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History of Soap Operas
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A soap opera is a long-running, never-ending program of roughly half-an-hour stints, usually more than once a week, that follows the lives of many fictional
characters as they battle their own issues, written to reflect those of real-life,
however events happening in real-life do not impact on the lives of the characters (e.g the current recession), unless it is by coincidence that the writer wants this to
be the case.
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The main convention in any soap opera is the verisimilitude reflection of
it to everyday life.
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This verisimilitude is used so the soap is believable to the audience and is a form of escape from their own life -especially if the characters are in a
difficult situation, when it comforts the audience into realising their own problems aren’t that bad - or the
characters’ actions help them to deal with their own life.
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Once upon a time, instead of being on the TV, soap operas were transmitted
on the radio and were called "dramatic serials".
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These dramatic serials were sponsored by various different soap
manufacturers which eventually influenced the change in title to "soap
operas“; a nickname that stuck.
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The longest running soap opera on television is Coronation Street with the
show first premiering on the 9th December 1960. Obviously, the much-loved soap opera is still being filmed to
this day.
THENNOW
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However, the longest running soap opera ever is The Archers. This soap
opera was first broadcast on the radio in 1950, as a five-part pilot, and now it is still on-going on BBC Radio 4 today.
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Originally, soap operas, like The Archers, were broadcast in the middle of the day and aimed at housewives who could listen whilst doing chores.
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According to a Digital Spy forum, Corrie's Fiz is the most popular
character, across the soap operas, however it does come down to
personal opinion.
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Coronation Street viewers' favourite ever character was Jack Duckworth, as
votes top him in a recent Digital Spy poll (May 2012).
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One of Eastenders‘ original characters’, Sharon's, return on August 13th 2012, prompted recent polls to pronounce that she was the viewers' favourite
character.
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Eastenders was the most watched soap on Tuesday 28th August 2012 when it had 7.3m viewers to watch
Sharon's decision, suggesting this was also one of the most popular
storylines.