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From: bob@ulose.UUCP ( Bob Bismuth )
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Subject: Re: Re: longest running series
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> >In article <1959@sunybcs.UUCP> ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) writes:
> >>     Does anybody out there know what the longest running T.V. series
> >>is and how Star Trek compares with it.

If you open the question to include (as in one reply) British television
series, then I believe the record is currently held by a soap called
"Coronation Street", which has been shown twice a week since the early
fifties. If I remember correctly, I was in the UK when it celebrated its
33rd year and have a feeling it is now in its 36th year.

One of the originals is still in the series (I think) at an age of around
80 or so. A few years ago she was awarded an MBE (Member, British Empire)
by HRH 'liz II.

If you widen the series sought to include radio, then I think the UK has
that one too with "The Archers", broadcast every night since the late 20s
or early 30s. I don't believe any of the original radio actors are still
in the series, though some are still alive.

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