Category: Soapworld

Fans of Emmerdale are unimpressed by the soaps new opening titles, theme tune and logo which was revealed to viewers on Monday evening. The re-branding of Emmerdale is part of ITV’s investment in the soap in which the broadcaster also spent £5 million upgrading the soaps studios in Yorkshire. The re-branding has seen a new logo introduced as well as […]

Bryan Kirkwood, producer of EastEnders, has confirmed actress Ann Mitchell will return to the BBC One soap later this year. The actress will reprise her role of the plain-speaking Cora Cross, the mother of Tanya (Jo Joyner) later this year. Kirkwood has also confirmed that Tanya’s sister Rainie (played by Family Affairs actress Tanya Franks) will also be sticking around […]

Following last week’s news that former Eldorado actress Polly Perkins is to join the cast of EastEnders we’re asking you who would cast in a soap (not just EastEnders) if you got the chance. Who would you have walk of the Cobbles of Weatherfield, drink a pint in the Woolpack, seek treatment at the Mill Health Centre or settle in […]

Yorkshire soap Emmerdale unveiled its brand new opening titles, logo and new arrangement of its iconic theme tune this evening but what’s your verdict on them? The new-look titles, logo and music are part of ITV’s revamp of Emmerdale with the show’s studios in Leeds being boosted by a £5 million upgrade. The new look comes as the soap continues […]

Former EastEnders actor Paul Nicholls and Cold Feet actor John Thomson are reportedly to join the cast of Waterloo Road. The two actors have reportedly been cast in the BBC One drama for its next series. Paul Nicholls will join the drama as a new teacher at the school while Thomson will play a parent. Jaye Jacobs, who recently bowed […]

Actor Rick Hearst has been dropped from the regular cast of CBS daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful. The actor plays Whip Jones on the Los Angeles based soap but from June will be dropped down to recurring status meaning the character will appear on an “as and when” basis. The actor returned to the role in July 2009 […]

ABC has announced that Garin Wolf is to be the new head writer on its medical soap General Hospital. Wolf is to replace current head-writer Robert Guza Jr even though just months ago ABC denied rumours he was to be replaced. Wolf has been part of the writing staff on General Hospital since 1997 and will take on head-writing responsibilities […]

Former Coronation Street actor John Savident, who played butcher and later Rovers Return owner Fred ‘I say, I say’ Elliott says he no longer has much regard for the famous terraced saga. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News the 73-year-old told the local newspaper that he has little time for the show that made him a soap opera icon. But […]