Barred item at work time, creating TV drama (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
soap opera
'tv drama' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'barred item at work time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'work' could be 'opera' (I've seen this before) and 'opera' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'soap' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
'creating' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for soap opera that I've seen before include "TV programme" , "Sentimental TV serial, sounds clean" , ""Coronation Street", for example" , "A dramatic broadcast" , "Melodramatic TV serial" .)