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 shown on Channel 5 On 29 April 2013, Channel 5 announced that they had acquired the rights to air "Wentworth Prison". The show is a re-imagining of the classic cult drama "Prisoner: Cell Block H", a soap that they had shown re-runs of at the turn of the century. The first season premiered under the title "Wentworth Prison" on 28 August 2013, airing Wednesday nights at 22:00. After strong ratings, Channel 5 purchased the second season and set a premiere date for 3 September 2014, where the show aired again on Wednesday nights at 22:00. On 4 January 2014, Channel