does anyone think its time for a new soap?
maybe on bbc2 as thats the only channel with none
we lost brookside and family affairs(didn't like fa)
so why haven't they replaced them with new shows?

Not with so many episodes of the ones on now, I'm struggling to find time to watch them all as it is!

A return of Family Affairs or Brookside is welcome though
Last edited by Pete Callan : 17-03-2007 at 23:14

ddin't think anyone watched all 7 lol
ithought maybe drop emmerdale down to 5
and add a 5th episode of eastenders so that all the soaps will be five days

anew soap on a wed and sunday would be good on bbc
Last edited by dan2007 : 17-03-2007 at 23:15

they should bring back brookie dunno why they got rid

What does that achieve? They all need to be reduced.

I'd be happy if all soaps went back down to 3 episodes a week.

yes but if they wen't down to 3 what are bbc/itv going to fill the time upwith reapts?

I'm sure this exact same thread has been posted before. I remember reading the BBC2 bit...

A new soap wouldn't work.

no it wasn't well i did say doctors should be moved to bbc2 at 5pm

I know it's completely alien to ITV, but they could try something new. The stations, in particular ITV, rely waaay too heavily on their soaps.

When I say new, I mean new. Not another celebrity reality show.
Last edited by Pete Callan : 17-03-2007 at 23:23

why ?
the last soap was doctors am i right?
Last edited by dan2007 : 17-03-2007 at 23:23

Yes the story of a Midlands Motel/Hotel, good name would be Crossroads

How does that sound!!!

yes the thing with itv they axe all the good shows(badgirls)

Yeah latest one is Doctors as far as I know.

Because it just wouldn't, we've seen it all before.. there's nothing that would come as a shock to us anymore. It'd just rehash old plots

No, the last new soap was Night and Day. It ran from 2001-2003.

You could even say the return of Crossroads in 2002 was the last new soap, seeing as it was a (nearly) all-new cast, god love Kathy Staff
Last edited by Pete Callan : 17-03-2007 at 23:40

i kinda see what your saying but use doctors as an example
a show that started in 2000 and is shown mon-fri at 205pm and gets around 2million per episode
it worked for them why can't it for anew show

i forgot about night and day what happend to that?

Oh god I forgot about Night & Day, I actually used to watch that! It got moved to a late night graveyard slot and eventually axed. It didn't run for long. Very weird show that was.. lol

Despite gaining a cult audience, it failed in the ratings.

same as brookside then getting moved around
how hollyoaks is still on and not brookside i'll never know

Have you tried watching Hollyoaks recently? It's currently the best soap out there.

yes twice lastweek and i can't stand it (funny enough i enjoy more then corrie)its weird i wouldn't class it as a soap its they way they do things txts on screen
screen splits into 3/4 pictures and the start of most eps they seem todo the same thing like talking on the phone or something like that

We need a soap to rival Neighbours, anditv could steal the uadience off Neighbours!

Prisoner Cell Block G. Bang up loads of loony old women as I loved those type in Prisoner.

How about new soap based on the lives of British expats living somewhere warm and sunny, say like Spain?

How does that sound?