no banjo??? - This Is England '90 (2015) Discussion

[–] Undocorkscrew25 9 years ago

Still 2 more episodes. People keep talking about things being scrapped for some reason....

I don't see Pukey returning though. That was only a rumor anyway.

You could be my favorite faded fantasy...

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[–] Bobby_Tomlinson 9 years ago

Yeah, with Jack O'Connell being quite a big name now, that would have been news if he was returning.

Banjo may still cameo though.

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[–] RoundTheTwist 9 years ago

Wasn't until I saw your thread I even gave him a minutes thought. It seemed strange to me he'd be part of the gang.

I totally saw how it could happen with Harvey (and even for Flip to have some involvement in them) but Banjo was out of place.

I don't think he was missed at all in the episode.

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[–] Bobby_Tomlinson 9 years ago

Banjo needed Meggy, a similar age mate to bounce off of. It seemed a bit odd in 88 with Banjo and no Meggy.

I didn't really buy his turn in three short years from an out and out evil racist bastard (unlike Combo who isn't bad or racist, just very mixed up) to a cuddly teddy bear. That was one of my very few problems with TIE.

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[–] Cine2003 9 years ago

Didn't buy his return in 86 / 88 either, became like a different character

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[–] Tiia84 9 years ago

It seems like he's gonna appear on the last episode because he's on the cast list and so is Meggy, Kez and Pob :-).

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[–] Cine2003 9 years ago

Banjo is on cast list so must be that he's going to be showing up.

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[–] awake999 9 years ago

isn't Meggy dead?

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[–] Tiia84 9 years ago

He had a heart attack in TIE 86 but he didn't die.

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[–] davemcallister69-385-362043 9 years ago

Meggy died in between '86 and '88.

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[–] cyclops100670 9 years ago

Meggy was in the final episode at the wedding lol.He never died.

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[–] davemcallister69-385-362043 9 years ago

Yeah, I just saw the final episode. One of the producers (Mark Herbert) said on twitter, and I quote, "The character Meggy sadly died in 1987 having a dump", and later, "That dump by Meggy in 86 series was just a heart attack. The dump that killed him was off camera in 87". So unless they're going for a "long lost twin" thing, he was just talking bollocks.

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[–] Michael71 9 years ago

Yeah, I just saw the final episode. One of the producers (Mark Herbert) said on twitter, and I quote, "The character Meggy sadly died in 1987 having a dump", and later, "That dump by Meggy in 86 series was just a heart attack. The dump that killed him was off camera in 87". So unless they're going for a "long lost twin" thing, he was just talking bollocks.

*beep* I wonder how that will be explained, I guess he didn't really die, and someone just made up the rumour.
Good to see Banjo and him make cameo appearances at the end though.

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[–] Bobby_Tomlinson 9 years ago

It won't be explained because it was never mentioned on screen (plus the series is over now). People just took a jokey Twitter comment as canon...which is understandable as it came from one of the producers.

OOM POM PAH OOM POM PAH thats how it goes...

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