THE SOAP YEARS

Remember these plots that had us hooked?

10 YEARS AGO EASTENDERS

Steven Beale had left for New Zealand after discovering Ian wasn’t his real dad. Steven (Aaron Sidwell, pictured) returned full of hate five years later and began stalking Ian before luring him to an empty block of flats, where he held him hostage.

15 YEARS AGO – EMMERDALE

While their friends enjoyed being young and free, sweethearts Katie Addyman and Andy Sugden decided to settle down and have a baby. Katie (pictured) became pregnant but tragically miscarried. She then left the village to stay with her mum.

20 YEARS AGO – CORRIE

Hairdresser Fiona Middleton was shocked to discover she was pregnant. She didn’t know if the father was her fiancé Alan McKenna or Jim McDonald, the father of her ex-boyfriend Steve, as she and Jim (pictured) had had a one-night stand.