Do the lads watch soaps?

Nalz

Was in two minds as to whether to post this in TV or AH...feel free to move it mods.

Question to the lads really - How many of you watch tv soaps (Eastenders, Corrnation st, Home and Away etc)? If so which one?

Femelade

my boyfriend watches home and away..that i know, cos he only has the 4 irish channels and when he's home for lunch there is feck all else on really...

Kinetic^

No I don't.

Ruu_Old

I watched home and away since I was a 5 but not the others. Might be passing through and see them on, the acting is too painful to watch (not that home and away actors are much good either):).

Nalz

Kenny 5 wrote:

No I don't.

nor do I...Home and Away can be nice to watch now and again but the rest....Theres a guy livin with me and he watches Eastenders and Corrnation st. I just think its a bit odd for a lad of 23 to be watching those programmes

zuutroy

I watch Eastenders (and Corry thanks to the Mrs.) and I'm 27. I love Eastenders! Watched H&A and Neighbours from the time they came on until the last couple of years.

Heisenberg.

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Nalz

zuutroy wrote:

I watch Eastenders...

so it aint a girls thing then? Anytime that Eastenders is on the tv in my place all I can see is crap acting, morbid sad scenes of run down London sitting rooms with no light and dark filthy wallpaper, with 50+ white haired women moaning and groaning...either that or balled headed guys gettin up to no good. Loada rubbish IMO

connundrum

Trilla wrote:

Theres a guy livin with me and he watches Eastenders and Corrnation st. I just think its a bit odd for a lad of 23 to be watching those programmes

We live together?? Damn

I do occasionally watch em, and could tell you most of what each storyline is about.

Afterwards I feel a bit dirty, so I go off and watch 3-4 episodes of Top Gear

kjt

Nope, they're a load of **** tbh

layke

I hate them so much.

Tom Dunne

Watching soaps is just a short step away from reading the likes of Hello and Ok magazines.

It's just wrong for any male to be remotely interested in these things.

haunted-room

Home and away and sometimes hollyoaks

nesf

It can be decided for you by others. Past flatmates were addicted to soaps and this meant I had to watch the bloody things. Thankfully, simu has zero interest in them and I now never have to watch them!

The closest thing to a soap in my life these days is Battlestar Gallactica or Nip Tuck.

SystemError

I only watch Enders & H&A but my bf watches them all and he's 27 ! Ive gotten a bit into Hollyoaks now cuz of him, but the acting on all of them is a disgrace. Even so he follows them religiously lol

Mrs_Doyle

My Dad and brother pretend to hate them, but they could probably bring you up to date on any of the Eastenders or Corrie story lines, and whenever I read about a future storyline, and I am telling my Mam about it, they always hush up so they can have a sneaky listen.

Sleipnir

I will sit with the GF while she watches Corrie but I cannot be in the same room when Fair City, Eastenders or Emmerdale is on. I stay in the kitchen.

Jimoslimos

Can't stand soaps and luckily enough the gf doesn't watch them either

Heisenberg.

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Nalz

If Im honest I would know prob 1/2 whats goin on in Corrie and Home and Away. Id know a few of the characters in Emerdale as well. WOuldnt sit down and watch them every day of the week or whenever they are on, but at least they are slightly watchable.

But I wouldnt have a clue about Eastenders (seems depressing), Hollyoaks(dont think Ive ever saw one episode of that), Brookside (never saw one of those) and I cannot stand Fair City (could act better myself).

kevmy

Can't watch Fair City due to the fact that it's so bad, Eastenders is just depressing, Corrie is all right if your absolutely bored, never really watched hollyoaks or emmerdale.
The only ones I consider watching on any sort of medium term basis are neighbours or H&A just cause they don't take themselves seriously and the women are generally hotter. However if I had something to do like go to college or make the dinner or farmwork I wouldn't bother meself TBH

ARGINITE

I watch Eastenders now and again a habbit from years ago.

Nalz

The Scientist wrote:

Emmerdale - Debbie Dingle

what about the blonde girl that was with Dunne the soccer player (married to Andy on Emerdale), and the black haired girl that was on that celeb popstar program last year. Surely the best on that show no? Dont know Debbie Dingle gotta say

Bluetonic

The Scientist wrote:

Hollyoaks - Gemma Atkinson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemma_Atkinson

Personal life

After dating former Emmerdale star Cleveland Campbell[citation needed], some rumours state that Atkinson presently shares her Cheshire home with Charlton Athletic striker Marcus Bent. Bent broke off his engagement to fiancee Kelly Clark - mother of his two-year-old daughter - after meeting Gemma at a party just months before a planned wedding[3].

Atkinson and Bent are regular on the Manchester club scene, with numerous tabloid recorded rows over her drinking[4]. Her latest fling has been with Noel Edmonds.

Mossy Monk

i am 26 and would have a look at Home & Away if i was home and nothing else was on the tv. none of the rest of them interest me, though The Bill is practically a soap these days :mad: :mad:

eamoss

Trilla wrote:

Was in two minds as to whether to post this in TV or AH...feel free to move it mods.

Question to the lads really - How many of you watch tv soaps (Eastenders, Corrnation st, Home and Away etc)? If so which one?

I hate them so much.

Dont like the way they will never end!!!

MrJoeSoap

Only watch the Australian ones occasionally, and only for the babes.

The Scientist wrote:

Matilda(she's surely legal by now)

She's 16

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Neighbours ftw.

I've even been to the REAL Ramsay St in Melbourne (Pinoak St), and been to a meet and greet the stars in both Sydney and Melbourne.

hawker27

no i used to watch eastenders a lot but last couple of years don,t bother.
even change the channel if i see it come on.


but alls not lost ladys and gentlemen,the new series 4 of SHAMELESS begins on tuesday 9th jan on channel 4 at 10pm:)

Flukey

I'd watch Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

Sad Professor

Never watch any soaps, don't understand the appeal of them at all. But then I don't watch a great deal of regular television anyway TBH. Even if there is something on like a documentary that I want to see I always forget to watch it. Any programs I really like I tend to download or buy on dvd, otherwise I'd never see them.

Rb

I only watch Home&Away, can't stand any of the English ones.

gazzer

I really like Emmerdale.. I think it is a very well written show.. just the right amount of humour and drama.

I watch Home and Away if I am home from work in time.. I have a sort of loyalty to it as I still remember watching the first episode. (sadser alert: I have a photo of me standing outside Summber Bay surf club.. my mother told all her friends that I went to Summer Bay when I was in Oz.

If there is a good storyline (like last week with martin and Sonia) I watch Eastenders.. mostly i dont though.

Also like Holby City and Casualty(are they classified as a soap??)

Endurance Man

I cant believe how many guys watch this rubbish , come on lads, perhaps a young teen but not someone in there twenties for heaven sake.

Cake Fiend

Used to watch the odd bit of Neighbours or Hollyoaks for the totty...

gazzer wrote:

Also like Holby City and Casualty(are they classified as a soap??)

Nah, situational drama. No shame in that!

Exit

For me living in Canada, I try to watch as much television as I can from back home, but unfortunately that's only a couple of shows. American television is ****e. Before I moved here, I had moved on from the soaps I watched in my teens (Corrie, Eastenders) and I had only picked them up originally from my ma watching them all the time. Now I try to watch Coronation Street all the time. I really don't see the problem with a guy watching these shows.

biko

Hell no

jimmycrackcorm

Seeing as my first born has started Gaelscoil recently, myself and herself have started to get into Ros Na Run on TG4. Now I've just discovered Adharc Fada also which, being the proper Ulster Gaelige, I can at least understand.

The lead-in in Coronation St. makes me depressed as does Eastenders. Why can't all soaps be like Dream Team and Footballers wives - full of hot-chicks? Why do we need soaps to attempt to be realistic when we watch them only to escape realism....?

Mossy Monk

Endurance Man wrote:

I cant believe how many guys watch this rubbish , come on lads, perhaps a young teen but not someone in there twenties for heaven sake.

i hope to become a real man like you by the summer

redzerdrog

i have to admit i watch eastenders, corrie and home and away:o

CrowdedHouse

Jimoslimos wrote:

Can't stand soaps and luckily enough the gf doesn't watch them either

You're very lucky !

I do not watch any soaps

Xavi6

I watch every single one - Corporation Street, Eastenders, Home & Away, Neighbours, Hollyoaks, Emmerdale..... Great entertainment and hot babes!!!

randylonghorn

Lord, nooooooooooooo! I run a mile ... not for any "real man" reasons, but because they're pure sh*te!

admiralofthefleet

i watch fair city, emmerdale, eastenders, home & away and coronation street, i think coronation is pretty funny but i watch them all mainly for the female talent.
chelsea in eastenders..hubba bubba, katie in emmerdale...yes please

Winters

Nope, dont watch them at all.

Feral Mutant

Nope, not a soap fan.

Poll?

Jello

No freakin' way.

Tom Dunne

Feral Mutant wrote:

Poll?

Yes, I think so.

OT: Does anyone notice how the "actors" when interviewed are no different from their on-screen personas? They are just as chav-ey in real life. No wonder most of them can't get real acting jobs.

Pigman II

I don't even use soap.

Holsten

Hate them with a passion.

rediguana

Soaps are for morons. Even porn is more substantial.