All the soaps that have been axed as iconic show makes return after 32 years

All the soaps that have been axed as iconic show makes return after 32 years
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All the soaps that have been axed as iconic show makes return after 32 years
Author: mirrornews@mirror.co.uk (Katie Francis)
Published: Jan, 15 2025 17:37

The BBC has just announced the return of Eldorado, decades after it was cancelled just a year into its run - and its not the only nostalgic soap to have been taken off air. Eldorado aired its first episode on July 6 1992, and ended almost exactly a year later on July 9 1993. In total, the series only aired 156 episodes before being cancelled due to low viewership. In contrast to the more monotonous British-based soaps, the show was intended to be a glamorous series focusing on wealthy British expatriates living in the fictional town of Los Barcos on the Costa Eldorado in Spain.

Despite its major failure to entrance viewers the first time around, its being given a second chance at life. UKTV is set to begin airing reruns of the series on its U&Drama channel from Monday, 27 January - and is expected to play out all 156 episodes of the series. Eldorado isn’t the only soap to almost be lost to the history books. Several British soaps have been cancelled over the years, running all the way back to the 1950s up until the noughties.

The Appleyards, BBC, 1952 - 57. This was Britain's first soap opera; it was aimed at children and initially broadcast live. The episodes were released once every two weeks, and it was set in the Home Counties. The show featured two parents and their four children, but unlike the soaps of today when the child actors grew older they were replaced, so the plots stayed stuck in time. For the first year the show was not recorded, and although the subsequent episodes were, the BBC ended up accidentally wiping them so sadly only one episode out of 68 remains - named Family Treats - and it can be watched on YouTube.

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