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A fast-turnover youth soap where glossy romance and friendship sit alongside hard-hitting issue stories, easy to dip into and gossip about.
About British TV soap opera (since 1995)
Genres soap opera, drama, youth
Created by Phil Redmond
Written by Robert Butler, Phil Redmond, Roanne Bardsley, Neil Jones
Starring Lysette Anthony, Claire Cooper, Jeremy Sheffield, Sarah Jayne Dunn, Nick Pickard, Gemma Merna, Jessica Fox, Stephanie Waring
Length 30 seasons, 4795 episodes, 25 min each
Network Channel 4
Country United Kingdom
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