Long Running British and Australian TV Soap Operas and Dramas

Britain's first and longest-running television soap opera, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in the fictional Weatherfield area of Manchester in England.

British television soap opera set around a tight-knit community of villagers in the fictional village of Emmerdale in the Yorkshire Dales, a quiet area of North Yorkshire located in the English countryside.

Police drama series following the professional and personal lives of officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London, England.

British television soap opera focusing on the everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough in England.

The four-or-five-times-a-week adventures of a motel owner and her son, daughter and staff. Drama was never far away from the ringing of the reception bell.

British medical drama following the Doctors, Nurses and Patients at the frenetic Accident and Emergency department set in the fictional Holby City Hospital, located in the fictional county of Wyvern in the southwest of England.

British medical drama, following the everyday lives, of the doctors, nurses and patients who find themselves, for various reasons, in the wards of the frenetic cardiac unit of the fictional Holby City General Hospital.

British teenage soap opera which follows the lives, loves, and careers of a group of teenage friends and their families as they graduate through GCSEs, A-Levels, and College into the world of work in a fictional village in England.

British soap opera focusing on the lives of residents in the fictional London suburb of Charnham.

British television soap opera which focused on the everyday life and times of the residents, friends and enemies who live in a suburban street in the city of Liverpool located in the north of England.

The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.

The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow.

The 1960s lives and adventures of the police constabulary, medical staff, and residents of Ashfordly and Aidensfield.

Set in the 1960s, this British medical drama follows the staff and patients of St Aidan's Royal Free Hospital.

Australian television soap opera exploring the lives and relationships of the residents of Ramsay Street in a fictional suburb of Melbourne called Erinsborough.

Australian television soap opera chronicling the lives, loves, happiness, and heartbreaks of the residents of Summer Bay, a small coastal town in the upper Northern Beaches of Sydney in New South Wales.

Follows the lives of inmates and staff at Wentworth, a high-security women's prison in Australia, exploring their backstories, daily struggles, and interpersonal relationships within the harsh realities of incarceration.

Follows the lives and relationships of residents in a Sydney apartment building, exploring adult themes and featuring risky content like sex scenes.

The lives, loves and medical complaints of the doctors, nurses and patients at Sydney's Albert Memorial Hospital.

Follows the Sullivan family from Melbourne, Australia during the Second World War.

A drama series centred on the lives of the nurses at All Saints Western General Hospital.

The series primarily focuses on the daily lives of Victorian police officers working at a police station in the fictional small town of Mount Thomas.

The highs and lows of the Wandin Valley residents, from the patients and staff at the rural town's hospital, to the locals and their everyday lives.

Linked by a secret affair, the wealthy Hamiltons and working-class Palmers are dramatic families. Twins separated at birth, one raised in each family, encounter the Morells who marry into the Hamiltons.

An Australian soap opera, set in a tough fictional inner-city district called Westside. The stories revolve around the local community there.