Plausible Plots

Plausible plots within TV soaps helps the viewer to relate to the soap and what is going on. They do this by using everyday subjects and events within scripts and storylines in order to make it more believable.

However when a plane crashed down in Emmerdale the viewings for the show went considerably down this is believed to be because it was not plausable and so viewers could not relate to it because it was to unbelievable. It has been found that TV viewers prefer to watch soaps that deal with things such as teen pregnany, drug taking, miscariges and death of favorite characters such as when Max died in Hollyoaks.

Have a look at the clips below and they should demonstrate some of these things and help to confirm your understanding of plausible plots in soap.











This storyline in Eastenders was to unbelievable as it is very unlikly that someone would be brought up thinking their mum was their sister so not many people would be able to relate to it and so the viewings may have gone down.





When Todd came out as being gay many people could relate to his and so the viewings would probably have gone up as the storyline was plausible. As it is something that we often see in everyday life.





This was also a plausible storyline as most people can relate to loosing someone they love within there life and as it was also the loss of a popular and well known character more people would have wanted to watch this episode than many of the others.