Soap Operas.

Soap operas are 'continuing dramas' as there episodes are not grouped into a series but continue to run day to day all year round. The scenes in soap operas tend to be quite short to make sure the audiences do not get bored and keep watching. There is always several stories running at the same time with soap operas and plots are left ongoing to next episodes which keeps audiences watching as, storylines end, other storylines are still continuing, and so there is no end to soaps.

British soap operas are different to American/Mexican storylines because British soaps are based on everyday life. The longest soap that is still running in Britain in Coronation Street which has now been running for 52 years. There is around 8 soaps in Britain now. They are: Coronation Street, Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Holby City, Casuality, Emmerdale, Doctors and Waterloo Road.

Soaps all tend to follow similar story lines which usually are: family affairs, love affairs, murders/crimes. Also, soaps always have stereotypical characters which are: the gangster, the gossip, the 'tart' with a heart, the bully, the victim.