What's you favourite tv cliche...

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Any woman visibly pregnant will give birth - probably in a very public place such as a taxi while having complications and getting stuck in traffic on the way to hospital and panting lots.

Several things make me cross in soaps.

Why when there is a wedding are half the guests not even friendly with the bride. For example in the recent wedding of Peggy Mitchell why was Bianca and family at the wedding, they hate each other and are not related? Why were the Slaters at the wedding, they also hate each other and are not related, unless you count the brief marriage of Sean and Roxy! It happens in Coro too, wedding comes along and half the street are invited whether they get on or not.

Also not just in soaps, but how come they don't discuss meet up times. For example, one character will say, "fancy a drink tonight"? Other character will say "yes ok see you later" What bloody time then, how do they know what time to turn up. It annoys the hell out of me, in RL you don't arrange to go out and not arrange what time you are meeting. Grr

Not saying goodbye happens in our soaps as well as in the USA ones. You watch, half the time they just put the phone down. It happened the other evening on Eastenders, Dotty Cotton was talking to her dad on her mobile and he just snapped it shut and stared menacingly into space. Bye then!

Women always keep their bras on whilst shagging - no doubt this is because the props department couldn't get hold of one of those magic sheets ...

The thing that really gets me is when people are fired, and walk away soon afterwards with the obligatory cardboard box containing all their personal belongings. In reality you'd spend half a day deleting all the personal emails from your computer, changing passwords and forwarding anything important to your home email address. And the other half of the day chucking out any incriminating paperwork, stuff you've left half finished or never even looked at. And raiding the stationery cupboard!

H&A again today. "How's your bf that we've not seen in weeks Irene" "oh, we split up ages ago" "hello Irene, I've come to convince you to get back with me"!

Also if anyone is in trouble you can guarantee that Morag will just happen to pay Alf a visit within the week, complete coincidence because she can't take on a case this time. Or she's visiting and someone just happens to get in trouble and need her help whilst she's here.

Just saw the best cliche of them all whilst watching the office. Someone says something outrageous/gets in an argument and the background music stops, everyone goes quiet!

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What about the L-shaped sheet favoured by attractive couples. Comes up to his waist and her armpits when they're relaxing after sex.

People whose loved ones have been murdered - they have always read the handy government leaflet 'how to behave after your husband has been brutally despatched with a blunt knife' and follow the rules perfectly, including confidently addressing the complete stranger who comes to investigate as 'Detective Inspector'.

If you live in a large house and have many warring siblings then not only do you know how to behave following a murder, you consider it a game and visibly enjoy the unfolding events. The large house rule also precludes expressing any concern for your children sharing a house with a murderer.

In drama, if somebody approaches you looking worried and asks if they can have a word, instead of saying 'oh my god what is it?' you say 'Actually can it wait? I'm busy just now', with no apparent curiosity as to why they might want to speak to you.

In period dramas, rough and good looking working class men put on pure white shirts to ride horses/ dig ditches/ build roads.

But we're glad they do

If a character in a film coughs, that character will be dead within a reel (particularly applicable to period drama or biopics)

Neighbours - if there's no body, they're not dead!

I'm still waiting for Dee to make a return.

If anyone suddenly starts drinking OJ in the pub they are pregnant. ditto if they suddenly go off coffee or tea for some spurious reason

Soaps. If a character wants to finally give another character a piece of their mind, they will stand and make their speech without anyone talking over them.

Then cut to recipient of piece of mind looking concerned and reflective for a few seconds, before cutting to a completely different scene.