'Forgotten' UK Soaps

[whitesocks]

Outside of the 'Big Four' of UK Soaps (Maybe Brookside as well) what are some of the forgotten television programmes of the same nature that have been confined to the pages of UK TV history?

[blingybongy]

El Dorado
The Newcomers, maybe. It rings a bell.

[Deranged Rover]

Albion Market

[Dr Jekyll]

blingybongy said:

El Dorado
The Newcomers, maybe. It rings a bell.

I just about remember being bored out of my mind by it, despite it starring Jenny Agutter.

Edited by Dr Jekyll on Thursday 15th October 10:33

[Muzzer79]

Crossroads

[DSLiverpool]

Brooky

[whitesocks]

There was one in the early 90s called Riviera which was a Europe wide production. It's so forgotten, that there is little information about it on the net.

[Hugo a Gogo]

did you get Take the High Road in Englandshire?

[blingybongy]

Hugo a Gogo said:

did you get Take the High Road in Englandshire?

We did.

The Sullivans, Aussie soap with a young Kylie.

[LordGrover]

Not sure whether Howard's Way counts - what about Triangle? Both nautical-ish.

[neutral 3]

The Beebs biggest humiliation of all time.....

[sinbaddio]

Angels. Anyone remember that one, about student nurses?

[neutral 3]

His GTA wasn’t bad though.......

Put that Brick away.

Edited by neutral 3 on Thursday 15th October 12:27

[neutral 3]

It only ran from July 92 to March 93. They were hoping for 10 million viewers.

[sinbaddio]

neutral 3 said:

His GTA wasn’t bad though.......

Put that fag out.

In fact, they liked it that much that when Marcus Tandy met his end in it, they actually used a TR7:

[peterg1955]

Compact - ran from 1962 to 1965 and was devised by the people that brought you Crossroads...

Had quite a cast to - Ronald Allen (The Comic Strip Presents...), Carmen Silvera (Allo Allo), Robert Desmond (The Great Escape) etc

[abzmike]

Triangle - life on board a cross Channel ferry from 1981-83. So bad it was good.

[ajprice]

Sons & Daughters, Aussie soap. When one actress was leaving, her character (Patricia) went out and was presumed dead. The character came back as a different actress, explained in the series by plastic surgery and changed her name to Alison. The original actress then came back as the twin sister

https://soaps.fandom.com/wiki/Patricia_Hamilton

[Eric Mc]

What about radio soaps?

I remember one that used to be on Radio 2 called "Waggoner's Walk".

[Eric Mc]

The Brothers - a 1970s saga about a trucking and transport business.