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    18 Reasons Hollyoaks Is The Best Soap

    Channel 4's soap turned 18 this week and to celebrate its coming of age, here are the 18 best things about it.

    1. The cast are very, very glam

    2. Seriously... seriously glam

    3. And they get on really well in real life and go on glam holidays to places like Ibiza

    4. And the park...

    5. But some of the acting is actually very, very good...

    And the cast go on to big things

    6. The McQueen family are the sassiest and best family in any soap... and they know it

    7. Although the new Roscoe family are edging closer to stealing the title

    Can't think why... OH WAIT

    8. Murderers are sexy...

    9. ... And date each other in real life

    10. At some time or another, your favourite character will likely turn gay

    11. Which is 100% a good thing, as this relationship was probably the best and most romantic yet painful thing to be emotionally involved with

    Even though it ended in total heartbreak

    12. Danny Mac aka "Dodger" consistently wins sexiest male at pretty much every soap awards

    13. Darren Osborne has gone from wearing string vests...

    To being a god of the dancefloor

    14. Tony is still there, and has been since day 1

    15. It has the nicest student halls of residence in the whole of the country

    16. When you giggle at your favourite characters saying "sh*g" and "sh*t" in the late night specials

    17. That scene after the credits

    18. And finally... LITTLE TOM!!!

    THANK YOU HOLLYOAKS

    Here's to 18 more years!