SUch Sad Soap Storylines

I think these hard hitting storylines are correct they should be shown I don’t watch soaps to have a laugh if I wanted a laugh
I d watch the comedians. I certainly wouldn’t watch two men killing fish to get a laugh

Life is hard for many people I think the Emmerdale story of modern day slavery should be brought to peoples attention many have no idea it’s even happening The April/Dylan drug and prostitution story is again very credible and needs showing so many young teens are involved in county lines etc etc
Corrie is running a story on relationship abuse again needs showing people often don’t believe abuse happens most often in the home always imagine it happens with strangers
The soaps are supposed to mirror real life not Cinderella and at the moment they are playing the parts well with good solid writing
Some parts are not so good but they have got it right at the moment
I can understand it upsets some people, so watch something else
Shinnamae there is a thread dedicated to Emmerdale

keepingquiet

Me too which is why I haven't watched soaps for years...

Neither have I.

Robin202

The only one I watch is Emmerdale - just a habit really from years ago.
The current story about child grooming/sex trafficking/drug running is pretty horrendous and hard to watch - BUT - if it wakes up some sleepy parents as to what our young children/teens can be exposed to and so easily become victims of, too terrified to speak to their parents, I think it’s a good thing.
With internet access and unsavoury characters in all walks of life, its a frightening and dangerous world for youngsters to navigate. We all need to be aware of the warning signs.

I was going to start a new thread but searched and found this
Emmerdale has been my favourite soap for years and I agree with what you say about the trafficking and Intended sexual exploitation of April, It’s very powerful and a couple of times it’s made me cry
I think Joe Absolom is playing his part very very well because I remember him from Doc Martin a completely different character
There has been another twist now, but hopefully The perpetrators will soon be caught and face the full force of the law

I don’t watch soaps but I’ve been watching Made in Chelsea pretty much from when it first started. It’s absolutely awful these days but I can’t not watch it!

You're obviously guessing completely wrong. Try actually watching it.

Aveline It is a favourite in our household we just l-u-r-v-e to hate it.
The scramble for the remote is the most excercise we get some days as soon as that theme plays 🎶
Sometimes if one of us is on the phone and it comes on, we mute it and try and guess what they are saying😃 such fun

The only one I watch is Emmerdale - just a habit really from years ago.
The current story about child grooming/sex trafficking/drug running is pretty horrendous and hard to watch - BUT - if it wakes up some sleepy parents as to what our young children/teens can be exposed to and so easily become victims of, too terrified to speak to their parents, I think it’s a good thing.
With internet access and unsavoury characters in all walks of life, its a frightening and dangerous world for youngsters to navigate. We all need to be aware of the warning signs.

Granmarderby10 oh dear. Ancient cliche. Try to keep up if you must comment on programmes you say you don't watch.

Corrie's latest story about a schoolboy's relationship with his older female coach is interesting. A very nice female teacher at my children's school had a relationship with one of the senior boys and was sacked. It was sad. She was an excellent teacher but, obviously, could never be employed as a teacher again. The boy was just over 16. These things happen.

It is the main reason why I stopped watching soaps. First it was Eastenders around the time of Arthur Fowlers big breakdown …ages ago then after enjoying Emmerdale, and almost reared on Coronation Street..I just stopped watching about 2006 I just could not relate to it anymore.
Altogether now “GETOUTMYPUB”😃

Exactly, it's called wokeness, next storyline , I predict in Corrie will be teacher abusing 16 year old boy , I only watch to see how ridiculous it can get , its utter PC woke unbelievable nonsense, lol

Exactly,its called wokeness, I bet next storyline in corrie will be teacher abusing 16 year old pupil, I only watch now to see how ridiculous it can get.

I haven’t watched soaps for years (not that I watched many, only Coronation Street and Emmerdale Farm). They used to contain quite a lot of humour, and mostly plausible story lines, but not any more - now, judging from the trailers, all of them seem so aggressive, shouty and far fetched, that they hold no interest for me at all.

There are some pretty awful game and reality shows, too, that have, in my opinion, had their day - they wheel them out season after season after season.

I like a good programme, some quite gritty ones, too, but I find so many seem to lack good writing, plot and plausibility.

There are some nice, gentle programmes about, including Gone Fishing, which is more about friendship than actually catching fish (though they always release the ones they do catch), and I found Pilgrim to be interesting. Another programme I enjoy is The Yorkshire Vet, and the recently finished All Creatures Great and Small, to name some.

So yes, there are some nice programmes out there, but so many are, to my taste, dreadful, but of course, others will disagree, which is fair enough.

When my dear Mum was alive she used to love watching Emmerdale Farm as it was. That was when Annie Sugden was always baking or making pastry and the stories were built around the farm. In her later years, she stopped watching as she hated “all this modern stuff”. I have never watched any soap myself but I understand why some people think they’re good.

Sleepyhead52

I've only ever watched Corrie. I used to watch it as a late teenager with my Granny when I visited her each Wednesday for supper after College.

When she died I continued watching as it reminded me of her. Just 30-minutes on a Monday and Wednesday. Now three one-hour episodes (although I've read that both Corrie and Emmerdale are shortly returning to the half hour format). Problem is there's no longer the quality of scriptwriters to maintain decent storylines over the longer times.

Corrie was so much fun in the past, plus there was always really great interesting and engrossing dramatic storylines.

Now it's all doom and gloom with little humour. Oddly knife crime murderers and grooming gangs have all been white whereas we know that simply isn't the case - especially in the North of England!

And can any street in the UK ever have had so many residents who are male homosexuals or lesbians? Beyond belief.

My last straw was when after four husbands and multiple live-in lovers they decided that Carla would suddenly become a lesbian! Well, why not? It saves writing intelligent and fun stories.

Why do they think these storyline will be of interest to us? Homosexuals represent less than 4% of the UK population over the age of 16 - unless they live on Coronation Street when it's ten times that much!

I still record it but would estimate that I fast-forward at least 75%. Still enjoying Sally and Tim storylines so I always stop to watch those!

It seldom wins any awards now - which you would think would tell the producers that something isn't quite right but I imagine they know but still continue to spiral downwards.

Goodness knows what Granny would think of it now!
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Stopped watching soaps for the same reasons given by many so far.
DC were hooked on Home and Away and Neighbours and I quite enjoyed them. When DC left home we didn’t bother with those any more.
My favourite soap was Soap.

I don’t watch any and haven’t for years, I find the adverts for them especially Eastenders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks very aggressive and I wonder occasionally how many children watch them, although writers say they cover lots of present day topics my life is traumatic enough without watching others trauma for entertainment

Most soaps are crap and always have been . The people who watch the must have very,boring humdrum lives to think.they are entertaining.

Even in the Sixties when Corrie started off. My aunties thought. It was awful and wouldn't watch it as they said it out years on them listening to it.

Z Cars was big in our house.

I don't watch any soaps now,used to love Corrie and Emmerdale but too many implausible storylines

I enjoy Eastenders and I think they cover important storylines. I don't watch the others,although I used to love 'Doctors' which is missed by many.

I’ve always loved watching Corrie and Emmerdale for the entertainment of the story lines and the humour especially. It was something to look forward to in the evening when you are winding down with a cup of tea. But not anymore sadly. It’s become too unpleasant to watch, and not entertaining at all. Quite traumatising actually. So I’ve switched off now, after about 40 years of watching. I’m quite upset about it and I don’t know who the writers are trying to entertain anymore.

I've also stopped watching them, I used to enjoy Coronation Street and even Eastenders, but it's all so dramatic, depressing and unbelievable now.

I notice that most Scandinavian things are ‘dark’ and a bit depressing and also, now, the UK. Must be the long Winter nights. Still better than the American stuff, though.

I’ve had it with soaps! Violence, intimidation and totally unbelievable story lines. I’m not naive as I work around many of the current issues but, boy, do they get it wrong.

I feel like the OP. My DH and I are fed up with violence and bad language on TV. It’s hard to find anything light-hearted without it being puerile. I stopped watching soaps years ago. I don’t think any of them should be shown so early in the evening as they are unsuitable for children.