Category: Soapworld

Coronation Street actress Betty Driver has died at the age of 91. Coronation Street actress Betty Driver has died at the age of 91. The actress joined the cast of the Granada soap in 1969 and although it was originally intended to be a short-term contract she fast became a fixture of the Rovers Return Inn where her character of […]

NBC soap Days of our Lives saw its ratings rise for the first full week of October with the daytime soap tying in first place for the 18-34 female audience demographic. Press Release: For the week of October 3-7, “Days Of Our Lives” (1.0 rating, 7 share among women 18-49, 0.6/4 among women 18-34) ranked #3 among network daytime series […]

Teen-aimed EastEnders spin-off soap opera E20 has been inspiring young writers in partnership with BBC Learning. The E20 team have undertaken a regional schools tour in order to offer advice and tips to tomorrow’s budding writers. Sarah Miller, BBC Learning commissioner, says: “The schools tour was a terrific opportunity to deliver powerful face to face workshops, giving students and teachers […]

The 89-year-old former Bold and the Beautiful actress Betty White has turned to rapping alongside techno dance performer Luciana. 89-year-old actress Betty White has turned to rapping alongside techno dance performer Luciana. White who recently starred in daytime serial The Bold and The Beautiful as Ann Douglas has released a funky music single. And while a lady of Betty’s age […]

The third series of E20 has proved to be a ratings success for the BBC. EastEnders: E20 is halfway through its third series and the episodes aired have already exceeded over 1.2 million views across BBC Online and BBC Three. The online episodes have seen a 50% growth in the BBC iplayer audience of the teen-aimed spin off from the […]

Sophie Webster and Sian Powers look set to try and runaway from the Coronation Street in an upcoming storyline. Actresses Brooke Vincent and Sacha Parkinson were pictured yesterday filming on location trying to board a coach to Carlile. The pair who play lesbian couple Sophie and Sian look set to try and escape the misery of Weatherfield, but it looks […]

Former Coronation Street actress Gaynor Faye is to join the cast of Yorkshire soap Emmerdale. ITV has confirmed that Faye will join the cast of the soap as Megan Macey, the half sister of Declan (Jason Merrells). The official ITV Emmerdale website states that Megan will arrive in the village early next year and will be “glamorous, fiercely ambitious and […]

EastEnders actress Rita Simons has been inspiring energetic fundraisers to climb to the top of London’s iconic Telecom Tower in support of Action on Hearing Loss.   EastEnders actress Rita Simons has been inspiring energetic fundraisers to climb to the top of London’s iconic Telecom Tower in support of Action on Hearing Loss. Rita Simons, who congratulated the fundraisers when […]

EastEnders’ Ian Beale is set to wed for the fifth time as he is expected to ask Mandy Salter to marry him. Ian, played by Adam Woodyatt, will ask Mandy to marry him after he falls for her following them currently living together. Mandy, played by Nicola Stapleton, returned to the soap earlier this year after leaving 17 years ago. […]

The TNT revival of iconic 1980s soap Dallas is to air on Channel Five in the UK. TNT is reviving the Oil based drama for a 12-part series to air next summer following a successful pilot. Original series stars Linda Gray, Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy are reprising their respective roles for the new series are will be Ken Kercheval, […]