Do the lads watch soaps?

Nalz · 08-01-2007 04:10PM #1

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 · 08-01-2007 04:13PM

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^ · 08-01-2007 04:16PM

No I don't.

Ruu_Old · 08-01-2007 04:20PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:22PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:26PM

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.

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Nalz · 08-01-2007 04:29PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:30PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:31PM

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

layke · 08-01-2007 04:33PM

I hate them so much.

Tom Dunne · 08-01-2007 04:33PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:35PM

Home and away and sometimes hollyoaks

nesf · 08-01-2007 04:35PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:36PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:41PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:43PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:43PM

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

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Nalz · 08-01-2007 04:48PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:49PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:49PM

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

Nalz · 08-01-2007 04:50PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:53PM

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 · 08-01-2007 04:55PM

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 · 08-01-2007 05:05PM

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 · 08-01-2007 05:11PM

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

The Scientist wrote:

Matilda(she's surely legal by now)

She's 16

_blank_ · 08-01-2007 05:14PM

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 · 08-01-2007 05:17PM

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 · 08-01-2007 05:30PM

I'd watch Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

Sad Professor · 08-01-2007 06:19PM

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.

Do the lads watch soaps?

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