{"id":219,"date":"2005-03-31T22:48:22","date_gmt":"2005-03-31T21:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/?p=219"},"modified":"2005-03-31T22:48:22","modified_gmt":"2005-03-31T21:48:22","slug":"i-still-cant-believe-its-not-sunset-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/03\/31\/i-still-cant-believe-its-not-sunset-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"I still can’t believe it’s not Sunset Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the first posts<\/a> on this blog, nearly a year ago, was about Footballers Wives<\/em>, specifically comparing its ludicrousness to Sunset Beach<\/em>.<\/p>\n

With the return of the fourth series, the similarities continue. Specifically, Tanya Turner has swapped babies with her nemesis Amber, a plot lifted straight out of SB<\/em>, in which Caitlin’s son – Troy, the same name as one of the babies in Footballers Wives<\/em> – turns out to have been borne by her mother (a loony Lesley-Anne Down, who could give even Zoe Lucker a run for her money).<\/p>\n

On reflection, I really can’t believe I watch this rubbish…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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