Video: Life at the chalk face
MOVE over EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale - there's another soap opera on the telly and the internet and it's all being filmed in Portsmouth using local actors.
Chalkhill Lives is the creation of Steven Surridge, the show's executive producer and script editor, and tells the stories of people who live on the fictional Chalkhill estate.
this bears a striking resemblance to Paulsgrove as most of the filming takes place there - right beneath the chalk face of Portsdown Hill.
People can tune in to the latest happenings on TV on the Community Channel, or fans around the world can watch episodes via the internet.
Click here for a preview of the latest episode
If you do not have a Quicktime viewer, use this link to download one.
Chalkhill Lives, billed as the world's first community-based internet and TV soap, was launched in April 2003 on a shoestring budget and gives budding actors and actresses the opportunity to get in front of the camera.
Filming for a fourth series is now under way and Steven's ambition is to take Chalkhill Lives to another level - as a commercial internet soap where actors get paid to perform.
Don't miss a feature all about Chalkhill Lives and its characters - only in The News on Saturday.
http://www.thenewscentre.co.uk/Editorial/Episode21GavinsStory.mp4
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