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<blockquote data-quote="Carrie Fairchild" data-source="post: 220916" data-attributes="member: 673"><p>Can anyone shed any light on the logistics behind certain British soaps getting repeat runs and others not? It's something that came into my mind after seeing <em>Hollyoaks </em>airing classic episodes as a result of reduced output. To my knowledge, <em>Hollyoaks</em> has only had repeat episodes aired once on the now defunct Trouble channel back in the late 90's or early 00's. Similarly <em>Brookside</em> was last repeated nearly 20 years ago. On the other hand, <em>Coronation Street</em>, <em>Emmerdale</em> and <em>EastEnders </em>are currently on their second or third repeat runs while other shows like <em>Crossroads</em>, <em>Families</em>, <em>Eldorado</em> and <em>High Road</em> have all had repeats in the past. </p><p></p><p>I know rights issues and residuals for actors have been mentioned as potential blocks but presumably this would be as much an issue for <em>Emmerdale</em> as it would be for <em>Brookside</em>. The only one that I can think of that has an obvious block is <em>Night and Day</em> because it was so heavily soundtracked that the music rights would probably cost a fortune.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Carrie Fairchild, post: 220916, member: 673"] Can anyone shed any light on the logistics behind certain British soaps getting repeat runs and others not? It's something that came into my mind after seeing [I]Hollyoaks [/I]airing classic episodes as a result of reduced output. To my knowledge, [I]Hollyoaks[/I] has only had repeat episodes aired once on the now defunct Trouble channel back in the late 90's or early 00's. Similarly [I]Brookside[/I] was last repeated nearly 20 years ago. On the other hand, [I]Coronation Street[/I], [I]Emmerdale[/I] and [I]EastEnders [/I]are currently on their second or third repeat runs while other shows like [I]Crossroads[/I], [I]Families[/I], [I]Eldorado[/I] and [I]High Road[/I] have all had repeats in the past. I know rights issues and residuals for actors have been mentioned as potential blocks but presumably this would be as much an issue for [I]Emmerdale[/I] as it would be for [I]Brookside[/I]. The only one that I can think of that has an obvious block is [I]Night and Day[/I] because it was so heavily soundtracked that the music rights would probably cost a fortune. [/QUOTE]
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