At once a soap opera and an anti-soap, the show was an assault on a TV-addled audience, with its heroine becoming as alarmed by the waxy yellow buildup on her kitchen floor as she was by the revelation that her grandfather was the notorious Fernwood flasher.

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It is the latest theatre show to take inspiration from the soap.

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In addition to several cons that will unfurl over the course of the show, they say the series will operate on a broader, more traditional soap opera canvas with dueling lives, wives and fathers as fodder.

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Meanwhile, his grandchildren are launching "Being Mandela, " a TV reality show that is being pitched in the U.S. as a "docu-soap" with an anti-Kardashian philanthropic twist.

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Playing the lovable pigeon-fancying rogue, he soon became a stalwart of the soap along with his nagging wife Vera, and their constant bickering was at the heart of the show's trademark mix of humour and drama.

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The final episode of the CW's brand-establishing soap delivered 1.5 million viewers and a 0.8 rating among adults 18-49, the show's best performance this season.

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The show, which has been on air for 62 years, is the world's longest running radio soap opera.

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