Category: Soapworld

Actress Carol Burnett is returning to ABC soap All My Children ahead of its finale in September. The actress, a fan of the ABC soap, will reprise her role of Verla Grubbs for several episodes as the soap reaches its final episode. The actress has played the character of Verla one/off since 1983 – reprising the role for several stints […]

Scenes from a 1960s storyline showing a character attempting to commit suicide are to be shown for the first time. The scenes will be shown as part of a documentary looking at some of the most explosive storylines featured in Coronation Street. In 1963 factory worker Sheila Birtles (Eileen Mayers) was featured in scenes depicting her attempted suicide after being […]

Next week sees the Hollyoaks titles get a slight re-vamp with the addition of the soaps new characters to the sequence. “Why don’t you see if you can spot the Hollyoaks girl that features as the silhouette in two of the boys sexy clips?” Producers Lime Pictures suggest.   The titles will be seen for the first time on Channel […]

Actress Amanda Setton is returning to daytime soap One Life to Live ahead of its finale. The actress will reprise her role of Kimberly Andrews this Summer after exciting the role last year. Setton joined the cast of One Life to Live in 2009 but after just a year in the role she decided to leave. The actress was offered […]

The BBC has revealed the cast for the third series of the EastEnders spin-off E20. The Webby Award-winning EastEnders online spin off E20 returns on 20 September 2011. The show, which has had huge success with series one and two, is set to shake things up on The Square once again with a group of fresh, young faces.  The 15-part […]

Marie Osmond is to join the cast of award-winning CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful. Entertainment Tonight reports that Osmond will join the cast of the daytime soap later this year. Osmond revealed her forthcoming stint on the soap at last night’s Daytime Emmy awards saying “You only have One life to live, and All My Children asked me […]

At last night’s Daytime Emmy Awards CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful scooped four trophies including Best Daytime Drama. The soap, which unveiled brand new opening titles earlier this year, performed well at last night’s ceremony. As well as winning the Best Daytime Drama gong it also won Best Directing though it shared that award with sister CBS […]

My Family actress Daniela Denby-Ashe has said she’d be willing to return to BBC One soap EastEnders if offered the chance. The actress played troubled teenager Sarah Hills, niece of Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), between 1995 and 1999. Since leaving the soap Daniela Denby-Ashe has gone on to find success in a number of roles such as North & South, […]

John Yorke, former executive producer of EastEnders, has defended soaps use of more adult storylines – such as the controversial babyswap in the BBC soap or the recent assistant suicide in Emmerdale – saying they help teach children more about the world. Yorke is currently the BBC’s controller of drama over-seeing the Casualty, Holby City and EastEnders. While soaps are […]

It’s been announced a further three characters are to return to All My Children ahead of the soaps finale in September. It seems as though All My Children is determined to bow out in glory lining up fan favourites to return ahead of its final episode in September. It has been revealed that three more characters are heading back to […]