FabSwingers.com forum: Tv Soaps from the past ?

By *BWLOVER1965 OP Man
6 weeks ago

Ipswich

Got to thinking this morning about tv soaps from the past or characters from past brookside el dorado crossroads obvs been from Liverpool brookside was constant viewing the body under the patio poor sinbad

What are you’re thoughts of tv soaps past or present

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By *issmorganWoman
6 weeks ago

Calderdale innit

I remember watching family affairs on ch5, that was pretty crap lol.

Also El dorado, I was a student when that was on and sometimes tuned in, Bunny & fizz if I remember rightly😂.

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By *issmorganWoman
6 weeks ago

Calderdale innit

I only watch Emmers now, no other soaps.

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By *BWLOVER1965 OP Man
6 weeks ago

Ipswich

"I remember watching family affairs on ch5, that was pretty crap lol.

Also El dorado, I was a student when that was on and sometimes tuned in, Bunny & fizz if I remember rightly😂. "

Always remember the iconic den and angie at Christmas episodes was riveting viewing back then as mentioned brookside was probably my only one I watched

Emerdale from years ago Mr Wilkes and Mr amos breily if I remember rightly Annie sugden

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By *os19Man
6 weeks ago

Edmonton

I only watch Eastenders.Not sure if The Bill would be classed as a soap but that was one I also watched.

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By *BWLOVER1965 OP Man
6 weeks ago

Ipswich

"I only watch Eastenders.Not sure if The Bill would be classed as a soap but that was one I also watched."

It was kind of the bill was on twice a week at one point not classed as soap another I enjoyed was Londons burning

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By *ensualtongue2023Man
6 weeks ago

furnace

The cedar tree

Also

The Sullivans

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By *anilla_SundaeCouple
6 weeks ago

Aberdeen

I'm back watching Prisoner cell block H for the second time on channel 5 Select.

Even though its absolute nonsense, it's like a drug to me I can't get enough of it

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By *BWLOVER1965 OP Man
6 weeks ago

Ipswich

Also the Australia ones

Neighbours

Home and away

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By *aizyWoman
6 weeks ago

west midlands

"I'm back watching Prisoner cell block H for the second time on channel 5 Select.

Even though its absolute nonsense, it's like a drug to me I can't get enough of it

Is that the original Prisoner cell block H???

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I've never been into soaps.

Inspired by Buffy, my wife got into Passions - Spike's favourite soap (and a real show). I watched some of those episodes, and it was pretty insane, with witches and a talking doll named Timmy. 🤣

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By *anilla_SundaeCouple
6 weeks ago

Aberdeen

"I'm back watching Prisoner cell block H for the second time on channel 5 Select.

Even though its absolute nonsense, it's like a drug to me I can't get enough of it

Is that the original Prisoner cell block H???"

Sure is

You get 2 episodes every weeknight from 11

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By *BWLOVER1965 OP Man
6 weeks ago

Ipswich

Someone from work called be joey Boswell the other day can’t remember if was insult or compliment

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By *aizyWoman
6 weeks ago

west midlands

"I'm back watching Prisoner cell block H for the second time on channel 5 Select.

Even though its absolute nonsense, it's like a drug to me I can't get enough of it

Is that the original Prisoner cell block H???

Sure is

You get 2 episodes every weeknight from 11

Oh my..... I haven't watched that in years! Me and a school friend were obsessed with it, the actress who played the Freak came to our city for an autograph signing, we dodged school went to the shopping centre where she was and then didn't approach her because she looked just as terrifying in real life as she did on tv, we were so scared!

I'm going to have to watch it relive my youth!

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By *r shyguy.Man
6 weeks ago

Down by the river.

Crossroads, and A family at war,

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By *ohn 66Man
6 weeks ago

South Birmingham

"Also the Australia ones

Neighbours

Home and away

The episode where Plain Jane Super Brain removed her glasses, shook her hair free and miraculously turned into a beauty?

Some of us might have already noticed that about her

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By *a LunaWoman
6 weeks ago

Wherever the wind takes me

I remember:

The the High Road

Country Practice (Australian)

The Sullivans (Australian)

Sons and Daughters (Australia)

My Nan loved them and I’d watch them with her if she was looking after me when I was poorly.

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By *BWLOVER1965 OP Man
6 weeks ago

Ipswich

I take it the other soap on channel 4 is still going

Hollyoaks

Set in Chester

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By *elly and daveCouple
6 weeks ago

gateshead

"Soap" was a comedy soap opera from the 70's, it's being repeated now on Rewind tv. Still quite funny after all these years. Benson the butler,is the star he got his own spin off series I think.

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By *2000ManMan
6 weeks ago

Worthing

Eldorado actually got better as it went on. Unfortunately not enough to save it.

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By *zeroMan
6 weeks ago

Glasgow

I always remember my Gran watching the American soaps like Days of Our Lives and Bold and the Beautiful on Channel 5 when I went to visit her.

I always thought it was funny seeing the contrast between the British and American ones

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By *ny1localMan
6 weeks ago

READING

Dr finlay's casebook..I always remember the joke at the time about it..'dr I feel awful hot,,shut up Janet and take your tit out of my porridge '

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By *alcon2Man
6 weeks ago

North

Have you ever seen any foreign speaking ones?

They're ridiculous.

My mum used to watch an Indian one.

There's love triangles, corrupt cops, people resurrected from the dead from being mauled by a man-eating tiger & mother-in-laws from hell in just one episode.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
6 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

Doctors

Compact

Weavers Green

Family Affairs

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By *0CC72Man
6 weeks ago

Preston

I haven't watched a soap in decades. When I was a kid Sons & Daughters and Crossroads used to be on....scarred me for life.

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By *ichaelsmyMan
6 weeks ago

Douglas

howards way, great theme tune for that one. though sailing was the first attraction to that soap

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
6 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

I remember The Royal too ....... set in Scotland I think

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
6 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

"howards way, great theme tune for that one. though sailing was the first attraction to that soap"

Was it a soap though ? Don't think so

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
6 weeks ago

Crumpet Castle

Hmmmmmmmmmmm when is something a t.v. Drama series and when is it a soap?

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By *angler 321Man
6 weeks ago

Hereford

Eldorado! Belter!!

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
6 weeks ago

Central

Crossroads was good. It's very sad that Jane Rossington, the daughter of Meg, has dementia now

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By *0CC72Man
6 weeks ago

Preston

"Hmmmmmmmmmmm when is something a t.v. Drama series and when is it a soap?"

TV dramas tend to follow a single plot and can be quite good

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By *luebell888Woman
6 weeks ago

Glasgowish

I loved Take The Higb Road and as a teenager had a big crush on the character David Sneddon.

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By *urry BlokeMan
6 weeks ago

Brookside

Ground breaking in many ways

I loved the Saturday teatime omnibus

Sit down as a family with a 'cold spread' for tea and watch the full weeks worth of episodes

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By *allndarkMan
6 weeks ago

Dalbeattie

Albion market, that’s a blast from the past and mostly forgotten.

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By *ortney FoxxxWoman
6 weeks ago

"I only watch Emmers now, no other soaps. "
yip me to

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By *ools and the brainCouple
6 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

""Soap" was a comedy soap opera from the 70's, it's being repeated now on Rewind tv. Still quite funny after all these years. Benson the butler,is the star he got his own spin off series I think."

Used to love Soap.

That's how Billy Crystal got his big break.

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By *ichaelsmyMan
6 weeks ago

Douglas

"howards way, great theme tune for that one. though sailing was the first attraction to that soap

Was it a soap though ? Don't think so"

it was dubbed as the bbc's answer to dallas, falcons crest and knotts landing

a glamourous cast, setting etc.

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By *ecadentDeviantsCouple
6 weeks ago

Altrincham

Benny from Crossroads was my favourite soap character hands down. Loved his cameos on Tiswas. ‘Spot the Benny’ (between him & Lenny Henry) Quality.

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By *x2 4 funCouple
6 weeks ago

Southampton

Dallas with Mandy Winger definitely would

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