Editing Soap opera (section)

===Remakes of Australian serials===
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The Australian serial ''The Restless Years'' was remade in the [[Netherlands]] as {{lang|nl|[[Goede tijden, slechte tijden]]}} (which debuted in 1990) and in Germany as ''[[Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten]]'' (which has aired since 1992): both titles translate to "good times, bad times". These remakes are still airing, but have long since diverged from the original Australian [[Plot (narrative)|storylines]]. The two shows are the highest-rated soap operas in their respective countries.

A later Australian serial, ''Sons and Daughters'', has inspired five [[remake]]s produced under license from the original producers and based, initially, on original story and character outlines. These are ''[[Verbotene Liebe]]'' (Germany, 1995–2015); ''[[Skilda världar]]'' ([[Sweden]], 1996–2002); ''Apagorevmeni agapi'' ([[Greece]], 1998); ''Cuori Rubati'' ([[Italy]], 2002–2003) and ''[[Zabranjena ljubav]]'' ([[Croatia]], 2004–2008). Both ''The Restless Years'' and ''Sons and Daughters'' were created and produced in Australia by the Reg Grundy Organisation.

Another Australian soap opera reformatted for a European audience was ''[[E Street (TV series)|E Street]]'' which ran on [[Network 10]] in Australia from 1989 to 1993. Germany produced 37 episodes of ''[[Westerdeich]]'' ("Westside") in 1995 using scripts from 1989 episodes of ''E Street''. It was also remade in Belgium as ''Wittekerke'' ("Whitechurch") and ran from 1993 to 2008.