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the best and the worst - what's worth following and what to avoid now that i'm studying here for the next three years. i have bbc's 1 and 2, itv, and channels 4 and five (five is a bit fuzzy on my set).

― Anya _Z, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Search - Eastenders
Destroy - All the others.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Destroy - all of them

― robster (robster), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:21 (twenty-one years ago)

B-b-but Hollyoaks!

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Coronation Street is great

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

don't watch any soaps before 5.35 (except neighbours at lunchtime (actually i probably haven't watched neighbours for 5 years, what's happening these days?))

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Hollyoaks makes Sunday mornings worthwhile. Or, erm, made. I haven't watched it in a while.

― Super-Kate (kate), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Steve - TS: Home and Away v Neighbours

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Me too Kate, dunno what happenend, just seemed to lose interest. Isn't it on on a Saturday morning now too?

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:32 (twenty-one years ago)

No, it's still on on Sundays. I used to watch it before rehearsals. I stopped watching it around the time that Flynn - or whatever his name was, the hott blonde boy with the thing for older women, predictably... - left the show to go present Saturday morning kids shows or whatever it was he did with his life...

― Super-Kate (kate), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

i did once see an episode of coronation street, but that was before i had decided to move here, and i wasn't really concentrating. it has more humor than most, yes? might check that out again.

i see family affairs goes out five nights a week. might that satisfy?

― Anya_Z, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Isn't Finn on that Sky thing about air stewards or sumfink now?

I think it's on Sat AND Sun, could be wrong though.

Family Affairs? Noooooooooo! That's were old soap stars go to die.

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Is he? ::shocked and horrified:: Well, I don't have Sky, so see if I fancy him any more! Humph!

― Super-Kate (kate), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Hollyoaks is terrible, yet I often find myself watching it on a Sunday morning. I blame not being hungover.

― Ricardo (RickyT), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Hollyoaks is not as bad as some though, and you it's about the only thing on weekend mornings so it gets my vote.

― smee (smee), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 08:55 (twenty-one years ago)

"Family Affairs? Noooooooooo! That's were old soap stars go to die."

but it must have pretty good viewing figures to be on every night? i guess the old soap stars will all be new to me..

― Anya_Z, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:00 (twenty-one years ago)

What Matt DC said

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

j0e to thread, he loves his Family Affairs and will give you the real deal

now what am i doing here when i abhor them all??

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 09:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Neighbours.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Homegrown?

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Near enough. They all come over here, steal our jobs, shag our women, sue our edgy style mags...

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 10:51 (twenty-one years ago)

― Anya_Z, Wednesday, 7 April 2004 11:06 (twenty-one years ago)

...star in our pantos...

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 7 April 2004 11:57 (twenty-one years ago)

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