Favourite Soap Opera Of All Time

[Si Hunt]

What's your favourite soap of all time, past or present, and why?

This is the place to celebrate your personal favourite and explain its appeal to others!

I've tried to include all the major ones in the poll, but there are more than 10 so if your fave isn't included then tell us about it anyway!

Si.

[Ralph]

Dallas ought to be up there!

[Andrew Curnow]

Solely for nostalgia, it has to be "Crossroads" - like death and taxes, it was just always there as a fact of life as a kid. We would watch it avidly, then maybe drift away for a few months, but then we would tune back and it was still there just the same.

Second choice, again for nostalgia (mainly the image of the whole family watching the season 1 repeats one Summer and all laughing at Barbara Bel Geddes line: "It's my breast") would be "Dallas" which should be there, as Ralph so rightly says!

[Milky Tears]

Albion Market or Castles for me.

[Dirk Gently]

I've voted for Prisoner:Cell Block H as I used to watch it when it was on late at night years & years ago, (Channel 4 I think or was it ITV?).

But I'm no soap watcher so I doubt I'd watch it now & I avoid soaps of all types that are made these days. They just don't interest me, I'd rather watch real life in the form of sport.

[SiHart]

Crossroads! Without a doubt. I loved it. My second choice would be Neighbours.

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

Castles

Ha-ha, my brother used to watch that.

[Lord President]

I voted for Crossroads, but only because The Sullivans and Triangle appear to be missing!

[Ralph]

Without doubt the pinnacle of Soapdom - achieving viewing figures and whipping up excitement in soaps never seen since!

[Joseph Lidster]

No Hollyoaks?

[Perry Vale]

Dallas ought to be up there!

Dallas wasn't a soap though, imo. A 'soap', for me, is something that runs weekly, and continuously. Dallas had seasons, in fact the first only being 6 episodes long (iirc). If you included Dallas, then you should have things like the X-Files & the like....

I voted for Corrie, obviously, still going strong after 40+ years!

[Si Hunt]

I knew I'd never get everyone's favourite in! I had "The Young Doctors" up there, but swapped it when I realised I'd missed off "Emmerdale".

I've added in "Dallas" now in place of "Eldorado"!

Si.

[Milky Tears]

I've been disenfranchised!

You should have Dynasty, Falcon Crest, The Colbys and Santa Barbara as well.

[Si Hunt]

And "Take the High Road".

Come on, own up, who voted for "Eastenders"!

Si.

[Paul Monk]

A Country Practice, Shortland Street and Eldorado! James beat me to Albion Market.

[Ralph]

I've added in "Dallas" now in place of "Eldorado"!

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

And "Take the High Road".

Come on, own up, who voted for "Eastenders"!

Si.

Me - I don't watch soaps much anymore, but when I did it was always Enders.

[Jon Masters]

I've voted for Dallas - I don't care if its not a traditional soap, it certainly wasn't an episode driven format, and was the first and best for the outrageous plotlines.

I do have a fondness for Take The High Road too - mainly because it was on for long stretched duirng the afternoon on school holidays, and because of that actress who played the mean old biddie who used to also play her far psoher twin sister who'd turn up occasionally.

Most other soaps are just Blahhhhhhhhh.

[Dirk Gently]

The best thing about Take the High Road was the theme. Nice little tune that.

[stuartdg]

The Archers should be up there-is the longest running of them all

I would have to say Prisoner Cell Block H
Crossroads
Dallas

in the absence of The Archers

[Carol Baynes]

I was a huge Dynasty and The Colbys fan! Loved Dallas as well, so my vote has gone to it, and yes, it was a 'soap opera', regardless of the way we make them in Britain. But the epic American shows were just pure loony lavish escapism!

[P-Bal]

Shame on the absence of Family Affairs!

Brookie almost took it, but Crossroads stormed to victory. Jane's Gurnett and Asher are icontastic, as is all time soap icon Nolly Gordon!

It's the best, and you know it!

[SiHart]

Clear Waters? That's a great soap- although it may actually be Crossroads...

Si xx

[Captain Tancredi]

Although it's ages since I actually watched it, I kind of have to say Emmerdale because they still film bits of it in this very town- ran across some filming last Friday actually- at one point my bus to work used to regularly pass a Tate Haulage van going up to the location.

[Andrew Curnow]

I think you're being a bit nitpicky, Perry - I can't imagine (m)any people would consider Dallas to NOT be a soap, nor (m)any who would consider The X-Files to be one. For that matter, Emmerdale Farm used to have seasons for many years, which were then repeated during the Summer, and I'm fairly certain the same is true of Take The High Road - which was also excellent in its "Take The" days. They should never have killed off the old lady at the Big House (whose name escapes me).

Sorry, rambling.