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"Die Schwarzwald klinik"
My parents watched that.
So...all soaps got a vote except for WESTENWIND .
That makes me feel a lot better, thank youIf it makes you feel any better, Riviera hasn't had a look in either
We are cool.Even from me, who originally nominated it.
1) SHORTLAND STREET - I have to pick this as my first choice as it the only one of the soaps listed that I've actually seen. I've watched the episodes produced between 1992 (its inception) and 1995 when these were shown on Granada daytime before it was inexplicably dropped from the TV schedules.
Interestingly the first year of Shortland Street is now on YouTube.Here are my votes
1) SHORTLAND STREET - I have to pick this as my first choice as it the only one of the soaps listed that I've actually seen. I've watched the episodes produced between 1992 (its inception) and 1995 when these were shown on Granada daytime before it was inexplicably dropped from the TV schedules.
Certainly during the era of the show that I watched, it was like a more modern day version of The Young Doctors which is perhaps not all that surprising given that for a time both shows shared the same producer in Alan Coleman.
The characters I remember are Kirsty and Lionel who had a mobile kiosk trolley (similar to Ada Simmonds on TYD), clinic director Michael McKenna (smilar to Brian Denham on TYD), his faithful secretary Jenny Harrison (similar to Helen Gordon on TYD) plus an assortment of dashing young doctors and pretty young nurses.
The show is also to be revered for its longevity - 27 years young and still going strong just behind Neighbours and Home and Away in the longest running drama serial stakes.
2) RADIO WAVES - I like the concept of this show which is similar to the Australian soap, The Box, albeit that this was set in a radio, rather than tv station. Also notable for having Alan Dale in its cast.
3) GLOSS - again I like the description of this series, it sounds like a NZ version of Dynasty.