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Most iconic lesbian soap couples – ground-breaking kiss, tragic death and murder

Soapland has seen several lesbian romances, with female love stories gathering pace after Anna Friel’s groundbreaking Brookside kiss.

The actress’s 1994 storyline in the Channel 4 show broke new ground. And since then viewers have been gripped by plots like Kate and Rana’s doomed relationship in ITV’s Coronation Street and Suki and Eve’s secret relationship in BBC favourite EastEnders.

Brookside became the first British soap to feature a lesbian kiss, with Margaret and Beth being the characters involved in the ground-breaking moment.

Since then, soaps have featured a number of lesbian relationships, showing the ups and downs of romance.

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Back in the early 90s, Brookside’s Anna and Nicola Stephenson took a great stride forward for representation when their characters Beth Jordache and Margaret Clemence struck up a relationship.

In 1994 the soap made history as it aired the first pre-watershed lesbian soap kiss between the characters.

Anna later said she got more fan mail than ever after kiss, with The Independent quoting her as saying: “50% of them were from gay people. Most were supportive and positive about Beth and I had lots of letters from people saying they were confused and that Beth had helped them to come out. So I’m glad I’m doing something to help.”