soap operas
There Are a Million Poles in the UK – But None On British TV
Poles are the largest group of foreign nationals, and Polish is England's second language, but you wouldn't know that from our programming.
I Headlined the First 'Eastenders' Pride Parade Episode
Appearing on a Pride-themed soap ep isn't the most radical, progressive step out there, but it meant everything to my mum.
This Soap Opera Actor Came Out as Gay in the Most Daytime TV Way Possible
Actor Thom Bierdz lets it all hang out in his memoir 'Young, Gay & Restless.'
EastEnders Helped Me Integrate In British Society
One of the hardest challenges I faced when I first arrived in the UK was the language barrier. Thank God for my teachers, my foster family and soap operas.
The Fast and the Furious Saga Is the Best Soap Opera
The increasingly ridiculous movies have more in common with soap operas than you'd think.
Why Reality Stars Are So Obsessed with Throwing Drinks on Each Other
The wine-hurling Real Housewives of today come from a long tradition: Since the early 1900s, women in film have been angrily tossing drinks on their rivals and nemeses.
Here's Stephen A. Smith Playing a "Surveillance Expert" on a Soap Opera
Stephen A. Smith will be on general hospital playing a mobster's audio guy.
The Writer of 'Queer as Folk' Talks Rimming, Grindr, and Ryan Reynolds Masturbating
Russell T. Davies has been making British television gayer for decades.
From the 2014 VICE Photo Issue: If It’s in Your Nature You’ll Never Win
Syria is a leading producer of Ramadan soap operas, and few directors have stirred more controversy than Najdat Anzour. During Ramadan 2013, Anzour released Under the Homeland’s Sky, a controversial take on Syria’s civil war that sympathizes...