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
Thai television soap opera Indian films are broadcast. No sex is shown on Thai television, but violence is not uncommon. A rare censorship appeared in Talay Rissaya when a character's throat got slit with blood everywhere. Some series are subject to a rating. Most of BBTV Channel 7 programs are usually rated as G-18 (children under 18 should seek parental guidance). Thai TV soap operas are popular overseas in countries such as Cambodia and Laos. Several Cambodian television channels aired Thai soap operas instead of their local ones. "Dao Pra Sook" was the most popular series for Khmer viewers. Thai lakorn were banned in