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Hugs, support, solidarity to all those who need it tonight. Please know you are not alone.

A year has passed. Twelve months since Bernie promised to wait for Serena “for eternity”, since that amazing scene in ‘Primum Non Nocere’. So, it was fitting this week that Radio Diva addressed the controversy that has followed the December episodes when Berena was shipwrecked. What did we learn? That even as the Primum episodes were being broadcast, the December debacle was already in production. There are three or four months between filming and broadcasting and three or four months between the scriptwriters’ planning meeting and filming. Actually, we knew that. That we’re unreasonable to have expected Berena to continue. We didn’t. We knew that, with Jemma unable to commit to the series long term, there would have to be a dénouement. Frankly, I didn’t expect to see Bernie ever again until she pitched up in Primum. Why film Primum at all when Berena was going to end? That the ending was good, “grown up” is the phrase they like to use. Forgive me if I find that insulting, but then I’m only 67, what would I know about being grown up? Well, being grown up means you’re old enough to recognise when you’ve made a mistake and mature enough to say you’re sorry. https://berena.writeside.net/they-should-say-sorry/

Link to the DIVA radio interview about the Berena breakup and representation for those who would like to listen/relisten THIS DEFINITELY CARRIES A CONTENT WARNING https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/radio-diva-18th-june-2019/?fbclid=IwAR10wNiBxAw4iz_DMJ2i9upwHdbH3jUVaRh1aUa2GRQusMtHyD3qTB9MgrA