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| Family Affairs | |
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Mal Young |
| Starring | List of characters |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | Pilot + 2,285 regular episodes & 1 special |
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| Running time | 30 minutes (including advertisements) |
| Production company | Thames Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Channel 5 |
| Release | 30 March 1997 – 30 December 2005 |
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Family Affairs is a British soap opera that aired on Channel 5. It debuted on 30 March 1997, the day of the launch of said channel and was the first programme broadcast on the channel. It was screened as five thirty-minute episodes per week at 6:30pm on weekdays, followed by an omnibus edition on Sundays. The series never achieved high ratings,[1] so it went through a number of dramatic revamps involving wholesale cast turnover. The premise of the series was also refocused from a family in a quiet suburb just outside London, to a range of different people living on a bustling outer London street.
The series was shot on video and given a film look. In 1999 and 2004, single episodes used standard video presentation for testing purposes. On 2 August 2005, Channel 5 announced they would not renew Family Affairs. Production ceased on 4 November, and the final episode was broadcast on 30 December 2005. Producer Sean O'Connor changed to standard video presentation from September 2005 until the final episode.[2]
- ^ John Plunkett (2 August 2005). "Family Affairs: 'it's not as bad as you think'". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- ^ "End of the Affairs for Five soap". BBC. 30 December 2005.