Summary
It was five decades ago today that Britain's first TV soap made its debut. Joanna Peart looks at why they have had us glued to 'the box' ever since.
Simple social issues, petty squabbles and everyday domestics were the stuff of soaps in the 1950s.See the full content of this document
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Soaps Still Wash
The storylines of The Grove Family - Britain's first soap - featured the trials and tribulations of a lower-middle-class couple.
It was a far cry from the goings-on in EastEnders and Coronation Street today.The Grove Family was first broadcast five decades ago today at 7.50pm.It featured seven characters, all living in a double-fronted house on a quiet road in the London suburb of Hendon.It was a h...See the full content of this document
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