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But these days, you know, people are wasting 30 minutes, 45 minutes going through a streaming platform, trying to find something to watch, and they give up. so theres an audience there with an appetite for drama that is ready to be picked up on, you know, so ijust think its kind of like finding the right cue and finding the right storyline and, you know, putting them on the right platform. and they will work. they will work. and, emma, in terms of those storylines, you know, we were talking abou...

And in the case of neighbours, again, that was completely different reasons. it was still doing very well. it was one of the top rated shows on channel 5, even though it airs in the daytime — or aired in the daytime. wasnt bringing in enough advertising revenue, right? yes, it was advertising revenue. obviously, daytime advertising revenue isnt as big as in the evening. so channel 5, after showing neighbours for 14 years, felt it was better to invest in post—watershed shows. obviously, chann...

The soap star, 38, displayed her impressive abs in a grey crop top and oversized jeans as she headed to The Ivy.

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 room at ambridge, are people feeling nervous about 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...

When siobhan, my mistress in the archers, tragically died, the week... i mean, she was dying of cancer, it was terrible. and the actress, caroline lennon... the week before, i mean, barely... she barely said a word. she was just breathing. and they had her there. and then she died. and i had a scene with her dead body. and i remember going in the studio, which i think i wrote in my book, and there, instead of caroline, was a cushion — because you dont have to pay a fee to a cushion. ok, well, ...

The Love Island winner, 26, shared the picture of her new ink alongside adorable photos of her, son Santiago, one, and soap star dad Danny Dyer, 45 in the Mediterranean.

He looked at me and said, "it is that very security that makes us feel insecure." and he was absolutely right, because you can never agree... i mean, my character years ago, thank god, you know, i was on a life support machine in birmingham general hospital, having been knocked over by a bse—ridden cow. iwas... my character bought an aeroplane, an aeroplane. i said to the producer, "does it crash?" because... i didnt care, but, you know, no mileage for me as an actor, the things going to plumm...

Happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watt�*s 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 cultural landscape? are we going through a messy den and angie divorce with them? or is it still enduring love, like sc...

Like theres somebody that has visited your home. if you think about the way that hayley died in_ coronation street, i one of their biggest storylines of the last couple of decades, l the reason it was so powerful is because we felt _ like she was a friend. wed lived with her, _ wed lived her ups and downs, and then it just absolutely was a sucker punch. - so i think thats where . they can be so powerful. recently, soaps have had - this obsession with gangsters, ive noticed, all these things, and...

Theyve got nothing else to do. and this is why we used to... we used to lose 1.5—2 million viewers as soon as the clocks went forward and people realised they had an extra hour of daylight to go outside. but these days, you know, people are wasting 30 minutes, 45 minutes going through a streaming platform, trying to find something to watch, and they give up. so theres an audience there with an appetite for drama that is ready to be picked up on, you know, so ijust think its kind of like findin...