okay here we go. so sorta like #soapweek
#soapweek
CONGRATULATIONS TO TAMSIN R who won a $25 Amazon Gift Card by winning the Inaugural International Soap Week Cryptic Crossword Competition! #soapweek
Thanks for all the entries to the #soapweek cryptic crossword puzzle and everyone who gave it a try!
While I’m waiting to hear back from the winner, here’s a quick post with a rundown of the answers and how you should’ve got there!
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Hope everyone had a good #SoapWeek
I’m sharing this (probably overshared) scene because it was Tracyluv’s return to the cobbles that got me back watching #Corrie after a short sabbatical from soaps
I’m hoping something similar will happen this Christmas for me to rekindle my love ❄️
From Neighbours - Today marks the final day of production on our beloved Neighbours. It's with a heavy heart that our incredible cast and crew wrap for the final time. As sad as this day may be, we can't wait for you to see the amazing storylines that are about to unfold over the coming six months. Together we have been, and always will be, the perfect blend 💔 Photo of characters from left to right: Paul Robinson, Terese Willis, Susan Kennedy, Karl Kennedy
Cast and crew of “Neighbours” on the Ramsay St set
“Today marks the final day of production on our beloved Neighbours. It's with a heavy heart that our incredible cast and crew wrap for the final time…💔”
#Neighbours #SoapSky
#SoapWeek
A screenshot from General Hospital circa mid- to late-1990s, showing the characters of Robin Scorpio and Stone Cates leaning against one another and looking pensive.
#SoapWeek I am an unabashed fan of the soap opera and for #SoapThrowbackThursday I need to talk about 90s GH and Robin and Stone. Oh my teenaged heart IYKYK
Also remember some scenes from Port Charles, Ryan's Hope, Loving, Passions, Santa Barbara, Sunset Beach, Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Another World, and in primetime, Dallas and Dynasty. #SoapWeek #SoapThrowbackThursday
Patrick and Marty in One Life to Live sitting together in a wood bench with a high back and a small table in front of them with a tea cup and a book on it, their arms around each other.
#OLTL Dorian and Vicki sparring. Dorian and David. Blair and Todd. Carlo Hesser. The Buchanans. Tina and Cord. Megan's death. Nora. Hank and RJ. Marty and Patrick.
#SoapWeek #SoapThrowbackThursday
#AMC had me with Erica, Dimitri, Jessi and Angie, Tad and Dixie, Adam and Stuart, and I'll forever associate that Police song with that guy stalking Brooke. Also remember Billy Clyde Tuggle. Ugh. Palmer. Phoebe. Nico and Cecily. Noah and Julia. Edmund and Maria. #SoapWeek #SoapThrowbackThursday
1980s/90s #GH had me with Frisco, Felicia, Tony, Bobbie, Brenda, S&B, the Qs, and Liz, Lucky, Emily, and Nic. Also enjoyed Robert-Anna-Holly, and later Duke. I really miss Alan Q and Monica and Bobbie.
Most memorable: click boom and the roof falling on Monica
#SoapWeek #SoapThrowbackThursday
First is Bope on #Days, especially in the 1980s. Also remember Marlena and Roman, Abe, and Eugene and Calliope, and more. #SoapWeek #SoapThrowbackThursday
Today's #SoapWeek prompt is #SoapThrowbackThursday storylines or scenes you'll never forget. I have several! 1/6
I won’t be making any hot pots or sausage surprises but I will share one of my favourite food-related #Corrie scenes
#FoodieFriday #SoapWeek
Watch the full episode here
#Corrie #SoapWeek #SoapThrowbackThursday
This two-handed scene between Pat Phoenix and Peter Adamson ran to about 14 minutes and took up the entirety of the second half of episode 753 (4th March 1968)
The tension between Elsie and Len here, in the aftermath of her marriage with Steve ending, was electric
#SoapWeek #SoapThrowbackThursday
Today's #SoapWeek prompt is favorite villain. Current is #BTG Dana Leslie. Past are #Days Stefano and #OLTL Carlo and Dorian.
Missed yesterday's #SoapWeek prompt of watching a classic soap and celebrating behind the scenes crew...so, instead, below is a great podcast series about soaps--that episode focuses on bts. Here's to the casts and crews! 🥂 #soaps
There really can only be one #Corrie villain worth celebrating and that is Richard Hillman
But there are a few others who have made an impression over the years
#SoapWeek #WickedSoapWednesday
I hadn’t seen this little montage until last year but I think it deserves a wider audience
Soaps are far from perfect but anyone who looks down their noses at shows like #Corrie simply do not understand comedy, long-form storytelling and lack the empathy for character-led dialogue
#SoapWeek
It seems only right my chosen quote ought to be from Jack Walker from the episode where the Ogdens and Barlows find out David has died in a car crash
I always enjoyed his interactions with Lucille and Leslie knew how to deliver a line with both warmth and gravitas
#SoapWeek #TonyWarrenDay #Corrie
The episode, which was the first #Corrie broadcast in almost a month due to a technician’s strike at Granada TV, can be found on YouTube here
#SoapWeek #TonyWarrenDay
This is an easy one as I’m already working my way through vintage #Corrie
Today I watched episode 983 (24th July 1970), written by Leslie Duxbury
While far from a classic, it was the final appearance of Jack Walker as actor Arthur Leslie unexpectedly died six days later
#SoapWeek #TonyWarrenDay
Next week on Emmerdale: Nate's memorial spirals out of control, and Charity steps in to save Sarah. http://social.itvx.com/6183SNJxX
Nate’s mum will be there for his memorial. #Emmerdale #SoapSky #SoapWeek #BritSoapSky
Nah, Dani. Doug is the only one NOT cheating. But Vanessa might as well be a free agent. #BeyondTheGates #SoapWeek
Soap Week calendar for 7-13 July 2025 found on www.soap-week.com Use #SoapWeek
Been watching soaps for as long as I can remember. I’ve forgotten more than I can recall. #SoapWeek #SoapSky #BeyondTheGates #YR #Days #GH #Neighbours #Casualty #Corrie #CoronationStreet #ConversationStreet #Emmerdale #EastEnders #Hollyoaks
In terms of family traditions though, we used to play a game where we would guess which character would appear on screen first at the start of every episode
I think we did it more with #EastEnders but eventually extended it to #Corrie
I recall many an argument about the running tallies!
#SoapWeek
However, my first soap memory was probably Ethel’s death in #EastEnders (I was only 7!)
I’m pretty sure I must have watched on though because I remember being totally engrossed in the ‘Who shot Phil?’ storyline the next year
#SoapStarterMonday #SoapWeek
Weirdly, I think my first #Corrie memory is Dennis Stringer’s affair with Janice and subsequent demise, thanks to Les
And then of course the Richard Hillman storyline had me hooked for life*
* pending as of 2025…
#SoapStarterMonday #SoapWeek