Template:Did you know nominations/Slater family (EastEnders)


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:41, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Slater family (EastEnders)

 * ... that EastEnders executive producer John Yorke expected to create a more traditionally structured family, consisting of a mother, a father and two children, when creating the Slater family? Source: "When we created the Slater family a couple of years ago, we did a workshop with 30 actors and assumed we would end up with a mum, dad and two kids. Instead we have a grandmother, dad, and five sisters."
 * ALT1:... that EastEnders Slater family' was created in an improvisation session with 30 actors and actresses? Source: "John Yorke said the Slater family members were developed at an improvisation session for 30 actors and actresses earlier in the year."
 * ALT2:... that BBC head of drama Mal Young believed that the Slater family in EastEnders were created due to a deficit of "solid families" in the soap? Source: "Mal Young, the BBC's head of drama series, said of the decision to bring in the new family: 'We do not have enough solid families in the soap, there were a lot of fractured families and people who were alone.'"
 * Reviewed: El Pez que Fuma
 * Comment: Feel free to edit the hooks or suggest an alternative.

Moved to mainspace by Soaper1234 (talk). Self-nominated at 21:38, 17 December 2018 (UTC).


 * Hi Soaper! We've reviewed each other's before. I told you I would get you again if I saw you. I will review tonight or tomorrow at the latest. dawnleelynn(talk) 00:14, 22 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you and nice to speak with you again. Hope you're keeping well. Soaper1234 -  talk  22:16, 22 January 2019 (UTC)