I once read that a year in soap or a pregnancy in soap were a lot shorter than real life, so that the storylines would move along quicker to hold the attention of the viewer, so how come we have been watching the shelley/charlie saga and the kat/alfie/little mo saga for the past 12 months?
Neighbours is shorter than a real year, most soaps like Coronation Street or Eastenders run in real time so they can do huge big episodes at Christmas and stuff