A Conversation for Talking Point: Favourite Soap Operas

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Post 1

Frankie Roberto

Neighbours is by far the worst soap opera, and therefore the best. Everything happens between the 5 houses in a cul-de-sac called Ramsey Street, their world is so small it's incestuous.

Other than that there's The Archers as a nice alternative from TV Soaps.


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Post 2

Demonica

Mentioning soaps and incest, I remember a few years ago, I went through the entire cast of EastEnders, and came to the conclusion that everyone was related to everyone else in some way or another. Might be worth doing it again.


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Post 3

Boys and Cake Girl

Nothing was as appaling as Eldorado. It was brilliant. I have never seen anything as bad before or since.

It was a group of ex-pats living in Spain who had turgid little lives that were strangely compelling. By far the best was the baddy, Marcus or "Mar-coos" as his girlfriend liked to call him. There was a dysfunctional couple with a rougish son and a daughter in a wheel chair. And there was a stereo-typical english Spinster who was grumpy but a lovely lady underneath, jsut a bit lonely. Oh yes, and a token Spanish family! It was truly awful!!

I know my friends and I had a send off party for it - it involoved getting drunk and laughing at the final episode. But I can't remember one single story line. Ooh, how I miss it!

Now there's a fight worth fighting with the beeb. BRING BACK ELDORADO!


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Post 4

Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor

Worst of all time has got to be CROSSROADS - the original.
I don't know why they brought out a new version.
They did the best thing with the old one, burning it down.


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