Unrealistic things people do in TV dramas that you don't really see in life.

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I will start

When two people are having a conversation , sometimes there is someone always listening in on the conversation from round to corner , never happens in real life.

No one goes on their phones. When they meet up in pubs and cafes they all actually talk to each other rather than doing a mixture of chatting and checking their phones, taking photos etc.

Police detectives ask a couple of times for the criminal to drop the weapon and they do.

No one just has a cold or sneezes unless it’s something serious.

People don’t walk around with takeaway coffees.

In soaps, saying 'flaming' when in real life a completely different F word would be used.

If ever there's a horse, whether it's in the stable with all it's friends, out for a hack, at a show, it will always be whinnying.

They don't actually whinny that much.

Also, the horse will always wait patiently, whilst it's rider has sex with someone.

Parents can answer the phone without their children immediately swarming them and demanding attention.

Put the phone down without saying thank you or goodbye.

I also don't understand why people put their toast in toast racks on tv. That's just not something normal people do.. Its either on a plate or in your gob 🤣

Also how time is so much faster in soaps. A day in soaps usually equates to 30 minutes in real life.

@FortyFiedWine 😂😂 yes I was not prepared for my 12 hour sog fest due to being the first of my friends to have a baby and my limited education of tv show waters breaking !!!!

When the police are in their way to a really serious crime that is happening and they blue light it with the sirens and it's all very intense. Then they get there, park half a street away and run the rest of the way.

Ha thought of another one.
When people pack to leave their partners it's usually a suitcase consisting of one top, contents of underwear drawer, some trinkets, hair brush, tooth brush and maybe a few select items from the laundry bin.. Then they're good to go!

Everyone’s so casual with the police, sometimes to the point of actual rudeness. When the police start asking questions about their murdered father/mother/sibling/neighbour they always say things like “oh I never much liked the bastard anyway”

It never seems like the suitcase they are carrying is heavy, does it? Even though you have just watched them stuff everything they possess into it, and struggle to do it up. Nope - light as a feather.

Having a really serious and heartfelt conversation with the back of the other person’s head from the other side of the room.

Running away from some great peril - explosion, fire, being shot at etc - the couple always holds hands Drives me insane

Whenever a character needs pain relief or are supposed to have a benzo addiction, they get their pills from a plastic bottle on top of the bathroom cabinet, tip a few into their palm without counting them, and knock them back without slurping at the tap for water. They just sort of tip their chin up to signify “swallowing action” and stare at their reflection in the bathroom mirror.

Real-life translation: scrabbling around in the chaotic wicker baskets behind the bath for a blister pack of Aldi brand ibuprofen, muttering and swearing to self “where the fuck ARE they?”. Then fannies about meticulously popping two out onto side of bath, locates plastic cup from amongst kids bath-toys, swallows tablets one at a time with some luke warm bathroom tap water, no time to gaze in mirror as got to get down to flip the fish fingers over.

Nocturnal thunderstorms are an unusually frequent phenomenon, as are barking foxes.

Car chases abound, but nobody ever runs out of petrol, do they?

Need a password to hack into someone's computer? Fear not - just give it to Brian on New Tricks and he'll figure it out in a jiffy.

One man fighting 10 men and walking away without a scratch on him

Get in a taxi and shout Follow that car!

Women are always fully dressed to the nine to just be at home.. Walking round their house with heels on!

How people can work seemingly low paid jobs yet afford to live in lovely houses, eat lunch in the cafe and drink and have dinner in the pub.. every night.

when someone is ill in hospital they always look glamourous especially if they have just had a baby & they instantly loose baby weight
& hairdressers -they comb & recomb same back bit of hair & wave scissors around clipping in the general direction of the same lock of hair without cutting it
My favourite one was a very old neighbours episode where pregnant woman went into labour she was wearing a playsuit thing & managed to give birth without taking it off - how did the baby come out?

Hang up the phone without saying goodbye

Make arrangements for a date or something with no specifics - like when or where to meet

When the protagonist asks someone out "for dinner tomorrow night" they're always free - not "oh sorry I'm busy, how about Tuesday?"...

Ooh also in weddings - there's always some drama like someone objects, or an ex turns up, or the couple discover they're related...

Never discussing contraception.
Spending time in their own houses with just one dim side lamp on, or just the glow from the fridge (fridge glow signifies working late + long suffering partner).
No floordrobes.
No admin.
No periods.
No potty training.
No dog hairs.
Attractive young women being massively attracted to ugly old blokes
All house interiors are current, matcha-matchup and more expensive than the people could afford - never a bit dated or tired (unless to signify that the householders are wrong’ us).

No cat litter trays.

Female police officers only ever to to the toilet when they need a good cry. Male police officers can never go to the toilet in peace. They are always interrupted by villains. Nobody else ever goes to the toilet. Can't say I blame them.

Nobody ever has to look for their car keys down the back of the sofa.

Lifts always arrive within a second or two of pressing the button. Unless the person is being chased of course, in which case the lift is nine floors away so they have to use the back stairs up on to the roof instead.

Get in a taxi and shout Follow that car!

I would love to do that