Which soap to start watching again? Recommendations please :)

[RedRum27]

Fancy getting back into watching a soap regularly but have no idea what’s good nowadays - what would you recommend? I used to watch them with my Mum or at least keep up to date with them all: Eastenders, Corrie, Emmerdale, Casualty, Holby throughout the 2000s early 2010s. I used to watch Brookside, Family Affairs and the Bill back in the day and watch any replays I see (watching the Bill on Drama now). I haven’t watched a soap regularly for years only watching at Christmas when something big happens! What would you recommend getting back into? What’s good right now?

'The Archers' on Radio 4.

Advantages:
You give your eyes a rest.
You can imagine the characters looking exactly as you want.
It's really good at the moment.
70th anniversary year - they're obviously doing something right.
The Archers thread is MN's loveliest place:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/radio_addicts/4115968--Archers-thread-123-Goodbye-good-riddance-to-2020-to-Philip-too-The-Archers-is-70-on-New-Year-s-Day-celebrate-or-vent-about-it-here

I’d also be interested in this. I gave up on EE years ago and was wondering if it’s worth starting again. I watched one episode the other night because it came in after the lockdown briefing - Ian is married to Sharon now?! And why does he look a) like a scrotum on a stick and b) 10 years older than Gillian Taylforth?

@PoulePouletteEternellement

Thanks for the recommendation, I’ve not heard of the Archers before!

@StillCoughingandLaughing I’ve been told that Emmerdale has good storylines, the Dingle family providing lots of drama as always I guess but Eastenders was described as depressing and only worth watching for the nostalgia!

We’ll have to see if anymore recommendations come through.

Here's a cheat sheet for you, RedRum27:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qpgr

The BBC Archers site. If you click More, you'll find character biogs - but they do come with actor photos, which some listeners prefer to avoid.

I'm trying not to comment on your never having heard of The Archers before! It has taken up vast swathes of my life ... Do take a look at the TA thread linked above.