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The first episode of Coronation Street, the world's longest-running television soap opera, is broadcast in the United Kingdom.
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Coronation Street
British television soap opera (1960–present)
Coronation Street is a British television soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced street in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester. The location was itself based on Salford,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Soap opera
Radio or TV serial
A soap opera is a genre of a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term soap opera originated from radio dramas' original sponsorship by soap manufacturers. The term was preceded by horse opera, a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)