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Coronation Street (1960)

  • Soap
  • 22 min episodes
  • 67 seasons
  • NR age guide
  • ★ 5.4/10 from 118 ratings

The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class people, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions at home, in the workplace, and in their local pub, the Rovers Return Inn. Britain's longest-running soap.

Created byTony Warren

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  1. 01

    Emmerdale

    Shared themes

    1972 · Drama · Soap

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    The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: british pub and community
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared network: ITV Studios
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  2. 02

    Days of Our Lives

    Shared themes

    1965 · Drama · Soap

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    The Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: soap opera
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  3. 03

    The Young and the Restless

    Shared themes

    1973 · 37 min · Drama · Soap

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    The rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City. The lives and loves of a wide variety of characters mingle through the generations, dominated by the Newman, Abbott, Baldwin and Winters families.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: soap opera
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  4. 04

    General Hospital

    Similar atmosphere

    1963 · Soap

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    Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  5. 05

    Inspector Morse

    Same creator

    1987 · 100 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis, as well as a large cast of notable actors and actresses.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
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  6. 06

    Rooms

    Shared themes

    1974 · 49 min · Drama · Soap

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    Rooms is a 1974–77 British afternoon soap created by John Finch and produced by Thames Television for ITV. Each story is two parts, concerning the various drifters who rent rooms in a lodging-house at 35 Mafeking Terrace.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: soap opera
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  7. 08

    Upstairs, Downstairs

    Strong series match

    1971 · 50 min · Drama

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    Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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    On Trial

    Strong series match

    1960 · Crime · Drama

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    A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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  9. 10

    Somerset

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    1970 · 30 min · Soap

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    Somerset is an American television soap opera which ran on NBC from March 30, 1970 until December 31, 1976. A spin-off fron Another World, it focuses on the lives of characters in the fictional Somerset, Illinois, particularly those connected to the town's main employer, Delaney Brands. The show initially centered on characters who moved from Another World to start new lives but later evolved into a crime-focused melodrama.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: soap opera
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