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Modern soap operas have lost the plot

Modern soap operas have lost the plot

31 July 2021

9:00 AM

31 July 2021

9:00 AM

I have Asperger’s syndrome and since childhood have been watching TV soaps: mainly EastEnders and Neighbours. I found classic EastEnders from the 1980s and 1990s highly reassuring during a dark time in my life three years ago, and in lockdown. I would say, though, that in recent years these two soaps have gone downhill.

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