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 not dubbed or subtitled. However, Thai TV soap operas have begun to become popular in Vietnam as "Song Kram Nang Fah" aired successfully in that country. According to China Radio International, many Thai soap operas are aired in China, dubbed into Chinese language, mostly on Anhui Television. Thai soap operas were also broadcast in the Philippines for a short while in 1998, but were cancelled due to low ratings. "You're My Destiny" is the first lakorn to appear in the Philippines in 20 years. It aired on GMA Network as part of Heart of Asia's 15th anniversary offering. It is