Continuity in soaps

[Steve]

How will they fit it all in in only half an hour?

Well they shouldn't send their characters to prison if they cant make it work realistically.

 

[tim west]

mind you its handy for the prisoner who can do his sentence in half an hour

 

[Shytalkz]

Yes, set in real time, it would make even more lamentable viewing than it does with all reality suspended!

 

[conny]

You mean Corrie, East Enders etc are only on for half an hour?

Blimey, feels like they are on all night in this house sometimes!
BTW, who is Audrey Roberts? (only joking, I know she is a barmaid or something).

 

[Space cat]

-- set in real time, it would make even more lamentable viewing --

OK, so you take a bunch of dysfunctional characters - just like they have on most soaps - then, because there's no time to write the script, you let them make it up as they go along.

But it's been done already. And yes, it's truly lamentable viewing. It's called Big brother!