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today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what's 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? i'm 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. tv critic and soap fan emma bullimore is here, and charles collingwood, who's been farming, flirtin...

Big storm storyline. so, a deadly storm will hit the village and various characters will be in peril... so some actors are going to be worrying about that! here we go! i think so. i think it's likely that someone might be saying goodbye in that storyline. i'd say eastenders are doing something really interesting soon, which is they're doing a flashback episode which will take viewers back to 1979. and it will be a bit of a glimpse of the mitchell family in the earlier years. and they have cast jaime winstone to play peggy mitchell, which i think is a brilliant casting, because she also played ...

And angie got again. but that doesn't mean - that they can't have success. yeah. and with autumn coming, which i think is a big time for soaps as they start, you know, sowing the seeds for those christmas storylines, daniel, what can we look forward to this year? what do you know about any big stories coming up or what we should be watching? well, the big one is emmerdale turns 50 in october, and they have announced that they will have a big storm storyline. so, a deadly storm will hit the village and various characters will be in peril... so some actors are going to be worrying about that! he...

Episode which will take viewers back to 1979. and it will be a bit of a glimpse of the mitchell family in the earlier years. and they have cast jaime winstone to play peggy mitchell, which i think is a brilliant casting, because she also played barbara windsor in the babs programme that was on a few years ago. so i think that's a very good example of soaps trying to do something different, trying to have an appointment—to—view story that will hopefully bring in some lapsed viewers. ok, and in ourfinal minutes — seconds, even — i was going to ask a question for you all. phil alluded to ...

Goodbye in that storyline. i'd say eastenders are doing something really interesting soon, which is they're doing a flashback episode which will take viewers back to 1979. and it will be a bit of a glimpse of the mitchell family in their earlier years. and they have cast jaime winstone to play peggy mitchell, which i think is a brilliant casting, because she also played barbara windsor in the babs programme that was on a few years ago. so i think that's a very good example of soaps trying to do something different, trying to have an appointment—to—view story that will hopefully bring in so...