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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 436903" data-attributes="member: 23">Oh good. For a minute I thought you weren't too bothered about Billy and Sheila leaving, which for me is going to be one of the bigger blows to the series. Glad we're on the same page (even though I'm open to a different perspective as well). Funnily enough, I was skimming through Phil Redmond's book earlier and he mentions they'd fly the writing team off to sunny locations where they'd plan future storylines. The example I read was where they went to Majorca where - among other things - he pitched the idea of the Jordache saga. Even before he floated it out, his plan went from paving the way for their introduction all the way through to the body under the patio and beyond. So that was a year or two plotted, with him also being very clear that he wanted the story to continue for two years after the body was buried. I know this was a particularly huge story, unlike the lower octane type of fare the Collinses usually got, but it does show that the team was open to planning way ahead.This delineation is interesting to me since I tend to group most of the early Nineties stuff together, with the exception of the more sensationalist stuff. If and when I dive into the post-Billy and Sheila era this will definitely be something to bear in mind. Coincidentally, another thing I'd read today was that when the Simpson era wasn't setting the screen alight, Phil Redmond exercised his power to issue a dictate that no episode - or part episode - must start or end with them. The other time he'd previously done that was with the Chois (I'm not sure how accurate this claim is, though. I'm sure I remember Michael getting an ending or two in the latter stages of his time on the show).</blockquote>

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