SOAP BLONDES

THERE was a time when Dolly Skilbeck, off Emmerdale Farm, was the best eye candy in all of soapland.

Most soaps were full of battleaxes like Annie Sugden ( Emmerdale), Annie Walker and Ena Sharples ( Corrie) and Meg Mortimer ( Crossroads).

Then producers hit on a wheeze…

Fill the programmes full of eye- catching blart and forget about well- crafted scripts and subtle acting.

And if they were blonde, so much the better.

Hey presto! The age of the soap babe was born.

Here are some of soap land’s more luscious blondes – without vests, naturally… Margot Robbie ( Neighbours) Naomi Watts ( Home & Away) Barbara Windsor ( EastEnders) Kylie Minogue ( Neighbours) Jorgie Porter ( Hollyoaks) Lysette Anthony ( Hollyoaks)