Time once more for our popular soap expert Chris Stacey to dig into his show reel collection and bring more of his television past into the present. Today it’s one of his appearances on BBC Three’s (or BBC Choice if you please) EastEnders Revealed – you have to wonder how many of the current ‘experts’ on TV really know their soaps like Chris does – and EastEnders Revealed put him to the test, just to see how knowing he really is. Fans of EastEnders also get a look at the 2000 version of the BBC Elstree VT clock...

Time for another selection of ‘Classic Chris Stacey’ the soap expert who has appeared on many television shows over the years. Yes brining his style and colour to the screens since 1985. Today, being a bank holiday, we’ve got two clips for you – both from ITV breakfast broadcasts. First re-wind to the days of TV-am with Lorraine Kelly and a debate on ill-fated Eldorado as well as ‘issues’ soaps deal with. The second clip sees time has moved on and GMTV is now on air. Chris talks watching television with Eamonn Holmes and Fiona Armstrong alongside a young looking Tina Baker.

What has happened to the “soap experts” these days? They either haven’t a clue what they’re talking about or they’re far too serious. Well there was a time when soap features were fun. Yes the one and only soap expert Chris Stacey – author of TV Times’ SuperSoaps book - knows how to liven up the screen. He’s featured in shows such as 25 Years of Coronation Street, LWT game shows, soap reporting for BSB as well as offering vast knowledge on the genre as a critic for TV-am and GMTV – to name only a few. Here ATV presents Classic moment’s from Chris’ own show reel collection.