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Education In UK Soaps
Why do we rarely see Schools or Universities in UK Soaps? I dont watch Hollyoaks or Emmerdale/Corrie regularly but EastEnders for example never feature scenes in schools or Universities.
For example Johnny Carter in EastEnders is at Uni but we never see him there? In Aussie Soaps they film scenes in Schools and Universities- why not in UK Soaps?
For example Johnny Carter in EastEnders is at Uni but we never see him there? In Aussie Soaps they film scenes in Schools and Universities- why not in UK Soaps?
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In hollyoaks they used to feature a lot more esp when they had the uni as the main focus but they have three teachers, a head and a no of students in the cast at the mo.
I assume costs will be a feature of why ED, Corrie and EE dont really feature schools. For continuity they would have to ensure the same extras were available which would cost
There's four teachers :P (Louis, JP, Nancy and Courtney is a teacher)
They'd probably need to use the Waterloo Road approach and film all the school scenes over the holidays, which means they'd need to know what school scenes they needed for entire half terms or even academic years.
It is a shame though, I liked it when Noah and Jacob hung around together being naughty.
Oh yeah forgot her cos she is so bloody annoying and you really wouldnt think she was a science teacher!
Tho Nancy is missing so I am right with three
We hardly ever see Johnny on the Square, let alone at university.
Thank the lord for small mercies
The focus in UK soaps is really on the adults and there are not many school age teens ( at least in ED and CS). To film school scenes they would have to have new sets, new characters and extras - is it worth it for the odd scene? I think it would be easier to integrate a university , FE college or in ED' s case an agricultural college perhaps? Moira could have students on placements on the farm for instance. There's s also no reason that all of the soaps couldn't t have young adults going to college or university but doing a lot of their studying from home and having part time jobs locally so they can still interact a lot with locals. Towns like Weatherfield and Hotten would have a college and perhaps a university.