Soaps: Best of the Rest

That was odd with Brookside, it went very poor around 2001, but then after they got told it was going to be axed it got better, as they could do what they liked, the show got moved to after the watershed so they took full advantage of this as the programme included swearing, violence and drugs, not much sex mind you. They also decided to build up to the very end, ie how they would all leave the close.

Though IMO I still think Channel 4 were right to axe it, as if it would have remained at 8.00pm or on Saturday afternoon's it would have remained the same and probably try to some over the top trick to pull in the viewers.

I always thought it was a shame they didn't get more of the old cast back for the last episode, it was good they got Paul Usher and Claire Sweeney, but they could have got the guy who played Sinbad.

yes they were right to axe Brookside, it was well past it best. I started watching in the Mid 1990s and it was great back then, it started going downhill from as early as 1999 I think.

Home & Away. Period.

Crossroads was good in it's second outing, the Yvon Grace revamp just murdered it. Honourable intentions and all that but the post-CITV "Home & Away" type audience you're inevitably gonna get at 5pm just weren't gonna buy it, period. That's why the teen focus of MK2 worked.

Pickard was right to axe Crossroads IMO. I know many disagree but it was like an animal in pain, it was kinder to put it down than let it die slowly.

Where are the options for Camay, Dove and Imperial Leather?

I think The Bill is more of a Drama than a soap.

Home and Away picked up nicely tonight - it's such a shame the UK soaps air week in week out eliminating the possibility of real cliff-hangers.


Hollyoaks was rather good tonight as well. As well as the fantastic Liz Taylor we also got a nice fire thrown in.

Notice though how Ben is to firefighting what Karl / Flynn are to medicine. Always on hand immediately if a fire starts / character gets ill!

God - the results of this poll shows how EastEnders can win best soap! Come on - Neighbours?


Just wanted to say how brilliant Hollyoaks has been this week with the missing Tom storyline. It's not something that's done that often over so many episodes in a soap and I think they've played it just about right - I'd certainly say Hollyoaks has been "Top Soap" this week.

No it hasnt been, Family Affairs has been the best out of the smaller soaps this week.

I'm liking hollyoaks at the minute to!!

Does anybody know what the music they used at the start of tonights episode was, when mandy found tom?? It started off with strings, then went slightly rockier before fading out.

Cheers Chris

Sorry if this is the wrong place, im new here!!