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To What Extent Is Soap Opera a Womans Genre?
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TO WHAT EXTENT IS SOAP OPERA A WOMANS GENRE? Introduction Throughout the history of public service and commercial television the mainstay of its success and a massive ratings winner, none more so than in the latter 25-30 years of its existence, has been the immense popularity of soap operas. Soap operas have become a fundamental and now traditional part of British life. Every channel has at least one or more soaps which are pivotal to there existence. BBC 1 for example continually justify their licence fee charge through the popularity of prime time soap opera Eastenders, concerning the working class people of London's east end. ITV 1 and Channel 4 gain massive amounts of revenue through their primetime soaps of Coronation Street and Brookside respectively. Coronation Street is also sponsored by Cadburys, and so along with Brookside and other Commercial channels, must gain a continual and loyal audience in order to justify advertisers...
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