article_snippet: Richard Hillman driving the Platt family into the canal in Coronation Street came second in the poll, followed by Hayley Cropper's courageous cancer battle and subsequent death in 2014.
article_snippet: As well as old favourites, the recent EastEnders cliffhanger of 'who killed Lucy Beale' also made it in to the top ten, taking the number seven slot.
article_snippet: The tear-jerking episode of Coronation Street where Hayley Cropper died earned third place on the list .
article_snippet: The recent EastEnders storyline 'Who Killed Lucy Beale' earned seventh place on the list after attracting millions of viewers in a week of live episodes to celebrate the soap's 30th anniversary . '
article_snippet: Sixth place in the poll went to the famous moment Dirty Den handed wife Angie divorce papers in the EastEnders' 1986 Christmas Day episode, followed by the London-based soap's huge 'Who Killed Lucy' story.
article_snippet: Little Mo's domestic abuse storyline in EastEnders came eighth followed by Scott and Charlene's wedding in Neighbours and Deirdre Barlow being jailed for fraud in Coronation Street.
article_snippet: Little Mo's domestic abuse story also stuck in viewers heads as the 2001 drama came eighth in the poll .
article_snippet: Other storylines to feature in the top 20 include the whodunnit storyline 'Who Shot Phil' in EastEnders, after the hard-man was shot on the hard-man doorstep, Corrie's Tyrone suffering domestic abuse at the hands of partner Kirsty and Mike Baldwin dying in rival Ken Barlow's arms on the cobbles.
article_snippet: More than half of the storylines featured in the poll were ones from EastEnders, including the long-running storyline of 'Who Shot Phil Mitchell' that was on our screens over 2000-2001 coming 11th in the poll .
article_snippet: EastEnders features heavily in the top 50 with more than half the list made up of storylines from the soap.
article_snippet: Deirdre being jailed for fraud 'Free the Weatherfield One' - Coronation Street 1998 .
article_snippet: Who shot EastEnders 1986 2000/2001 .
article_snippet: Phil Mitchell becoming a drug addict - EastEnders 2010 .
highlights_snippet: EastEnders was responsible for over half of the top 50 plots listed .