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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...

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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. i've 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 be in a programme with so much security!" and through gritted teeth, he looked at me and said, "it i...

Box set, whatever it might be. so there's so many demands. on your attention, and i think, you know, when soaps do things well, there's nothing better — i when you get really hooked i into one of those storylines, with characters that - you've known for years, decades in some cases. but those storylines have to be strong enough. - they can't just rely on their. brand to get people to watch. yeah, and we'll 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 abo...

Yeah. whereas now there's just i so many different options, and you don't 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 there's so many demands. on your attention, and i think, you know, when soaps do things well, there's nothing better — _ when you get really hooked into one of those storylines, _ with characters that - you've known for years, decades in some cases. but those storylines have to be strong enough. - they can't just rely on their brand to get people to watch. _ yeah, and we'll come onto those sto...