Soap Silly Stats
Titles
- 'C' is the most common letter to start the title of a soap opera. In total there have been 9, Canary Wharf, Castle Haven, Castles, The Cedar Tree, Citizens, Compact, Coronation Street, Couples, and Crossroads.
- There have been three soaps with number in the title: 199 Park Lane, Emergency-Ward 10 and Sixpenny Corner.
- There have been 6 soaps to change their name, these are Emergancy Ward 10 (Calling Nurse Roberts), Emmerdale (Emmerdale Farm), High Road (Take the High Road), Honey Lane (Market in Honey Lane), Crossroads: Kings Oak (Crossroads) and The Dales (Mrs Dales Diary).
Duration & Times
- The longest running soap is BBC Radio 4's The Archers which started in January 1950 and is still going.
- The shortes running soap was Home Tonight which lasted only 8 weeks.
- The latest time a soap was broadcast was Night & Day which went out at one point at 23:30.
- The earliest time a soap was broadcast was Night & Day which went out at one point at 00:30.
- 1985 and 86 are the most popular years for soaps as there were 11 to choose from over the two years, Albion Market, The Archers, Brookside, Coronation Street, Crossroads, EastEnders, Gems, Howards' Way, Pobol Y Cwm, The Practice and Take the High Road.
Other Bits
- Only 3 soaps have had spin-offs, EastEnders, Brookside and Hollyoaks which were EastEnders: Ricky & Bianca, Damon and Debbie and Hollyoaks: Movin' On.
- Andy Rashleigh has appeared in more soaps than everyone else which include: Jupiter Moon, Emmerdale, Crossroads and Albion Market.
- There have been 14 soaps named after places, 199 Park Lane, Albion Market, Brookside, Canary Wharf, Castle Haven, Coronation_Street, Crossroads, Emergency Ward-10, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, honey Lane, Jupiter Moon, Sixpenny Corner and Waggoners Walk.
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