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
General Hospital to promote the broadcast on social media. General Hospital General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is an American daytime television medical drama. It is listed in "Guinness World Records" as the longest-running American soap opera in production and the second longest-running drama in television in American history after "Guiding Light". Concurrently, it is the world's third longest-running scripted drama series in production after British serials "The Archers" and "Coronation Street", as well as the world's second-longest-running televised soap opera still in production. "General Hospital" premiered on the ABC television network on April 1, 1963. Same-day broadcasts as well as classic episodes