Entertainment | February 21, 2008 | Comment on this video (2)

Addicted to soaps?

AnnaPickard
Neighbours has made the momentous move to Channel five. But why is that British soaps are so miserable and Aussie soaps are so addictive?
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  • mischabarrett
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    • In Kate Fox's anthropological study, 'Watching the English', she points out that British soaps are the only ones in the world to revolve around grimy-styled working-class communities. The rest of the world is addicted to soaps set in the safety of suburbia (see Home & Away/Neighbours), or the glitzy, moneyed, rich (see Dallas, Dynasty). Bizarre...

    • 4 years ago
  • mattbrawn
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    • Back in the day Neighbours was awesome, get home from school, steal some biscuits from the cupboard and settle down for my daily fix of badly-acted Australian hi-jinx.

      It's all changed now, I kind of feel the move to Channel 5 has taken something away from the gem of Ozzy soap operas...there was something about watching it on BBC 1 that kind of made it feel 'OK' to watch, am I alone in my thinking or have you rediscovered your Neighbours fetish?

    • 4 years ago
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