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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 406249" data-attributes="member: 23">There are a few comments that caught my eye in this article.Like the observation that young Ken Barlow's shame over his working class roots was "the best soap story ever".  I thought what I saw of that storyline was fantastic character stuff that tapped into the heart of what made Corrie... Corrie so I wouldn't argue against it being a contender.  But it seems a little bizarre that it's said by  Mal Young: the producer I associate with taking Brookside in a more sensationalist, plot driven direction.Likewise, the casting director invoking Jimmy McGovern's name, saying they're aiming to find their own such writer, sets an almost impossibly high bar (for a few bewildering moments I thought she was saying that Jimmy actually wrote for the series).I've seen next to nothing of Family Affairs. From the little I saw I remember finding it quite dull and shallow, but that was only a few scenes here and there (and many years ago). Also, about the only actor I could place was Pat from Brookside, which doesn't exactly make it a thrilling prospect.Did it actually lean into nuanced character stuff like sauce bottles on the table, and was there powerfully naturalistic dialogue? The blurb in the article makes me feel I'm missing something. At the same time I suspect it's all just big talk that wasn't followed through.</blockquote>