Thirty years of story-telling is a milestone achievement for any television show, but that’s not the only magical number Bold has racked up…

• Almost 4 000 hours of episodes have been produced.

• 7 000 episodes have aired in over 100 countries around the world.

• On average, Bold has filmed, edited and aired 233 episodes every year since 1987.

• About 35 million viewers tune in to watch episodes daily.

• Over 3 976 episodes were simulcast in Spanish.

• The soap has used 11 international locations for filming but while they were in South Africa a few years ago, they never shot here – it was simply a press tour.

• To date, Bold has been nominated for 233 Daytime Emmy Awards, taking home 77 of them.

• It also holds the Guinness World Record for The Most Popular Soap Opera- Current.

• The actors have had to learn over 337 500 pages of dialogue.

• Besides Katherine, the only actor left from the original cast line-up is John McCook (Eric Forrester).

• Three different opening sequences are used currently.

• The design team have had to build nearly 1 700 sets over the years.

• It’s a lot of work making everyone look good – the hair and make-up team use 1 537 cans of hairspray and 356 tubes of lipstick a season.

• There have been 90 onscreen weddings for Bold couples.

• Brooke herself has had 19 weddings – and 10 have been to her “soulmate” Ridge.

• There have been a total of 19 deaths on the soap, with three characters visiting from beyond the grave and another three returning “alive and well”.

• Seven characters have met their demise by drowning.

• Despite being set in earthquakeprone LA, only one such natural disaster has rocked the show.

• There have been 18 Bold births.

• It’s a fan favourite with music stars who’ve had cameos, including RnB singer Usher and the legendary vocalist Dionne Warwick.

• To date, there have been seven kidnappings and only five trips to the courtroom since 1987.

• Maya’s (Karla Mosley) transgender storyline in 2015 was the 13th social issue that Bold tackled and it was also the first transgender wedding to feature on daytime TV.

• The Forrester brothers have both been played by three actors. Ridge by Ronn Moss (1987-2012), Lane Davies in 1992 and Thorsten Kay since 2013. And Thorne by Clayton Norcross (1987-1989), Jeff Trachta (1989-1996) and Winsor Harmon since 1996.