"Who Shot Ada Tansey?" opens at Broadcasting House on the set of the TV soap "Alexandra Road" as they begin shooting their 3,009th episode. Once a top show, they now they rank 37th in the ratings which causes the new Head of Series, Sam Richardson, to decide to pull the plug on the show.
As the show is being taped, Sam meets with Mike Spilsbury, the show's Producer, and tells him that the show will be taken off the air in three months time due to its poor ratings, but not to tell anyone. This puts Mike in a bind as later that evening he has to make a speech
honouring the show's 3,000th transmission during a Celebration dinner for Britian's best loved and longest running television series.
Sam does give Mike hope that if in those final three months he can bring the show back to the top of the ratings, Sam will think about
keeping the show going.
Mike receives another blow as Sylvia Spencer, who plays Ada Tansey on "Alexandra Road", tells him she plans to leave the show after 27 years as she is sick to death of playing Ada, the most popular character on the show.
To complete Mike's bad day, he is notified at the dinner that someone had entered Sylvia Spencer's dressing room after the show's
taping and killed her by blowing the back of her head off. Fortunately, at the dinner was Detective Inspector David Naylor, the Police
Liaison Officer for the show, who immediately takes charge of the case.
"Who Shot Ada Tansey?" opens at Broadcasting House on the set of the TV soap "Alexandra Road" as they begin shooting their 3,009th episode. Once a top show, they now they rank 37th in the ratings which causes the new Head of Series, Sam Richardson, to decide to pull the plug on the show.
As the show is being taped, Sam meets with Mike Spilsbury, the show's Producer, and tells him that the show will be taken off the air in three months time due to its poor ratings, but not to tell anyone. This puts Mike in a bind as later that evening he has to make a speech
honouring the show's 3,000th transmission during a Celebration dinner for Britian's best loved and longest running television series.
Sam does give Mike hope that if in those final three months he can bring the show back to the top of the ratings, Sam will think about
keeping the show going.
Mike receives another blow as Sylvia Spencer, who plays Ada Tansey on "Alexandra Road", tells him she plans to leave the show after 27 years as she is sick to death of playing Ada, the most popular character on the show.
To complete Mike's bad day, he is notified at the dinner that someone had entered Sylvia Spencer's dressing room after the show's
taping and killed her by blowing the back of her head off. Fortunately, at the dinner was Detective Inspector David Naylor, the Police
Liaison Officer for the show, who immediately takes charge of the case.