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Old 29-05-2016, 14:24
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The area boasts
- lots of hotel rooms for hire as offices / studios / character bedrooms / etc
- trams
- a beach setting - so lots of Home and Away style scenes, seaside bistro etc
- cul de sacs and streets
- boarding school
-space for studios
- tourists coming and going, surf club
- funfair & tram disasters, sea storms etc
- pubs

It could be called "Blackpool Bay" and be a mixture of 90s Home & Away, Brookside, Family Affairs and Eastenders.
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:35
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I feel we've had more than enough northern soaps.

It would be nice to have one set somewhere else in Britain for a change, like the midlands or the west country.
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:36
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Great idea IMO!

ITV could do it three times a week in 30 minute slots. Maybe Tuesday 8pm, Thursday 8pm, Friday 8.30pm (Corrie would move back to Sunday from Fri 8.30pm).
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:41
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I feel we've had more than enough northern soaps.

It would be nice to have one set somewhere else in Britain for a change, like the midlands or the west country.
I'd like to see a soap set in London.
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:43
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I think there should be one set in Lincoln.
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:44
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I'd like to see a soap set in London.
EastEnders not enough?
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:46
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EastEnders not enough?
EastEnders hasn't been set in London for about 25 years.

In all seriousness I'd love a Geordie soap that focuses on real peoples day to day lives to try and counteract the Geordie Shore image we're getting lumbered with. I've actually written a few episodes for one, although there in absolute verbal diarrhorea unedited form.
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:48
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I would have one set in cornwall
It would be a mixture of Upstairs Downstairs and Dark Shadows.
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:49
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I'd like to see a soap set in London.
Eastenders?

Somewhere other than London or the North, would make a refreshing change.
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:49
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How about one in Cornwall?
It'd need to be an hour long the pace they speak.
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:53
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I would have one set in cornwall
It would be a mixture of Upstairs Downstairs and Dark Shadows.
wasn't echo beach in that area ?
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Old 29-05-2016, 14:54
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I'd like to see a soap set in Wales but not in Welsh. Having lived in Wales throughout my childhood I know there's a strong sense of community. Although I can speak fluent Welsh many people where I lived didn't so it wouldn't be unrealistic. I feel it would be different rather than a soap set in England.
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Old 29-05-2016, 16:09
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I don't think there'll ever be a new soap on British TV. The current ones take up most of the available slots and It's much easier and cost effective to just increase the episode tally for an established show than to risk enormous amounts of time and money on a risky new venture.
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