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There are many series that have become successful not only because of their quality and good stories also for its duration in the television. It must be remembered that before the platforms of streaming they did not exist, the chapters every week, some episodic and others with continuity. Therefore, here we list 3 of the longest productions in history.
Coronation Street
The series with more than 7 million viewers per episode, Coronation Street to date it is one of the favorite series in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.
With black humor and strong character characters, it revolves around the inhabitants of Weatherfield, a fictitious city where industries dominate the landscape and most of its inhabitants are workers.
The series that began its transmission in 1960 has 60 seasons, it was created by the British production company Granada Production, which portrays the lower middle class of that time in the most realistic way possible.
Even the video I Want to Break Free, by the British band Queen, where Freddie Mercury is seen dressed as a woman, is a tribute to Bet Lynch, one of the characters in the series, who plays a housewife and always expressed that she wanted to get rid of that life
General Hospital
In 1963 in Spain, one of the series longest in history. Is about General Hospital Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, which tells the story of internal doctors on the seventh floor of a hospital in a fictional city of Port Charles.
Throughout the series, the producers explored all kinds of situations, from the romantic relationships of the doctors, to the misfortunes of the patients.
General Hospital is one of the series that has managed to survive over time, accumulating 15 thousand episodes and stellar performances by James Franco, Elizabeth Taylor and Roseanne Barr, among others.
In addition to being one of the longest running series in the world, it has also been recognized with 13 Emmy Awards in the Daytime category.
Days of Our Lives
Days of Our Lives (The Days of Our Lives) is a series American that had its premiere in November 1965. Since then, it has accumulated 58 seasons and chapters, around 14 thousand 500.
For many viewers, this series is famous for the parody that is made of it in Friends. In this, Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) works as an actor and one of his roles is precisely that of Dr. Drake Ramoray (which does not exist in the original story).
A curious fact is that John Aniston, the father of Jennifer Aniston (Rachel from Friends) acted in Days of Our Lives and did so intermittently for about 37 years.