Soap operas are no stranger to couple spats, arguments and temporary splits. The classic Corrie couple Jack and Vera Duckworth even went on a break for a short period in the noughties showing even the most stalwart of couples in soaps have their moments but not all soap marriages span a lifetime with many ending in divorce.
From today, no-fault divorce legislation will come into force, meaning married couples in England and Wales who wish to split amicably without placing blame, will now be able to do so. So we've taken a look back at some of soaps most iconic divorces, some amicable, others... well not so much.
It was only back in 2019 that The Irish Mirror reported that Emmerdale had been revealed as the divorce capital of the soap world, with almost three-quarters of marriages, a whopping 70 per cent, of marriages in the village fail. On average it was also revealed that a divorce happened on average every 189 episodes.
