Soap opera only lasted one year. Nevertheless, soap operas gained increasing prominence on UK television schedules. In 1995, Channel 4 premiered "Hollyoaks", a soap with a youth focus. When Channel 5 launched in March 1997, it debuted the soap opera "Family Affairs", which was formatted as a week-daily soap, airing Monday through Fridays. "Brookside"s premise evolved during the 1990s, phasing out the politicised stories of the 1980s and shifting the emphasis to controversial and sensationalist stories such as child rape, sibling incest, religious cults and drug addiction, including the infamous 'body under the patio' storyline that ran from 1993 to 1995, and
Soap opera Between 1998 and 2005, Channel 5 ran late-night repeats of "Sons and Daughters". During the 1980s, the Australian attempts to emulate big-budget U.S. soap operas such as "Dallas" and "Dynasty" had resulted in the debuts of "Taurus Rising" and "Return to Eden", two slick soap opera dramas with big budgets that were shot entirely on film. Though their middling Australian ratings resulted in the shows running only for a single season, both programs were successfully sold internationally. Other shows to achieve varying levels of international success include "Richmond Hill", "E Street", "Paradise Beach" (1993–1994), and "Pacific Drive" (1995–1997). Indeed, these