killing himself, Gail, David, Sarah and Bethany by driving them into the local canal in a spectacular scene. Luckily, David and the rest of the family were rescued as Richard met his demise in a watery grave.

However the memories of his evil stepfather made an imprint on a young David leaving him suspicious of Gail’s next relationship with Phil Nail. With his penchant for scheming spiralling, David plotted a sinister hate campaign against his mum’s new partner, framing him for poisonous pen letters spookily signed from Richard. Phil finally reached breaking point with the teen tormentor but in the end he was dumped by an angry Gail and David remained triumphant.

After successfully tearing apart his mother’s relationship, romance was in the air for David himself when he developed feelings for fellow hairdresser, Maria Sutherland. But the course of love failed to run smoothly as Maria was enjoying an illicit affair with the Street’s badboy Charlie Stubbs who then threatened David into silence. Not one to be obedient, David attempted to blackmail Charlie but he was bundled into a bathtub with Charlie determined to drown him. In the nick of time, Maria saved David’s life - another brush with death.

The Tina McIntyre Years

David then tried his shot at romance for a second time when he began a relationship with Tina McIntyre in 2008. After finding out that Gail paid for Tina to have an abortion, demonic David pushes his mother down the stairs and when Tina ends their short-lived romance, it sparks a vicious rampage where he smashed up the Street, attacked Ken Barlow and hit a policewoman. He was sentenced to four months in a Young Offenders Institution.

Blinded by love for Tina, David sparked a rumbling feud with the Windass family after they refused to pay for work Tina’s father Joe McIntyre carried out. Devious David returned with a vengeance and, driven by jealousy of Gary Windass’s friendship with Tina, David framed Gary for theft. Gary’s confession to the police led to David being arrested once more.
But David’s conflict with the law didn’t deter his jealous crush on Tina and when she began a relationship with Jason Grimshaw, David agreed to supply her father with drugs as long as
he attempted to break up the pair. Joe’s shock suicide lead to Gail being arrested for his murder and David had to prove his mother’s innocence.

Tina’s next love interest was David’s best friend Graeme leaving the heartbroken Platt feeling betrayed. When David suffered a blackout while driving and knocked Graeme over, he was arrested for attempted murder as no one believed his version of events. Although his track record wasn’t the best, just before the court case began, David suffered another blackout and the Street began to realise he was telling the truth… well, this time.

The Kylie Turner Years

After a sunshine break abroad, David returned to Weatherfield engaged to Kylie Turner, half-sister of Becky McDonald. After gaining custody of Kylie’s son Max from Becky and Steve McDonald, it looked as though David was finally heading for wedded bliss. But heartache struck when he discovered that his wife had slept with his brother Nick. Choosing not to confront the duo, he caused a car accident, leaving Nick in a coma and with permanent brain damage. Kylie and David reconciled but after discovering Kylie’s amphetamine addiction, he threw her out and she left Weatherfield.

Kylie arrived back on the Street but so did a familiar face from her past who threatened to destruct the family life that David and Kylie had worked so hard for; Max's father Callum wanted access to Max. The custody battle that followed turned into a violent feud which escalated when Callum used Sarah and Bethany in a sinister game of manipulation. When they attempted to frame Callum for a crime he lashed out at Sarah and so Kylie, in an act of protection, killed him. The murder was covered up until rescue workers found Callum's body and David was initially the main suspect. The family managed to frame another of Callum's enemies who happens to be dead and, after all the catastrophe they had endured on the cobbles, David and Kylie agreed to relocate their family to Barbados. At the final moment, their plans are ruined when Clayton Hibbs stabs Kylie and she takes her last breath in David’s arms.

Before David's turbulent week in Coronation Street begins, take a look at Jack P. Shepherd's historic career in Weatherfield over the years in the gallery below.

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A STRICTLY CONTROVERSIAL ELIMINATION

2/10/2016

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Credit: BBC / J. Brooks / M. Burlem

Credit: BBC / J. Brooks/ M. Burlem

It was meant to be Melvin Odoom & Janette Manrara and Anastacia Newkirk & Brendan Cole in the first dance off of the 2016 series however, due to Anastacia 's injury, she received a bye to next week for some reason leaving Melvin O very much doomed after receiving the fewest public votes last night.

These are the moments both couples learnt their fate.

Anastacia Newkirk & Brendan Cole

Janette Manrara & Melvin Odoom

Danny Mac & Otlile Mabuse: 63
Louise Redknapp & Kevin Clifton: 63
Daisy Lowe & Aljaž Skorjanec: 62
Laura Whitmore & Giovanni Pernice: 57
Will Young & Karen Clifton: 57
Claudia Fragapane & AJ Pritchard: 56
Tameka Empson & Gorka Marquez: 55

Ore Oduba & Joanne Clifton: 54
Greg Rutherford & Natalie Lowe: 53
Judge Rinder & Oksana Dmytrenko: 52
Lesley Joseph & Anton Du Beke: 49
Naga Munchetty & Pasha Kovalev: 46
Ed Balls & Katya Jones: 44

To clarify, Melvin Odoom & Janette Manrara are eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing.

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THE KID THAT CRIED WHEN HIS RABBIT DIED: THE LIFE OF DAVID PLATT﻿

A STRICTLY CONTROVERSIAL ELIMINATION

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