channel 5 soap family affairs. the harts boat explodes.

someone asked for this clip. its family affairs where the hart family are blown to pieces.

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[MrAlbertSquared]

This was so heartless (no pun intended), not to mention psychologically disturbing for viewers who grew attached to the various characters. Wasn't the fallout from Jack & Elsa's death enough to cause riveting drama? Annie was on the verge of cracking up, Holly was finally coming into her own, Mel was getting married. Two whole years of story development blown away in seconds. So insulting to the actors concerned, starting the show from scratch like this. Thank Brian 'Pol Pot' Park for that.

[spinout3]

@MrAlbertSquared i agree,i think the show would still be going now if they had left the hart family in..people turned off when it all changed. brian park did a similar thing in coronation street, axing popular characters just to get a few more viewing figures.

[spinout3]

the producer ruined this show when he killed off the hart family just for extra ratings..it backfired on him cos people switched off after the harts were gone.if he had left them in i think this show would still be going now.

[pufferfishish]

Shame that Cordelia Bugeja only managed to get work in a string of adverts after this- and the only thing I've seen Sandra Huggett pop up in lately (apart from her role as [the other Holly] Miles in 'Casualty'), has been that Kingsmill ad where she burns her hubby's shirt with the iron!! :)

[spinout3]

@pufferfishish cordelia bugeja has just starred in a new comedy on channel 4 called milton jones's house of rooms.

[pufferfishish]

@spinout3 Cool! Thanks for the info. Makes a change from the endless adverts about 'good bacteria' and antiperspirants :) I think she does voice-over work too.

[spinout3]

@pufferfishish ye i know, shes too good an actress to be just doing adverts. i watched her in this new comedy last night and she was really good.

[pufferfishish]

Shortly after the accident Maria said: 'well at least they died happy.' and we were left thinking: if only she knew!

Ironic that Roy was to also die in a fire, but kind of brought his characer round full circle seeing as how he tore himself apart over not being able to save Mel, but managed to save Nikki from the cafe fire at the cost of his own life.

[Messylin]

I remember this vividly - granted, Liz Crowther got to do a fine bit of Greek tragedy acting right there at the end, but still - there was no payoff to the story since the Dave Matthews reveal died with them. It was totally sadistic on the part of the producers to wipe out the family we had watched so intensely for two years in this manner! I think Holly Hart at least should have survived and stormed off the boat beforehand - imagine the guilt for her character. A tremendous of story potential.

[courtneyangelbrooks]

(useing my daughters account) i really miss family affairs,used to watch it all the time.cant believe they decided to kill off most of the family!! surely they shouldve known that people would turn off after that?!or the producers shouldve brought back the son at least(as he wasnt on the boat) what a shame.

[RNC200711]

@laidbakboy88 The whole Hart Family(minus Duncan who was away travelling) died in the boat explosion

[RNC200711]

I think the death of the Hart's revitalised the show but it would of been interesting if a few of them lived and dealt with the trauma of their loved ones deaths, It is doubly traumatic how all their problems and skeletons in the closet came out just before they all died with none of them having to deal with the fall out

You gotta love the "There's a smell of gas from somewhere" and "No! Not the candle" lines though

[chrissy17169]

@pufferfishish believe it was almost 13 years ago and we still think about it.you mention the bankruptcy yet as you also say they could still afford a moped and weddings dont come cheap.shows how incredulous the story lines were becoming.accept callan was a great villain but interest began to wane not long after.appreciate all your comments

[pufferfishish]

@chrissy17169 He probably thought that killing them in an explosion would gain some notoriety and in turn, increase ratings- but as far as I'm concerned, it just made us all miss the halcyon days of the Hart family. I still remember the original trailer on Channel 5: 'welcome to the Hart family. Here's Duncan: Hart breaker, here's Melanie: Hart stopper; Holly with her Hart set on success, while Chris and Annie are heading for a Hart attack! Family Affairs- weeknights at 18:30 on Channel 5.' :)

[chrissy17169]

@pufferfishish as you say they were on the brink of bankruptcy it would have been a better idea if they had sold up and downsized to another area.roy could have been jilted at the altar,holly seeing sense,spurning matthews and going her seperate ways.too boring for brian park i suppose

[laidbakboy88]

its kinda strange that all best characters in soaps get killed off, Hart (Family affairs), Burton Twins (Hollyoaks), Tiffany Raymond (EE) , how long had dave matthews been seeing both holly and annie for