From Maggie Cobbett, Ripon, North Yorkshire, UK
Having worked on Emmerdale and other soap operas, I know Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has a point about timescales in such shows making no sense, even if she was exaggerating a bit. I can recall at least one case of a prepubescent cast member vanishing only to be replaced soon after by an actor several years older. Viewers can hardly miss a character with winter pallor entering a pub, then appearing at the bar seconds later with a tan. Schedules rarely allow for scenes to be shot in direct order(16 September, p 22).
