Soap opera funeral in 1997 (32.1 million viewers) which were transmitted on both BBC One and ITV. An early television serial was "The Grove Family" on the BBC, which produced 148 episodes from 1954 to 1957. The programme was broadcast live and only a handful of recordings were retained in the archives. The UK's first twice-weekly serial was ITV's "Emergency - Ward 10", running from 1957 until 1967. In the 1960s "Coronation Street" revolutionised UK television and quickly became a British institution. On 17 September 2010, it became the world's longest-running television soap opera and was listed in "Guinness World Records". The
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime other nominees. In 1984 and 1985, the nominees aren't listed only the winners. Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime "The Soap Opera Digest" Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime has been given every year since the first "Soap Opera Digest" Award in 1984 until the award's end in 2005. There were no awards presented in 1987, 2002 or 2004. The category was split up into "Soap Opera Digest" Award for Outstanding Villain/Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime only in 1993, 1994, and 2000. In the lists below, the