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	Soap Opera
		Soap operas are of two basic narrative types: "open" soap operas, in which there is no end point toward which the action of the narrative moves; and "closed" soap operas, in which, no matter how attenuated the process, the narrative does eventually close.
		Thus the soap opera has been the most easily parodied of all broadcasting genres, and its presumed audience most easily stereotyped as the working-class "housewife" who allows the dishes to pile up and the children to run amuck because of her "addiction" to soap operas.
		Despite the fact that the soap opera is demonstrably one of the most narratively complex genres of television drama whose enjoyment requires considerable knowledge by its viewers, and despite the fact that its appeals for half a century have cut across social and demographic categories, the term continues to carry this sexist and classist baggage.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/S/htmlS/soapopera/soapopera.htm (5947 words)

	Crossroads (soap opera) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham, England.
		In 1979, under suspicions that the IBA was going to penalize the show for its sub-par actors, Crossroads was only allowed to air three times a week.
		During the Falklands War in 1982, British troops serving in the Islands referred to locals as 'Bennies', referring to Benny, the unfashionably dressed character on Crossroads.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Crossroads_(soap_opera) (472 words)

	Soap opera
		The soap opera form first developed on broadcast radio in the 1920s, and expanded into television starting in the 1940s.
		The USA soap opera Port Charles[?] has begun the practice of running 13-week "arcs", in which the main events of the arc are played out and wrapped up over the 13 weeks, although some storylines do continue over more than one arc.
		The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio, the commercials aired during the shows were largely aimed at housewives (this was during the first half of the 20th century, when married women were expected to stay home and raise the children).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/so/Soap_opera.html (440 words)

	Crossroads Links
		Most popular fan fiction yahoo group ever, courtesy of Crossroads 2003 and Beyond.
		Crossroads' theme tune was polled 8th in the TV Cream top 50.
		Crossroads was always keen to promote social awareness, and we at CAS are following that tradition.
	www.crossroadsnetwork.co.uk /society/links.htm (401 words)

	Soap opera podcasts and interviews
		They started on soaps - Hollywood stars who starred in soaps
		Soap podcasts - US daytime soaps on podcast
		soap news soap blog australian soaps uk soaps us soaps soap audio soap video soap shop site map
	www.thesoapshow.com /interviews (129 words)

	Crossroads Online : A resource for all Crossroads fans
		Crossroads Online : A resource for all Crossroads fans
		Crossroads favourite, Benny Hawkins, played by Paul Henry is NOT being cast in the new version of the hit TV soap.
		We at Crossroads Online feel this is a crime!
	www.crossroads2001.co.uk /co/cobenny.htm (92 words)

	Soap Opera Network - First Look at 'Drive'
		Soap Opera Network - First Look at 'Drive'
		Nathan Fillion, who soap fans will remember from his role as a young Joey Buchanan on "One Life to Live," stars as Alex Tully, a man who joins 'The Race' in an attempt to learn information concerning the location of his missing wife.
		The show features a large ensemble cast including relative unknowns and newcomers Emma Stone as Violet Ashton, Riley Smith as Rob Laird, Mircea Monroe as Ellie Laird, J.D. Pardo as Sean Salazar, Kevin Alejandro as Winston Salazar, and Rochelle Aytes as Leigh Barnthouse.
	www.soapoperanetwork.com /content/view/4862/119 (422 words)

	ipedia.com: Soap opera Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The term "soap opera" originated from the fact that when these serial dramas were aired on daytime radio, the commercials aired during the shows were largely aimed at housewives.
		Soap operas take everyday, ordinary lives and exaggerate them to a degree where they are still believable, yet they are more dramatic.
		The USA soap opera Port Charles used the practice of running 13-week "arcs", in which the main events of the arc are played out and wrapped up over the 13 weeks, although some storylines do continue over more than one arc.
	www.ipedia.com /soap_opera.html (1049 words)

	Soap opera (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Soap operas, in their present format, were introduced to television in 1949.
		Soaps aired during the golden age of radio usually used organs to produce most of their music (because they were cheaper than full-blown orchestras).
		Although British soaps do not have the same commercial origins as their American counterparts, the term "soap opera" was adopted in Britain for this genre in the early 1980s with the influx of popular American soaps such as Dallas and Dynasty.
	world.abcworld.net /Soap_opera.html (4461 words)

	Soap opera information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Though soap operas are still sponsored by companies such as Procter & Gamble, the diverse demographic groups that soap operas attract have caused other advertisements for such things as acne medication and birth control, appealing to a much younger audience.
		In many soap operas, in particular daytime serials in the United States, the characters are generally more handsome, beautiful, seductive, and wealthy than the typical person watching the show.
		Soaps aired during the golden age of radio usually used organs to produce most of their music (because they were cheaper than full-blown orchestras).
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Soap_opera?redir=1 (6931 words)

	Why are soap operas so popular?
		Soap operas were originally introduced as American radio programmes during the 1930s and were transferred to our television screens after on-going success in the 1950s.
		Soap opera ratings show a change in the male-female ratio of viewers, as well as in the different age groups.
		Two people said that they were relieved by soaps as they often saw the characters as being worse off than themselves.The fact that soap operas allowed the viewers to laugh was also seen as important by two of the people interviewed.The pleasure of such laughter, relating to entertainment, became apparent on a number of occasions.
	www.aber.ac.uk /media/Students/pjl9601.html (3735 words)

	Crossroads (soap opera) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		However, Crossroads fans at the time felt that whilst Mrs Overall's fluffing of her lines and position as char at the antiques shop were based on Amy, the character's mannerisms, voice and clothing were far more evocative of Charmian Eyre's character Mavis Hooper, who appeared in the series from 1981 - 1985.
		Crossroads was made by ATV until the company lost its broadcast franchise at the end of 1981 and was relaunched with new management as Central, who began to make various controversial changes to the series.
		Crossroads carried on with the same name and many of the same characters until March 1985, when it was totally overhauled with new filming locations, new sets - and many new characters.
	www.pillscatalog.net /Crossroads_%28soap_opera%29.html (1991 words)

	Crossroads (disambiguation) Summary
		CROSSROADS in religion belong to the general phenomenon of sacred places and are a specific instance of the sacrality of roads.
		Dōsojin may be found at the crossroads in the shape of an upright stone phallus or—capturing the god's ambivalence—a pair of phalli or a male and female holding hands.
		Crossroads village is a term that refers to a settlement, primarily in U.S. American history, that was situated where two or more roads would intersect.
	www.bookrags.com /Crossroads_(disambiguation) (922 words)

	Soap Opera
		We set out to study the soap opera because it is popular: it is for and about women, it is not prestigious, and we wanted to discover why it gives pleasure to millions of people and to relate that insight to its ideological aspects.
		Soap opera validates everyday life--as it is lived--in attending to details, etc. Any way of life is richer for having a language, and one of the major sources of such language in this society is television (p.
		By "transparency," we refer to the way relationships between people in soap opera are free from manipulation (except of a fairly obvious kind) and the way plots often are about the reassuring discovery of falsehood which effectively renders a relationship transparent, ambivalent, light-hearted.
	www.ucalgary.ca /~rseiler/dyer.htm (2000 words)

	TV.com Search Results for: [ Crossroads ]
		CMT Crossroads is a series that shows the far-reaching roots of country music by pairing country artists with musicians from other genres.
		For nearly 25 years Crossroads had been a popular part of the ITV tea-time schedule and 13 years after the final episode of the original series aired, a new look Crossroads hit the screens at 1:30pm, with a re-showing at 5pm.
		Crossroads was a religious themed dramatic anthology that featured episodes that detailed the lives of the clergy.
	www.tv.com /search.php?type=11&stype=all&qs=Crossroads (312 words)

	Planet Crossroads -> News Articles
		The new Crossroads is to have a gay Benny.
		Crossroads, the epitome of cheesy 1970s television, is returning to ITV as...
		Crossroads, the 70s TV soap opera famed for its weak scripts, weaker acting and even weaker sets, could be about to make an unlikely co...
	www.planetcrossroads.co.uk /articles/index.php (1795 words)

	Halfbakery: Soap Opera Recycling
		Soaps that have run their course, been axed, and consigned forever to drift off into the empty ether of space and nostalgia.
		Obviously, what’s to be done is this – in most cases, the death of a soap is trumpeted well in advance in a vain attempt to go out in a pop of glory with a touching and poignant final episode.
		Thanks to the ill-will inspired contracts that were signed, the actors from the old soap have all agreed to participate in a new kind of drama - perhaps a tad more bitter and cynical - which fictionally follows their lives after the spotlight of celebrity has passed them by.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Soap_20Opera_20Recycling (573 words)

	Crossroads Recalled \| The Drama of a Soap Opera
		Their love affair, which began when Sue joined Crossroads in 1979, has been described as the strangest romance in showbiz.
		News of Ronnie's illness came as TV bosses were considering putting Crossroads back on the screen, just three years after it was scrapped following a 24 year run.
		Both Ronnie and Sue have been asked to appear in a murder mystery called Death at the Crossroads, which is scheduled to start filming in July.
	www.freewebs.com /crossroadsrecalled/crossroadsstarbattles.htm (553 words)

	Crossroads - Nostalgia Central (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Crossroads began life as a late afternoon series set in the fictitious King's Oak Crossroads Motel, somewhere in the West Midlands, and originally centred around the character of widow, Meg Richardson, the Motel owner (played by Noele Gordon).
		Probably the best-loved of all Crossroads characters though, was the slow-witted, wooly-hatted Benny Hawkins, first seen as a labourer at Diane's uncle's farm.
		Crossroads was revived as a daily serial (which bears no resemblance to the original) by ITV in 2001.
	www.nostalgiacentral.com /tv/drama/crossroads.htm (679 words)

	Planet Crossroads -> Frequently Asked Questions
		Crossroads was a daily soap opera made in Britain.
		Crossroads is set in the fictional village of King's Oak, on the outskirts of Birmingham.
		This is an unofficial fansite for Crossroads 2001-3 and is not endorsed by Carlton Television.
	www.planetcrossroads.co.uk /faq/?page=1 (819 words)

	THE SOAP OPERA
		In the next four weeks, beginning this week with the example of the Soap Opera, I want to consider specific examples of individual genres.
		Is their appeal based on (i) escapism; (ii) wishfulfillment; or (iii) because 'Soaps' provide a surrogate community within the 'Global Village'.
		(i) "Soap Opera" - the label connotes both the birth of the genre in America in the 1940s, devised and sponsored by soap manufacturers to sell their products.
	www.newi.ac.uk /rdover/MED-STUD/the_soap.htm (720 words)

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		Prisoner (Cell Block H) was a ground-breaking soap opera from Australia, that ran from the late seventies to the mid eighties.
		Soap Opera Weekly is reporting that MTV has ordered two pilots of new soaps.
		Telenovelas, serial soap operas featuring polished cliffhangers and stunningly beautiful women, have been the staple of Spanish- language television for decades.
	www.lycos.com /info/soap-operas.html (377 words)

	GAY.COM UK & Ireland - News - Headlines - Crossroads axed three months after "gay-friendly" relaunch (Site not responding. Last check: )
		ITV1 soap opera Crossroads has been cancelled, just three months after an expensive relaunch that was designed to make it more attractive to gay audiences.
		But ratings proved disappointing, and the soap disappeared for several months after the initial batch of episodes had been aired.
		Jane Asher was recruited to the cast, and soap doyenne Kate O'Mara was given a guest slot.
	uk.gay.com /printit/headlines/3923 (215 words)

	Soap Opera and Social Order: IMAGINING IRELAND conference paper by Helena Sheehan
		This is soap opera convention, but it is not urban life.
		The soap opera may be in its conventions a cosy and conservative form, with its origins in an extremely cosy and conservative society, but it is nevertheless a form which has enormous
		The problem of soap opera in our society is a problem of vision.
	www.comms.dcu.ie /sheehanh/itvsoap.htm (3836 words)

	Return To Crossroads - Clips From The Central Archives
		Welcome to Return To Crossroads, bringing you classic clips from the Central Archive of the Midland soap opera.
		The majority of Crossroads clips are from the Central-ITC-Crossroads Appreciation Society releases from the late 1980s and early 1990s.
		All clips are presented here for personal use only, and are more so provided for review purposes for those interested in researching the soap opera.
	homepages.tesco.net /mike.cas.garrett/returnto/index.htm (332 words)

	Crossroads at AllExperts
		A crossroads is a road junction or intersection where two or more roads meet.
		This particular meaning is often used figuratively (or as a metaphor), and has several other meanings.
		* Crossroads village is a term that refers to a settlement, primarily in U.S. American history, that was situated where two or more roads would intersect.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/cr/crossroads.htm (319 words)

	Chiswick Hounslow Crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On 14th September in Hyde Park, a team from Hounslow Crossroads will be running in the 5 km Flora Light Challenge for Women alongside an impressive list of celebrities that include television personalities Nell McAndrew, Gabby Roslin, Penny Mallory and a host of TV Soap Stars who are also taking part in the event.
		Although Crossroads nationally has been in existence for over 25 years and one of the largest providers of respite at home, providing over 4 million care hours per year to 33,000 Carers, it is not until people’s caring role faces a crisis that these Carers find out what Crossroads can provide.
		Hounslow Crossroads hopes that by taking part in the Flora Challenge, Carers in Hounslow will be more aware that they are not alone and that support is available.
	www.chiswickw4.com /info/concrossroads01.htm (327 words)

	Reference.com/Web Directory/Top/Arts/Television/Programs/Soap_Operas
		Soap Opera Central - Includes news, cast comings and goings, daily recaps, scoops, photo galleries, family trees and polls.
		ABC Soaps Central - Provides information on all four ABC Daytime soap operas currently on air, All My Children, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Port Charles.
		Eye On Soaps - Analysis of ABC daytime soap operas, commentary, recaps and spoilers.
	www.reference.com /Dir/Arts/Television/Programs/Soap_Operas (416 words)

	Outpost Gallifrey: Interviews
		Soap opera is fun, it's innocuous entertainment, but it's fat really.
		Crossroads was unique because it was the first soap opera.
		Soap operas are about emotion-who loves who and who hates who and who's screwing who and all that.
	www.gallifreyone.com /interview.php?id=dicks (9071 words)

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