Soaps 'awash with alcohol'. From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: March 10, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

SOAP operas shown before the 9pm watershed are awash with alcohol, say campaigners.

A survey found Channel 4's Hollyoaks was the worst offender. Alcohol appeared in 18 per cent of scenes monitored in the drama popular with teenagers.

Coronation Street was not far behind. Alcohol was on screen in the ITV series for more than 17 per cent of the time.

The figure for the BBC's East-Enders and ITV's Emmerdale was 16 per cent.

Soaps showing alcohol may condition teenagers to think heavy drinking is the norm, said the Food ...

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