Category: Soapworld

Several more One Life to Live actors could be heading to General Hospital. ABC Soaps in Depth report that two more One Life to Live actors could crossover to General Hospital in the forthcoming months. The medical soap’s new show-runner is Frank Valentini who held the same position at OLTL up until ABC’s cancellation. Valentini then signed a deal with […]

The settings of Coronation Street, Emmerdale (right) and EastEnders are apparently some of the dirtiest places in the country a tongue-in-cheek report today suggests. Cleaning experts from Vileda were dedicated watching the UK’s television soaps for two weeks, and have been left amazed to see that not one house, or pub, was cleaned in that time. To ensure they weren’t […]

Former Coronation Street actress Sasha Behar is to join the cast of BBC One’s Holby City. The actress played ‘Mad’ Maya Sharma in the ITV1 soap between 2003 and 2004; she was the girlfriend of Dev Alahan (Jimmi Harkishin) but when he dumped her for Sunita (Shobna Gulati) Maya became vengeful. The scorned woman married several illegal immigrants in Sunita’s […]

Katherine Kelly’s exit from Coronation Street after six years was a bit hit with viewers last night with over 11 million tuning in to ITV1. The highly anticipated exit of actress Katherine Kelly from Coronation Street last night drew big ratings. The actress has played Becky McDonald since 2006 and is a firm fan favourite. Last night’s double bill of […]

Last week ATV Today reported the sad news that Upstairs Downstairs actress Jenny Tomasin had passed away at the age of 75. While Tomasin will forever been known as the unlucky scullery maid Ruby Finch in the LWT drama she had a wide range of other roles from Crossroads to Doctor Who and Emmerdale. ATV Today looks back at Jenny […]

Former Bad Girls actress Victoria Alcock will join the cast of BBC One soap EastEnders. Warning: Contains Mild Spoilers. The actress will arrive in Albert Square next month as Lorraine Salter; the estranged mother of troublesome Mandy (Nicola Stapleton). Lorraine will return to Walford after Lucy (Hetti Bywater) sends her a message after getting suspicious about Mandy. Lucy believes that […]

With episodes of As The World Turns and Guiding Light now available on DVD we’re asking our readers which other American daytime soaps – current or old – they would like to see released on DVD next. It could be argued some companies have been slow to take advantage of the DVD market and release classic episodes of current and […]

Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson has said that he hopes Katherine Kelly, who plays Becky McDonald, will return to the street. Coronation Street producer Phil Collinson has said that he hopes Katherine Kelly (pictured), who plays Becky McDonald, will return to the street. Becky departs Corrie on Monday after being vindicated following allegations that she caused her rival Tracy Barlow […]

ABC soap One Life to Live rose above the 3 million mark during its final week on-air. The ABC soap bowed out on Friday 13th January despite being the network’s top-rated soap consistently beating General Hospital. In fact OLTL was the third most watched soap in America but its strong performance was enough to save it as ABC were determined […]

A tabloid report this morning suggests that a troubled teenager will kill Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison) in a storyline later this year. CONTAINS POTENTIAL SPOILERS A tabloid report this morning suggests that a troubled teenager will kill Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison) in a storyline later this year. The Sun newspaper claims that Ben Mitchell (Joshua Pascoe) will murder Heather after […]