Corrie is a completely different beast to EE and the one soap that has been consistently good for the past 6 years or so. It's very deeply rooted in its history with characters that have been around since the 1960s and approaches stories differently. Much more light hearted, very character driven. So much of what makes it popular is the dialogue but the exchanges would be lost on new viewers without any prior knowledge of the characters. It does have some great stories though. At the moment teenager David Platt is becoming increasingly disturbed and hinting at wanting to kill his mother/sister/grandmother. It's not being handled camply or as one sided -- you can see why he's come to hate his family for what he believes they've done to him.

Emmerdale is a show I just can not get into. I used to like it in the 90s when it was driven by superbitch Kim and the wealthy, screwed up Tate family but it's just become a strange panto hybrid of EE and Corrie combined. It essentially revolves around life in a small Yorkshire village and is considered to be the campest and most sensational of all the soaps. All sex in the stables and catfights. It tackles stories that the others wouldn't touch and is the only one to feature the wealthy extensively, these days in the form of the King and Sinclair families. It also has the white trash Dingle clan who are treated like a laughing stock in their run down old farm. Full of quirky cousins who don't wash, incestuous pairings and "loveable" simpletons. For some reason they seem to be loved (or at least the producers think they are) but I find them irritating and creepy.

Hollyoaks revolves around young people and always has, mostly those who attend Hollyoaks Community College. It's much better these days than it used to be and is the only British soap to use incidental music, flashbacks etc. I don't watch regularly but as far as I'm aware, the main story at the moment is a mystery surrounding who pushed evil Claire Cunningham off a balcony. She survived but is lying about the culprit to get revenge (she doesn't really know who did it). Also a teenage girl Hannah has become anorexic after her former boyfriend came out. She's friends with a model Melissa who's been encouraging her eating disorder but I believe she dies this week.

Edited September 2, 200718 yr by JamesF

Thank you, James!!!

Had to post this:

Simon has rightly replaced Tony Jordan as series consultant, who I thought had lost his way."

Tony has been busy running his own company and several other shows in addition to readying several additional shows to launch. He's probably had little or nothing to do to justify that consultant credit for at least some months.

BBC America pretty much dropped Hollyoaks. After a short run at 3 AM they've replaced it with repeats and will run the continuing newer ones only streaming on the website. I doubt that will last long then it'll be gone completely.

The 2 Mitchell girls showed up on the EE episodes I saw last night. Have they become major characters or are they still being worked in slowly?

Edited September 4, 200718 yr by heatherwebber

Major. They're immediately thrown into a comedyish rivalry with Ian and Jane as well as a plot about their background in Ibiza. I like them though. Because they're ensconced in the Vic, it doesn't take over too much and their prevalance doesn't seem forced.

That thing Paul Abbott said about EE - that it burns (great) characters all too rapidly - is becoming increasingly familiar to me.

"Verbotene Liebe" presented its new opening on the same day as the 3000th episode was broadcasted (last Wednesday). The whole opening has received a major overhaul with new cast shots and a restyled logo, only the background sequences have remained the same from the previous opening. The soap is now broadcasted in widescreen.

Order: Leonard von Lahnstein (Lars Korten), Sarah Hofmann (Sina Valeska Jung) / Elisabeth von Lahnstein (Martina Servatius), Johannes von Lahnstein (Thomas Gumpert) / Constantin von Lahnstein (Milan Marcus), Carla von Lahnstein (Claudia Hiersche) / Susanne Brandner (Claudia Scarpatetti), Arno Brandner (Konrad Krauss), Lisa Brandner (Lilli Hollunder) / Lars Schneider (Herbert Ulrich), Charlie Schneider (Gabriele Metzger), Olivia Schneider (Kristina Dörfer) / Andi Fritzsche (Dominic Saleh-Zaki), Coco Faber (Mariangela Scelsi), Jana Brandner (Vanessa Jung) / Gregor Mann (Andreas Jancke), Christian Mann (Thore Schölermann) / Adrian Degenhardt (Klaus Zmorek) / Nathalie von Lahnstein (Jenny Winkler), Ansgar von Lahnstein (Wolfram Grandezka) / Tanja von Anstetten (Miriam Lahnstein) / Verbotene Liebe

Thanks, Huntress! Nice opening.

Edited September 13, 200718 yr by Sylph

Has anyone been watching Hollyoaks lately? The John Paul/Craig reveal has been some of the most riveting soap opera I've seen in well over a decade.

When is Paradise Falls (Showcase) beginning its new season?

Any more new eps of Metropia (OMNI)?

Faulkner, when did that reveal air? Do you know the exact date?

Thank you, James!!!

Had to post this:

I just watched this episode yesterday. I'm a little behind on my EE shows. That was one intense show. Loved it!!!

Buh bye Stella!

James Payne, thank him for the episode. Never actually noticed his scripts until he wrote those two episodes.

KSlater, do you remember the line Phil delivered beofre he started chasing Stella?

Edited September 14, 200718 yr by Sylph

James Payne, thank him for the episode. Never actually noticed his scripts until he wrote those two episodes.

KSlater, do you remember the line Phil delivered beofre he started chasing Stella?

I don't remember exactly, but I still have the episode saved on my DVR (I give thanks for that device!), so I'll check tonight for you.

Edited September 14, 200718 yr by KSlater