The UK’s deadliest TV soap of all time – and it’s not Emmerdale

Emmerdale may have killed off, not one, but four characters this week, but it turns out the Dales is not the deadliest place to live in Soapland. New research has revealed the most dangerous TV soap settings – and let’s just say you might want to think twice before moving to a certain fictional London postcode.

Yep, Albert Square is officially the deadliest soap destination, as there have been 229 deaths in EastEnders’ 40-year history. This works out at a stonking 5.73 deaths per year occurring in Walford. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.

Up Next. The BBC soap doesn’t have the highest overall death count, however – that title goes to Coronation Street. The cobbles has seen 242 deaths, but given it has been running for just over 64 years, deaths per year work out at the lowest average of 3.77.

Emmerdale has a higher death rate, however, with the data from QR Code Generator revealing that with 200 deaths over its 52 years, the ITV soap says a deathly goodbye to an average of 3.82 characters a year. Both EastEnders and Emmerdale have lived up to their reputations this week, with both soaps serving up a character bloodbath.

Over in Walford, an explosion that tore through the Queen Vic pub ended up killing off beloved legacy character Martin Fowler (James Bye) during Thursday’s 40th anniversary live episode. Earlier in the week, killer Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) suffered one of the show’s most comical deaths ever when a bathtub fell through the ceiling and crushed him.

Meanwhile, up in Yorkshire, a deadly limo crash saw the vehicle plunge into an icy lake, with the stunt claiming the lives of Suzy Merton (Martelle Edinborough), Leyla Harding (Roxy Shahidi) and Amy Barton (Natalie Ann Jamieson). But the deaths didn’t end there, as there is another body currently at the bottom of the lake that looks to have been there a long time – and some fans reckon they have already worked out who that could be….

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