British Soap style through the years

Описание: Soapland style through the years


• New research looks at soap opera interior style and how the sets influence and reflect how we live today
• Poll asks the nation’s soap fans to judge which soap families and characters have the most and least stylish homes and rooms
• Watch our video to find out the results, as well as take a trip down memory lane to look back at some of the most iconic sets in British soap history

Whether you are a fan of the cobbles, the square or the Dales, the homes featured in our favourite soap operas are as familiar to us as our own. From Ken and Deidre’s living room, to the Home Farm kitchen, these houses and rooms seem to leave just as big an impression on us as some of the characters.

According to the research a third of us think soap operas represent British life, with Coronation Street voted as the soap that’s most accurate in its depiction, despite a few rooms potentially being in line for a bit of a makeover. Just like real life then.

British television and soap opera expert Dorothy Hobson has been working with new homewares brand Heart of House, available at Argos, to curate and investigate soap living over the last few decades to determine just how much our favourite soap operas reflect our tastes in real life.

The Heart of House research also looked at the most iconic TV homes and Downton Abbey was beaten to the top spot by Del and Rodney’s flat from Only Fools and Horses – there was however no suggestion the nation would want to replicate the interior of the Nelson Mandela high rise in our homes …
To find out just how the homes in soapland fair in our estimations watch our video, and look back at some of the most iconic sets in soap history.

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