Soap opera Soap opera A soap opera is an ongoing drama serial on television or radio, featuring the lives of many characters and their emotional relationships. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas being sponsored by soap manufacturers. BBC Radio's "The Archers", first broadcast in 1950, is the world’s longest-running radio soap opera; the world's longest-running television soap opera is "Coronation Street", first broadcast on ITV in 1960. The first serial considered to be a "soap opera" was "Painted Dreams", which debuted on October 20, 1930 on Chicago radio station WGN. Early radio series such as "Painted Dreams" were broadcast in
Transsexual (about the relationship between Barry Winchell and Calpernia Addams, and Winchell's subsequent murder) and "Boys Don't Cry" (about Brandon Teena's murder). Calpernia Addams has appeared in numerous movies and television shows, including the 2005 movie "Transamerica", in which Felicity Huffman portrays a transsexual woman. In fall 2005, the Sundance Channel aired a documentary series known as "TransGeneration". This series focused on four transsexual college students, including two trans women and two trans men, in various stages of transition. In February 2006, Logo aired "Beautiful Daughters", a documentary film about the first all-trans cast of "The Vagina Monologues", which included Addams,