Everything.

Being led round on a string by wind-up storylines.

When they replace one of the characters with a completely different actor

That they are still going on. 

I never watch Hollyoaks.

when the characters give `signature` worried looks into the distance....... i know what i mean even if i dont articulate it well..............

The Rovers toilets and Ken Barlows house....

That very few people in Walford seem to own a washing machine

That Lauren and Ben in Eastenders have not only changed in appearance, but totally in character too?

Nick Tilsey's constipated 'worried' face

Janice Battersby's accent.

Julie from Corrie. Just everything about her annoys me.

Sally Webster and the way she says Rerrrrseh and Serrrrfeh

Too many things to list.... basically stupid storylines and how they start on storylines and then don't carry it on and then expect us to forget what happened.... Eastenders has the most stupid pathetic bloody storylines ever...in any soap or drama, and the shittiest characters.

That anyone would want to move into Coronation Street, given all the murders,  accidents, carrying on's etc that go on there.... I bet the house prices are rock bottom

Inkerman Street just round the corner sounds far nicer Baz 

I know Could they not find any actors with a Belfast accent?

LOL.... So, is it a better bet then Velvet?

The inconsistency with storylines really annoys me, plus some people just disappear with no explanation!   As for the kids, they seem to be on their own while everyone is in the pub (no matter what soap it is) Plus the houses seem so huge, with lots of bedrooms, and as i am on a roll, how come some people have no money one minute and loaded the next !!

Not as good as Rosamund street though Velvet.....

yeah, like the Masoods? didnt they lose the post office? couldnt pay bills? he`s only a postie ffs.. then a taxi driver for a bit.. now they own their own restaurant .. in London!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This new boy has a Derry City accent, i don't know if they are going to imply he is from belfast as well but he has a totally strong DC accent.

They re-mortgaged their house to pay for it.

Another thing that gets me is how they play pass the the family member around. All the soaps have nieces, nephews ,uncles , aunts, cousins.................all living with different families at different times especially at Pats house in EE. ......

Gail in Corrie hasnt been working for months and got thru Christmas, mortgage paid etc. What does she live on ?

oh I'm about a week behind, don't think I've seen him yet

Cheryl and Brendan are cast as half siblings, she was brought up in Belfast and him Dublin....

My mistake...He always talked about his family 'back home' in Belfast so I got confused.

oh  must have missed that episode

Ive been catching up on coronation street today and the other week when peter barlow was standing in nicks way with a crowbar - Just pathetic! Nick could run freely, Peter was hobbling about on crutches yet Nick was trapped by him and ended up nearly being killed. One of the most pathetic things ive ever seen and believe me i know about being trapped.

How everyone has a job within five paces of their house and how people have market stalls in EE and actually make a living from them

This

>The opening music and titles
> The acting
>The scipt
>The directing
> The editing
>The closing music and credits
>The advertising of another episode

>The bewilderment of how it found its way to television


Other than that, I can't think of anything.....

Agree that the soaps (which are meant to be based on real life,) have incessantly stupid storylines.  particularly as people are skint/jobless/bankrupt one minute and then wealthy business owners the next.  I also wonder where fat phil gets his dosh from...>???  And I  wonder how Gail in corrie is living and how eileen fits all the people in her house that live there and how people can afford to drink every night in the rovers (or the vic in ee) when me and my family can barely afford to go out more than 4 or 5 times a year. and yes they do have jobs near them home always.  LOL.  and too many people in ee are related too one another.  They are all inter related and it's pathetic and weird.  It's London FFS, not an island in the pacific thats 1500 miles from the mainland with a population of 500!  Corrie is a bit daft at times, but ee is worse.  don't watch any of the others.

 Yes that was very silly, Nick could have overpowered him no problem

And they all work within 2 streets of each other too, same with Eastenders!

None of them work less than 10 steps from their house

I thought Peter acted it brilliantly but Nick was terrible! I was cringing watching it!

I love Peter i do

I want too know what has happened to Conor on EE, Bianca hit him over the head and went to the nick and we ain't seen Conor seen  unless i've missed an epsidoe

I don't follow soaps anymore, but when I did, I always used to get annoyed when characters ordered a drink or meal at the bar/cafe/etc and then when something happened, they'd just leave it untouched!!

Also (especially in Eastenders but applies to other soaps too) the way characters having a rough time immediately reach for a vodka bottle and get smashed.

exactly what everyone else has said.............plus they're all in the pub at lunchtime as well as the evening..........and how come phil mitchell is still the 'hardman' when he looks like a pilsbury doughboy and can't even string a sentence together without gasping for air...

Everyone in Eastenders manages to survive totally on what they sell in that tiny little shop in the square, or what they serve up in the caf.
Not many peopple in eastenders seem to have their own washing machines.

It was more the writing of it that was pathetic. How could a youngish bloke like Nick be trapped (not even cornered) in a big room by a man hobbling about on Crutches.

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