The ITV soap cost millions to make - but critics hated it
It was meant to be the new Coronation Street and win a TV ratings war for ITV. But it ended up being one of the costliest flops of the 1980s.
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In April 1985, Sunday Mirror journalist, Keith Richmond, wrote: "A fierce battle of the soaps is being fought by Britain's TV networks - matching anything being waged between American series rivals. Granada is preparing a new show called Albion Market to take on the BBC's hit saga EastEnders - and even its own Coronation Street.
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