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I was thinking it would be interesting to have a list of all television soap operas currently still in production worldwide.

Australia: Home and Away (1988-)

Belgium: Familie (Family, 1991-), Thuis (At Home, 1995-)

Czech Republic: Ulice (Street, 2005-)

England: Coronation Street (1960-), Emmerdale (1972-), EastEnders (1985-), Hollyoaks (1995-), Doctors (2000-)

Finland: Salatut elämät (Concealed Lives, 1999-)

France: Plus Belle la Vie (2004-), Demain nous appartient (Tomorrow is Ours, 2017-)

Germany: Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten (1992-), Unter Uns (1994-), Sturm der Liebe (Storm of Love, 2005-), Rote Rosen (Red Roses, 2006-), Alles was Zählt (2006-)

Hungary: Barátok közt (Among Friends, 1998-)

India: Abhishekam (2008-), Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (What is this relationship called?, 2009-)

Ireland: Fair City

Italy: Un posto al sole (A Place in the Sun, 1996-)

Netherlands: Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990-)

New Zealand: Shortland Street (1992-)

Nigeria: Tinsel (2008-)

Poland: Klan (Clan, 1997-), Barwy szczęścia (Colors of Happiness, 2007-)

South Africa: Generations (1994-), 7de Laan (Seventh Avenue, 2000-), Scandal (2005-)

Spain: Acacias 38 (2015-), Servir y proteger (Serve and protect, 2017-)

USA: General Hospital (1963-), Days of Our Lives (1965-), Young & the Restless (1973-), Bold & the Beautiful (1987-)

Wales: Pobol y Cwm (People of the valley, 1974-)

All soaps from oldest to newest:

01 Coronation Street (1960-) [UK]
02 General Hospital (1963-) [USA]
03 Days of Our Lives (1965-) [USA]
04 Emmerdale (1972-) [UK]
05 Young & the Restless (1973-) [USA]
06 Pobol y Cwm (People of the Valley, 1974-) [Wales]
07 EastEnders (1985-) [UK]
08 Neighbours (1985-) [Australia]
09 Bold & the Beautiful (1987-) [USA]
10 Home and Away (1988-) [Aus]
11 Fair City (1989-) [Ireland]
12 Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990-) [Netherlands]
13 Familie (Family, 1991-) [Belgium]
14 Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten (1992-) [Germany]
15 Shortland Street (1992-) [New Zealand]
16 Unter Uns (1994-) [Germany]
17 Generations (1994-) [South Africa]
18 Thuis (At Home, 1995-) [Belgium]
19 Hollyoaks (1995-) [UK]
20 Un posto al sole (A Place in the Sun, 1996-) [Italy]
21 Klan (Clan, 1997-) [Poland]
22 Salatut elämät (Concealed Lives, 1999-) [Finland]
23 7de Laan (Seventh Avenue, 2000-) [South Africa]
24 Doctors (2000-) [UK]
25 River City (2002-) [Scotland]
26 Ulice (Street, 2005-) [Czech]
27 Sturm der Liebe (Storm of Love, 2005-) [Germany]
28 Scandal (2005-) [South Africa]
29 Rote Rosen (Red Roses, 2006-) [Germany]
30 Alles was Zählt (2006-) [Germany]
31 Barwy szczęścia (Colors of Happiness, 2007-) [Poland]
32 Abhishekam (2008-) [India]
33 Tinsel (2008-) [Nigeria]
34 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (What is this relationship called?, 2009-) [india]
35 Acacias 38 (2015-) [Spain]
36 Demain nous appartient (Tomorrow is Ours, 2017-) [France]
37 Servir y proteger (Serve and protect, 2017-) [Spain]

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There are two other daily soaps in France : « Demain nous appartient » (tomorrow belongs to us - 2017-present), And « un si grand soleil » (such a big sun - 2018-présent).

 

There are many soaps in South Africa. i tried watching « generations » years ago.

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For Germany, you could also add "Sturm der Liebe" (Storm of Love, 2005-present) and "Rote Rosen" (Red Roses, 2006-present). They are officially labelled as telenovelas, but they air new episodes Monday to Friday and have been running continuously since their debut. Both shows change their main couple every "season" (= once a year), but most other characters stay on board and the setting has always remained the same.

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South Africa: Generations: The Legacy (2014-present). Originally called Generations, it debuted in 1994, and ran until a dispute led to the entire cast being fired in 2014. The present iteration was born from that.

 

Nigeria: Tinsel (2008- present)

 

Nigeria: Super Story (2001- present, though reportedly may not be around for too much longer). Funny story. And I’ve never disclosed this, but in somewhat of a ‘sliding doors’ moment, I could have worked with the show’s creator.

 

 

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Germany has another soap that started in 2007: Dahoam is Dahoam (Home is Home).. Technically Berlin - Tag und Nacht (berlin - Day and Night) and Köln 50667 can be added/labeled as soap operas too. They run for over 2200/2500 episodes by now.

 

And i am shocked that two south african soaps got cancelled between 2020-21.. Rhythm City

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And Baraktok Kozt got cancelled too.

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NPO Zapp cancelled their only soap opera in the Netherlands: 
 

SpangaS! It’s a soap opera about the  students. After 15 years it will come to an end on April, 28th!

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  I loved that show! I will miss it so much. I was one of the few that started it when I was 17 and have hold on to it until today!

SpangaS even had a lot of cast member joining the last soap of the Netherlands: Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden! 

Now I understand why Noel van Kleef joined Gtst even though she is still appearing on SpangaS. I thought she would just leave SpangaS but the show has been axed

They had 15 seasons, a few movies, specials and even a live tour in 2011.

They revamped the show before COVID happened in 2020: SpangaS de Campus! Now it was more about campus life  

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