I must confess, on the odd occasion when I sit down in front of the TV, it’s not to catch up on my favourite soap opera (unless you count Downton Abbey, as some people dare to do). The over-complicated love lives, hyper-drama, and one-dimensional characters just don’t do it for me anymore, and all the dramatics give me stress, which defeats the purpose of relaxing in front of the television. For me, the final straw with soaps came when Grant Mitchell slept with his mother-in-law. And I…
