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Daniel kilkenny is soaps editor for entertainment news website digital spy. tv critic and soap fan emma bullimore is here, and charles collingwood, whos been farming, flirting and digging into his wifes venison pie for a whopping 47 years as brian in the archers. welcome to you all and thanks for coming on the show. phil, if we start with you, all the big soaps — eastenders, coronation street, emmerdale — have seen huge drops in audience numbers in recent years. youve criticised soaps for no...

Huge drops in audience numbers in recent years. youve criticised soaps for not tackling big social issues like they used to. do you think its the end of the road for them? i think in the current climate, it looks quite pessimistic, but i believe that they shouldnt be, because you have to go all the way right back to the cave drawings and people have always had this insatiable desire for storytelling. and, you know, you can run all the way through history, through the greek tragedies, etc, throug...

And charles collingwood, whos been farming, flirting and digging into his wifes venison pie for a whopping 47 years as brian in the archers. welcome to you all and thanks for coming on the show. phil, if we start with you, all the big soaps — eastenders, coronation street, emmerdale — have seen huge drops in audience numbers in recent years. youve criticised soaps for not tackling big social issues like they used to. do you think its the end of the road for them? i think in the current clima...

Portrait of William Shakespeare, who died on April 23, 1616. (Image: Wikipedia) William Shakespeare, widely considered the greatest writer the English language has ever produced, died on April 23, 1616—and there is some evidence suggesting he was born on the same date in 1564. In a short life of just 58 years, he wrote some of the greatest plays and poems the world has ever read and heard. Perhaps it is this combination of fame and genius that has made him a critical target, as he has become ...