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THE most-watched iconic Christmas soap scenes person been revealed - including heartbreaking deaths and daze affairs.
In soapland, Christmas episodes usually diagnostic large twists and thrilling drama.
Slingo has compiled a database of the memorable moments astir revisited by viewers - based connected the fig of YouTube hits.
Tiffany's decease - EastEnders
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Played by Martine McCutcheon, fashionable barmaid Tiffany appeared from 1995 to 1999.
In 1996, she became Tiffany Mitchell upon marrying Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp).
A tragic concatenation of events opening successful precocious 1998 led to Tiffany's tragic death.
According to Slingo's research, the country has 883,000 views connected YouTube.
She collapsed down the stairs - aboriginal diagnosed with a humor clot connected the encephalon - Grant was arrested for attempted murder.
By New Year's Eve, she planned to fly Walford on with girl Courtney - unaware Grant had been released connected bail.
Snatching Courtney, helium past fled with a hysterical Tiffany pursuing after.
However, she ran into the way of a car driven by Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) and died astatine the scene.
Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) paid homage by naming her ain girl Tiffany.
Grant and Tiffany reunited aft 18 years arsenic Ross Kemp appears connected Loose Women
Max and Stacey's Affair revealed - EastEnders
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EastEnders fans volition apt callback Stacey (Lacey Turner) and Bradley's (Charlie Clements) romance during the 2000s.
After Bradley momentarily ended things, Stacey got revenge by seducing his father, Max (Jake Wood).
This evolved into what was astatine archetypal conscionable a casual matter betwixt the two.
Although some yet ended up processing beardown feelings for each other.
Along the way, Max's woman Tanya (Jo Joyner) fell large and Stacey accepted Bradley's marriage proposal.
After the wedding, Max tried to seduce Stacey and they shared a kiss.
Unbeknown to them, Lauren (Madeline Duggan) recorded what they thought was a backstage moment.
Lauren gave a DVD to Bradley arsenic a Christmas contiguous - revealing the matter to the full household successful unforgettable scenes.
The probe revealed however the classical infinitesimal has astir 1,600,000 YouTube hits.
2010 Tram Crash - Coronation Street
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In December 2010, Coronation Street marked its landmark 50th day connected screen.
The ITV soap made the astir of this juncture by staging an epic tram clang stunt and a unrecorded episode.
Meanwhile, the storyline saw said tram teardrop done the iconic Street, with acquainted sights replaced by rubble.
It was sparked after an detonation tore isolated The Joinery bar, which successful crook caused a tram crossing the viaduct to derail and plunge down onto the cobbles.
Many residents' lives were enactment successful information - and not each the characters survived the high-profile scenes.
Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold) and Molly Dobbs (Vicky Binns) were some killed disconnected successful the aftermath.
According to the data, the tram clang has 623,000 views connected its astir fashionable YouTube video.
Den and Angie's Divorce - EastEnders
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Played by Leslie Grantham and Anita Dobson, Den and Angie played a large portion successful EastEnders' history.
They were the archetypal landlord and landlady of the Queen Vic pub seen on-screen.
Prior to the amusement opening successful 1985, the characters had already been joined for astir 2 decades.
Their narration came to a melodramatic extremity aft Den learned Angie had fabricated having lone six months to live.
After helium discovered the truth, implicit 30 cardinal viewers tuned successful connected Christmas Day 1986 to witnesser Den handing Angie her divorce papers.
These numbers person yet to beryllium surpassed by immoderate different plotline from chap UK soaps.
Meanwhile, the moment's since been viewed astir 342,000 times connected YouTube.
Val's Return - Emmerdale
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Val Pollard (Charlie Hardwick) debuted successful Emmerdale during 2004 and aboriginal joined Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell).
She was killed disconnected successful 2015, during the "Summer Fate" storyline, which saw a chopper clang successful the village.
Val returned successful Christmas 2017 - as a shade successful a imagination series experienced by Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley).
Robert was warring for his beingness aft being deed by a car driven by his erstwhile father-in-law and ex-lover Lawrence White.
Val told him: “I cognize you privation to beryllium with Aaron, and that’s nice, I suppose.
“But the happening is, if you don’t fto him unrecorded his life, if you support interfering, if you support being arsenic you are past each of this volition beryllium for existent astatine immoderate point."
She near viewers successful hysterics aft joking whether Robert "had a thing" for her portion she'd been alive.
Altogether, the festive country has been rewatched astir 150,051 times connected YouTube, according to the data.
Most devastating soap deaths
SOAP viewers are often near heartbroken aft watching immoderate of their favourite characters wound the dust.
Here is simply a database of the astir devastating deaths that person taken spot successful soapland implicit the years.
EASTENDERS
Barry Evans - Evil Janine (Charlie Brooks) lured her trusting fiance to Scotland for a quickie matrimony aft learning helium was dying.
Her program to inherit Barry’s luck was thwarted erstwhile Barry told her that the doctors had mixed up his aesculapian files.
Furious that she was nary longer acceptable for a windfall, she pushed Barry disconnected a cliff aft telling him their emotion was “fake”.
Bradley Branning - Bradley was accused of sidesplitting Stacey Slater’s rapist Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb) after helium punched him doubly connected the nighttime helium died.
He was spotted successful the Square by a constabulary pistillate who chased him up a occurrence escape.
Bradley mislaid his equilibrium and tragically plunged to his death.
CORONATION STREET
Tina McIntyre - Tina was getting it connected with Peter Barlow - contempt him being joined to Carla Connor.
When she threatened to uncover the truth, Carla's member Rob got into a carnal altercation with her.
Tina mislaid her footing and fell disconnected a balcony - past warned Rob she was going to archer the cops helium pushed her.
In a panic, Rob brutally clobbered her implicit the caput with a metallic pipe.
Molly Dobbs - Molly was 1 of the victims successful Corrie's 2010 tram crash, alongside Ashley Peacock (Steven Arnold).
Married to Tyrone (Alan Halsall), Molly had been having an matter with Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) successful the months earlier her death.
This resulted successful the commencement of their son, Jack (Kyran Bowes), who was named aft Jack Duckworth.
As destiny would person it, Kevin's woman Sally (Sally Dynevor) was by Molly's broadside successful her last moments.
Sally was stunned arsenic Molly confessed Kevin was Jack's father, earlier dying of her injuries.
Vera Duckworth - Having appeared regularly successful Corrie since the 1970s, determination was nary denying Vera Duckworth was an iconic character.
Alongside her hubby Jack, the brace formed 1 of the soap's astir beloved couples.
Viewers were heartbroken erstwhile Vera was killed disconnected successful 2008, being discovered having passed distant peacefully successful her chair.
Liz Dawn, who played Vera, made a little instrumentality 2 years aboriginal for Bill Tarmey's exit arsenic Jack.
Paul Foreman - Fans were heartbroken erstwhile Paul Foreman succumbed to his illness aft battling centrifugal neurone disease.
Introduced successful 2018 arsenic David Platt's (Jack P. Shepherd) cellmate, helium aboriginal embarked connected a romance - and matrimony - with vicar Billy Mayhew.
The MND storyline was announced successful 2023 - with the anticipation it would result successful the character's death.
EMMERDALE
Sarah Sugden - After the household got into fiscal problems, Sarah's lad Andy (Kelvin Fletcher) decided to marque immoderate speedy currency from an security institution by mounting occurrence to the Sugden barn.
He didn't realise his mum was wrong the building, and she got trapped successful the blaze.
Nine villagers - The shocking 1993 level clang occurrence brought successful 18 cardinal viewers for Emmerdale.
Mark Hughes was killed by a falling wall, Archie Brooks was burned by pitchy fuel, Elizabeth Pollard was killed by debris and newcomer Leonard Kempinski died successful a car clang caused by the crash.
Five different non-recurring characters from the colony besides died.
HOLLYOAKS
Carmel McQueen - The talented vocalist died successful shocking scenes erstwhile a bid crashed into a her family's car.
Carmel managed to escaped her relative Theresa from the rubble - but got stuck successful it herself.
Moments aboriginal the bid exploded and Carmel died successful the arms of her household members, promising to beryllium their guardian angel.
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