It's Inside Soap magazine's 20th birthday this week and they recently commissioned a survey asking soap fans what they think of their favourite shows.
The results came in as follows, with most soap fans saying they want to see more humour, rather than grim storylines, in their favourite shows. Can't argue with that!
Four-fifths
of viewers believe there should be more funny moments in the plots of
the series, according to the poll.
More
than a third - 36% - said they wanted to see fewer stories about affairs
in TV soaps, and 30% said they would prefer to see less emphasis on
"murder and mayhem" in the shows - although a quarter said they actually
wanted to see more.
Just over two-fifths (42%) said the shows
rarely or never reflected their own lives, and just 18% said a portrayal
of a real-life issue in a soap had actually helped them.
Soap fans said Coronation Street was the soap which most accurately reflected
reality, chosen by 40% of the sample of 1,000 people. EastEnders was
second, chosen by 30%, while Emmerdale came third on 19%.
Emmerdale was chosen as the fictional location where viewers would most like to live, with Walford's Albert Square runner-up.
Inside Soap magazine editor Steven Murphy said: "It's interesting to see how
Britons continue to love soaps and their family values, as well as the
escapism it provides them with."
Read our exclusive interview with Inside Soap editor Steven Murphy.
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Sunday, 24 June 2012
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I think there may have been a few vague references to it in the months to the run up,but I want my Corrie to be Olympic free.
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