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
Channel 5 (UK) programming a return to the channel on 4 October 2009 every Sunday morning after agreeing a deal with Disney. The block features "Hannah Montana", "Wizards of Waverly Place" and "Snobs". It also saw the return of Channel 5's hit teen show "The Tribe". Children's programmes aired on the channel include: The majority of Channel 5's comedy programming are imports from other countries. Numerous American sitcoms are shown on Channel 5, most notably "Friends" and the spin off series "Joey", as well as the first series of "Two and a Half Men" and the first two series of "Everybody Hates Chris". In