Two of Britain's best soaps celebrate big milestones on our screens this year. Coronation Street, set in the imaginary Manchester suburb of Weatherfield, is celebrating 50 years on our screens.
The BBC's own long running soap EastEnders marks its own 25-year landmark with a special exhibition opening in London today and a live episode on February 19th.
Ashley Pharoah, former EastEnders scriptwriter, and James Rampton, television critic for the Independent, consider what makes a soap sink or swim.
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