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
Launch 5 she was named after, Patrolman Henry Walburger, who was killed in the line of duty in 1964. The vessel goes by both names - "Patrolman Walburger" and "Launch 5". All NYPD Harbor Unit patrol launches are given a numbered designation welded to the outside of the wheelhouse. "Patrolman Walburger" was assigned N 5. She is fifty two feet in length, powered by twin diesel engines and weighs 25 tons. While there are many stories to tell regarding Launch N 5's voyage through time, what follows are some highlights in her history. At 6:45 a.m. on July 27, 1964, Patrolman Henry