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he beat britains anthony joshua on a split points decision. the fight in saudi arabia was a rematch of usyk�*s victory in london in september. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your minds back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? thi...

this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watts divorce papers after shed lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? whats their place in the cul...

but cast your minds back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watts divorce papers after shed lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it thr...

now on bbc news, lets watch the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your minds back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that...

for sir salman rushdie, authors have been gathering in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was seriously injured in a knife attack. hundreds of writers gathered at the citys public library to read his works and pay tribute. and now on bbc news, its the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down o...

today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? whats their place in the cultural landscape? are we going through a messy den and angie divorce with them? or is it still enduring love, like scott and charlene? im joined by sir phil redmond, creator of three of the biggest british soaps of all time — grange hill, brookside and hollyoa ks. daniel kilkenny is soaps editor for entertainment news website digital spy. t...

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The demise of soaps? are people worried about their jobs and getting their agents on the phone and saying, "i might need something else"? well, yeah. i mean, actors are always worried about theirjobs. ive yet to meet a secure actor. in fact, when i firstjoined it in 1974 as a sort of quite young man, the man alan devereux, who played sid perks, who ran the pub, had been in it for ages. i thought he was wonderful. and i remember going up to him saying, "you are so lucky! it must be wonderful to b...

Box set, whatever it might be. so theres so many demands. on your attention, and i think, you know, when soaps do things well, theres nothing better — i when you get really hooked i into one of those storylines, with characters that - youve known for years, decades in some cases. but those storylines have to be strong enough. - they cant just rely on their. brand to get people to watch. yeah, and well come onto those storylines later. charles, i wonder, from the perspective of you in the green...

Yeah. whereas now theres just i so many different options, and you dont have to even rely on what is streaming _ or on tv at that time. you can go back and watch a box set, whatever it might be. _ so theres so many demands. on your attention, and i think, you know, when soaps do things well, theres nothing better — _ when you get really hooked into one of those storylines, _ with characters that - youve known for years, decades in some cases. but those storylines have to be strong enough. - th...