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Old 28-01-2005, 17:33
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Or should I say, which "soap story", since some have done them more than once...

Teen pregnancy?
Cancer?
Rape?
Suicide/Attempted suicide?
Gay "coming out" storyline?
Gay character in general?
Domestic Violence/mental abuse?
Schizophrenia?
Child death?
Bullying (of any age)?
Incest?!
Manslaughter (like whilst drink driving perhaps)?
Racism/Prejudice?
Alcoholism?
Drug addiction?

I was going to add "long-term physical disabilities or diease", but there are only a few and you can't compare say, Chris Tate being in a wheelchair to Mark Fowler's HIV.

but that should be enough to be going on with

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Old 28-01-2005, 17:39
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rape - nt sure
suicide - same
gay cuming out - brookside
gay character - corrie
domestic violence - eastenders
schizo - emmerdale/brookie
child death - corrie
bullying - brookie
incest - brookie
manslaughter - eastenders
racism - not sure
alcoholism - correi/brookie
drug addiction - eastenders?
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Old 28-01-2005, 17:39
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I only watch/watched Corrie, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Family Affairs, Crossroads and Brookie so out of them;

Teen pregnancy?


Corrie, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Family Affairs, Crossroads and Brookside

Cancer?

Corrie, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Family Affairs and Brookside

Rape?

Corrie, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks (also did Male Rape) , Family Affairs (and did male rape), Crossroads and Brookside


Gay "coming out" storyline?

Corrie, Brookside, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks

Drug addiction?

Brookside, Corrie

incest

Brookside, Family Affairs
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Old 28-01-2005, 17:42
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Teen pregnancy? Corrie(Sarah)
Cancer? Emmerdale(Diane)
Rape? Brookside(Sheila Grant)
Suicide/Attempted suicide? Brookside(Jimmy)
Gay "coming out" storyline? Corrie(Todd)/EE(Tony)
Gay character in general? Corrie(Todd/Sean)
Domestic Violence/mental abuse? Corrie(Shelley)/EE(Mo)/Brookside(Mandy Jordache)
Schizophrenia? Emmerdale(Zoe)
Child death? not sure
Bullying (of any age)? Brookside (Anthony Murray)
Incest?! Brookside(you know)
Manslaughter (like whilst drink driving perhaps)? Corrie(Tony Horrocks)/Brookside(Jimmy)
Racism/Prejudice? Corrie(Hayley)
Alcoholism? EastEnders(Phil)
Drug addiction? Brookside(Jimmy)/Corrie(Tony Horrocks)
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Old 28-01-2005, 17:45
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Teen pregnancy? - EastEnders, they were the first to do it with Michelle, then Sonia giving birth because it was unexpected & showed that these things can happen.
Cancer?
- Don't know
Rape? - EastEnders, Kathy & also Little Mo first time around, I'd also say Hollyoaks didn't a man get raped in that?
Suicide/Attempted suicide? - Don't know
Gay "coming out" storyline? - EastEnders/ Coronation St
Gay character in general? - Coronation St/ The Bill
Domestic Violence/mental abuse? - EastEnders/ Brookside
Schizophrenia? - Don't know
Child death? - Don't know
[B]Bullying (of any age)? - Brookside
Incest?![/b] - EastEnders
Manslaughter - EastEnders/ Emmerdale
Racism/Prejudice? - Don't know
Alcoholism? - Brookside/ EastEnders?
Drug addiction? - The Bill?
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Old 28-01-2005, 17:46
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My choices -

Teen pregnancy? Corrie - Sarah Louise
Cancer? Emmerdale - Diane/Brookside - Patricia
Rape? Brookside - Sheila Grant
Suicide/Attempted suicide? Corrie - Richard Hillman
Gay "coming out" storyline? Corrie - Todd
Gay character in general? Emmerdale - Zoe
Domestic Violence/mental abuse? Brookside - Trevor Jordache
Schizophrenia? EastEnders - Joe
Child death? Brookside - Susannah and Max's kids
Bullying (of any age)? Brookside - Anthony Murray
Incest?! I guess Brookside's Nat and Georgia has been the only *real* incest in a soap?
Manslaughter (like whilst drink driving perhaps)? EastEnders - Pat
Racism/Prejudice? Brookside - Mick Johnson and his brother
Alcoholism? EastEnders - Phil
Drug addiction? Brookside - Jimmy Corkhill (By a very long way)


Didn't actually realise how well I thought Brookside was until I did this. It really was brilliant when it was on form.
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Old 28-01-2005, 17:47
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Teen pregnancy- Corrie, I thought the Sarah storyline was brilliant and handled really well.

Cancer- The only one I can think of at the moment is Dot in Eastenders, June Brown was fab!

Rape- Corrie, the Toyah storyline was very well done and the acting by Georgia Taylor brilliant, although the Little Mo/Trevor storyline in Eastenders was also handled well and brilliantly acted, although uncomfortable to watch

Gay "coming out" storyline- Corrie's has been by far the best, it was brilliantly written, brilliantly acted, and very sensitively handled

Gay character in general- I think Corrie have had three really good and very different gay characters in Todd, Karl & Sean

Domestic Violence/mental abuse- Little Mo/Trevor in Eastenders dealt with this really well.

Schizophrenia- The Joe Wicks storyline in Eastenders was brilliant, Paul Nicholls was fab.

Child death- Corrie handled the death of baby Billy really well, although the deaths of Susannah's children in Brookie was also done well.

Bullying (of any age)- I think the recent storyline with Roy in Corrie has been fab, it was interesting to see the effects bullying has on an older character.

Incest- I don't think it was that popular with the public, but I thought Brookside's Nat and Georgia storyline was really good, although I didn't like the ending when they went off and set up home together.

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Old 28-01-2005, 17:54
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Teen pregnancy? Corrie/Sarah Lou
Cancer? Emmerdale/Diane
Rape? Can't think
Suicide/Attempted suicide? Can't think of any
Gay "coming out" storyline? Corrie/Todd
Gay character in general? Corrie/Sean (pure stereotype but sooooo funny)
Domestic Violence/mental abuse? EE/Lil Mo and Trev
Schizophrenia? Can only think of Zoe in Emmerdale
Child death? Corrie/Billy Grimshaw
Bullying (of any age)? Brookside/that kid, dnt no his name
Incest?! Casualty/Anna and Merlin (heartbreaking)
Manslaughter (like whilst drink driving perhaps)? Dot helping Ethel die
Racism/Prejudice? Can't think of any
Alcoholism? The Bill/Marie Carver
Drug addiction? Can't think of any
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Old 28-01-2005, 17:59
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Teen pregnancy? corrie (sarah)

Cancer? hollyoaks (dawn cunningham) and home and away (meg)

Rape? )hollyoaks (the way they handled lukes rape was brilliant)

Gay "coming out" storyline? hollyoaks - gina patrick and emily

Gay character in general? hollyoaks - gina

Domestic Violence/mental abuse? eastenders

Schizophrenia? (eastenders - paul nicholls was brillaint as joe)

Child death? Brookie

Incest?! (brookie -- nat and georgia) hollyoaks (kate patrick and her long lost brother)
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Old 28-01-2005, 18:04
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Teen pregnancy - This is hard because Sarah Lou's in Corrie was dealt with from a few months after conception whilst Sonia's in Eastenders started from the birth, but both were brilliantly handled for different reasons. Either way these are the two that stick out for me. Excellent performances from birth girls. I'm going to say Eastenders though because it was more shocking and Sonia didn't have time to come to terms with what was happening. Will be interesting to see how Debbie Dingle's current one plays out.

Cancer - There's been so many, and I'm not just saying this because it's "fresh", but Diane's in Emmerdale is by far the best I have seen. Realistically handled and paced, and both moving whilst injecting lots of comedy, often in the same scene. The serious side and humour totally represents the character in question too.

Rape - In terms of the aftermath, Toyah's in Corrie. The performances were stunning and some of the best acting I've ever seen in a soap.

Suicide - Was Don Brennan's in Corrie suicide as such? I suppose that was pretty good. Chris Tate's was very kind of theatrical and the actual event was a damp squab, but the build-up and after effects were wonderful.

Gay "coming out" storyline - Todd's in Corrie I SUPPOSE though in NO WAY is this to the credit of Bruno Langley.

Gay character in general - Zoe Tate, Emmerdale. Very believable and has been openly gay for about a decade or more, I don't think any gay character has lasted half as long as that (in the soaps that I watch).

Domestic Violence/mental abuse - Mo/Trevor in EE, but to be honest I can't think of any obvious other ones.

Schizophrenia - Zoe Tate, Emmerdale. Joe Wicks' in Eastenders was excellent too, I suppose the reason I prefer Zoe's is because she was a longer running character with a richer history (and good reasons behind it), so I felt for her more.

Incest - EE's Kat/Zoe/Harry storyline. I never saw the Brookside one..

Manslaughter (like whilst drink driving perhaps) - I never saw Pat's but I'm lead to beleive that was excellent. Andy Sugden accidentally killing his stepmum was very good.

I'd have to think about the others.
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Old 28-01-2005, 18:17
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Teen pregnancy? - corrie's sarah
Cancer? - corrie's alma halliwell - i really wasnt convinced by EE's attempt with dot
Rape? - corrie's toyah - especially as this was at a time when they werent doing very well
Suicide/Attempted suicide? - e/dale's chris tate
Gay "coming out" storyline? - corrie's todd
Gay character in general? - either e/dales zoe tate or corrie sean/todd/karl
Domestic Violence/mental abuse? - ee's mo was good, but her being raped again ruined the credibility of it
im enjoying charlie/shelley in corrie at the moment
Schizophrenia? - zoe tate e/dale
Child death? - corrie - billy grimshaw
Bullying (of any age)? - corries roy cropper - amazing stuff
Incest?! - dont know of any
Manslaughter (like whilst drink driving perhaps)? - corrie's tony horrocks
Racism/Prejudice? - corries hayley
Alcoholism? - i dont know of any
Drug addiction? - all i really remember was leanne in corrie ages ago
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Old 28-01-2005, 18:42
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Originally Posted by Drifter
Or should I say, which "soap story", since some have done them more than once...

Teen pregnancy?
Cancer?
Rape?
Suicide/Attempted suicide?
Gay "coming out" storyline?
Gay character in general?
Domestic Violence/mental abuse?
Schizophrenia?
Child death?
Bullying (of any age)?
Incest?!
Manslaughter (like whilst drink driving perhaps)?
Racism/Prejudice?
Alcoholism?
Drug addiction?

I was going to add "long-term physical disabilities or diease", but there are only a few and you can't compare say, Chris Tate being in a wheelchair to Mark Fowler's HIV.

but that should be enough to be going on with

*awaits topic sinking straight off the page*
Brookside did most of these and it probably done them all the best.
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Old 28-01-2005, 19:00
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Teen pregnancy? Corrie
Cancer?
Corrie
Rape? The Bill
Suicide/Attempted suicide?
Don't know
Gay "coming out" storyline? Corrie
Gay character in general?
Corrie
Domestic Violence/mental abuse? EE
Schizophrenia?
Emmerdale
Child death? Corrie
Bullying (of any age)?
Corrie
Incest?! Brookside
Manslaughter (like whilst drink driving perhaps)? EE
Racism/Prejudice?
Alcoholism?
The Bill
Drug addiction? [b]The Bill
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Old 28-01-2005, 19:00
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Teen pregnancy? Emma Cairns, Emmerdale
Cancer? Diane, Emmerdale
Rape? Kathy, EastEnders
Suicide/Attempted suicide? Ethel, EastEnders
Gay "coming out" storyline? Todd, Corrie
Gay character in general? Freddie Martin, Eldorado
Domestic Violence/mental abuse? T revor, Eastenders
Schizophrenia? Zoe, Emmerdale
Child death? Hasan, EastEnders
Bullying (of any age)? Anthony, Brookside
Incest?! Brookie is the only real incest I can think of?
Manslaughter? Pat, EastEnders
Racism/Prejudice?
Alcoholism? Angie, EastEnders
Drug addiction? Jimmy, Brookside
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