I watch Classic Corrie and it has reached the point where Richard Hillman(Gail's husband )is doing his hardest to get rid of Audrey. Excellent storylines back then.
I had to laugh at one storyline years ago, where Gails' husband crashed the car into the local canal and the episode closed with them all struggling to get out as the car was slowly sinking. Cue music, end of episode. In the next episode, Gail and family are sat in Roys' cafe, deating fish and chips!
"Oh, these chips are nice are nice aren't they?" :o)
LMHO!!!
Viewers complained about ridiculous storylines back then, also about storylines being dragged out for too long.
Still complaining about the same things.
If some real life serial murderers were copycatted in to a soap (bad idea, it will never happen!) viewers would still stay claim they were unrealistic. I'm thinking of cases such as 'the Yorkshire ripper' where Sutcliffe got away with murdering and attacking many women for years. Real life is stranger than any fiction.