your favourite soap opera/character

when Coronation Street launched over 45 years ago, it was the beginning of soap operas that would be launched through the 70s, 80s, and 90s - Emmerdale, EastEnders, Hollyoaks, Neighbours, River City etc.

But out of all the British soap operas - which is YOUR favourite and is there a particular character or characters that you like more than the others?

My favourite soap opera would have to be EastEnders and my fav characters would be...Dot, Lou, Angie, Kat, Den (in the earlier years!!) and Johnny.

However I used to love Coronation Street but not as much these days, I love the 'golden oldie' characters such as Ena Sharples, Annie Walker, Bet Lynch, Elsie Tanner. More recent ones include Ken, Deirdre, Emily, Audrey, Blanche - hiliarious, Rita, the Battersbys, Richard Hillman - he was just so evil!

Granny Grove.

I watched an episode of The Grove Family on BBC4 last year, it was like watching a public information film. Very camp too.

Granny Grove reminded me of the old Ma Clampett from the Beverley Hillbillies.

Returning to the thread, I think Bet Lynch is my UK number one and Alexis my US number one but judging by viewers the most popular has to be Hilda, think she had 27 million seeing her go.

My top 20 fave Corrie characters of all time.

1. Hilda Ogden
2. Rita Sullivan
3. Elsie Tanner
4. Sally Webster
5. Jenny Bradley
6. Liz McDonald
7. Mavis Riley
8. Deirdre Barlow
9. Tracy Barlow
10. Annie Walker
11. Audrey Roberts
12. Betty Turpin
13 Susie Birchall
14. Vera Duckworth
15. Chris Collins
16. Danny Baldwin
17. Ivy Tilsley
18. Blanche Hunt
19. Maya Sharma
20. Linda Baldwin

General Hospital.

I recommend you watch it on abc1.

I'm sorry, but my 2 favourite soaps (in fact the ONLY soaps I have ever enjoyed) are quite possibly the two biggest flops of recent years.

- Crossroads (both 2001 and 2003)
- Night And Day

It's amazing to think that at one point around mid-2001, you could see Night And Day at 17.00 followed by Crossroads at 17:30 - what an hour!

My favourite soaps are:

UK: Crossroads, Corrie, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Family Affairs, Night & Day

US: General Hospital

Oz: Home & Away, Neighbours

My fave soaps era's are;

UK - Corrie (all of it), Brookside (1990s) Emmerdale (1993-1999) Hollyoaks (1998-2001) Crossroads (1980s, 2001-2002) Family Affairs (2004-present)
NZ - Shortland Street (1995-2001)

Mine are:

UK: Crossroads (2001 and 2002)
US: Sunset Beach (weekend mornings) and General Hospital (weekdays)

Sadly, that 2/3 got axed

LoveTV