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
Indian soap opera track record of winning cases and setting helpless innocent victims free, but not at the cost of upholding the truth and "C.I.D.," follows a team of detectives belonging to the Crime Investigation Department in Mumbai. The protagonist of the show is Shivaji Satam. "C.I.D." is the longest-running TV series in India. Daytime soap opera were popular during the 2000s with shows like "Kumkum", "Bhabhi", "Chithi", "Kolangal", and "Metti Oli". During the 2010s as more women began working they fell out of favor of the general public. Today there are no daytime soap operas on any mainstream channel. Currently the four