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Souping-up Soaps
Soap opera has constantly to evolve to keep storylines in touch with the preoccupations of its 1980s audience, hence the current new radio soap Citizens and a revamped Brookside.
But are social issues the real reason why people follow soaps or do they fulfil a more basic human need?
Sue Summers investigates.
Producer EDWINA WOLSTENCROFT

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Edwina Wolstencroft
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