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Old 16-07-2012, 23:13
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We've had soaps set in an ex-pat community in Spain, in a hotel, in a hospital, a police station, in a market, in a square, in a rural village, in a city suburb, on a ship... is there anywhere you could realistically set a soap that hasn't already been done?

I think a soap set on a commuter train (maybe 15 minute episodes) would be quite interesting - people sitting together on a daily basis are likely to get talking after a while, it could feel a bit claustrophobic though so maybe you'd need to have flashbacks to move the action off the train now and then.
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:13
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Space?
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:17
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Nope! Already been done! BSB's half fab half awful soap "Jupiter Moon" was set at a European space university, based on a space station orbiting Jupiter. Half of the plots were traditional soap stuff (who's kissing who, etc), the other half were space disaster stuff - pirate raiders, the girls' dormitory being accidentally blasted off into space, etc.

As a soap and sci-fi fan, I really quite liked it. Shame as soon as Sky took over BSB it got cancelled. Think they did about 150 episodes in total - 3 x half-hour eps every week.
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:19
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:30
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A soap based on a busy highstreet would be good
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:31
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Busy highstreet? In 2012? Chance would be a fine thing...
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:35
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Have you never seen shameless that is basically a soap
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:36
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Tromso?
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:38
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:40
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:40
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A soap in a multi cutural suburb!
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:41
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Hell. I would like to see Satan going through moral dilemmas about things and people, maybe having a chat with someone who has been sent him to him but not being right for the place. I would like if he was played by an actor who could keep him a villain but essentially as a fully rounded and dimensional character one that the audience could have some empathy with. I think this soap sounds good, I may write it myself. Copyright JOP!!!
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Old 16-07-2012, 23:41
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it could be called SULLA
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Old 17-07-2012, 02:14
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Old 17-07-2012, 02:18
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Old 17-07-2012, 02:23
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Old 17-07-2012, 02:26
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A library?

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Old 17-07-2012, 02:43
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Old 17-07-2012, 08:03
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Old 17-07-2012, 09:54
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Old 17-07-2012, 10:12
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Old 17-07-2012, 11:11
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Old 17-07-2012, 11:44
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Old 17-07-2012, 12:02
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Old 17-07-2012, 13:12
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