[Spencer]

What about the signed overnight versions which presumably goes some distance to meet the quotas, though I don't think OFCOM specifies it has to be new content (C5 still use programmes from the 90s in their signed slot). 

The omnibus is the original box setting really and when people watch 4-5 hour long eps of a drama back to back in a single setting then 3 hours of soaps isn't too much, and arguably easier than committing to half an hour a day.

If the viewing figures (which I’ve not seen) back this up, it’d be an odd move to axe them.