Category: Soapworld

Natalie Cassidy criticises EastEnders over mistakes made in its controversial baby-swap plot. The actress returns shortly for a one-off appearance as Sonja Fowler.   Natalie Cassidy criticises EastEnders over mistakes made in its controversial baby-swap plot. The actress will return on-screen shortly for a brief return as Sonja Fowler. Sonja returns to Albert Square when her sister Bianca (Patsy Palmer) […]

Derek Martin has defended the controversial baby-swap plot in EastEnders.   Derek Martin has defended the controversial baby-swap plot in EastEnders. The actor plays cabbie and Slater family patriarch Charlie in the BBC soap. The actor will make his on-screen exit in EastEnders later this week after ten years in the role of Charlie. Appearing on ITV’s breakfast programme Daybreak […]

Coronation Street actors want to do another live episode but the months of planning it takes to organise probably means it’ll be the 60th anniversary before the Granada soap tackles one again.   Coronation Street actors want to do another live episode but the months of planning it takes to organise probably means it’ll be the 60th anniversary before the […]

An article in the Daily Express on the baby-swap plot in EastEnders has branded gay affairs in soaps ‘sordid’. An article in the Daily Express on the baby-swap plot in EastEnders has branded gay affairs in soaps ‘sordid’ and ranked them alongside incest, rape and paedophilia. The article is critical of the controversial EastEnders baby-swap plot which has seen complaints […]

There are rumours that Megan McTavish could be heading back to ABC’s daytime soap All My Children as head writer once more.   There are rumours that Megan McTavish could be heading back to ABC’s daytime soap All My Children as head writer once more. According to several sites in America ABC are hoping to tempt back McTavish to take […]

Coronation Street has confirmed that actor Charlie Condou will be returning to the Granada soap to reprise his role of Marcus Dent.   Coronation Street has confirmed that actor Charlie Condou will be returning to the Granada soap to reprise his role of Marcus Dent. It was reported two weeks ago that the actor was heading back to Weatherfield in […]

Actor Stefan Dennis who plays villainous Paul Robinson in Neighbours has said that production cuts are not an attempt to kill the soap off.   Actor Stefan Dennis who plays villainous Paul Robinson in Neighbours has said that production cuts are not an attempt to kill the soap off. Neighbours had a somewhat troubled 2010 despite the fact it was […]

The growing controversy surrounding the baby-swap plot in EastEnders has led the BBC soap to announce the storyline has been cut short. Over seven thousand viewers have complained about the storyline which continues to receive negativity publicity within the press. But was EastEnders right to cut the storyline?   The baby-swap plot in EastEnders is now the soap’s most controversial […]

Incoming Channel Four chief Jay Hunt could axe teen-soap Hollyoaks in a bid to stamp her mark on the broadcaster.      Incoming Channel Four chief Jay Hunt could axe teen-soap Hollyoaks in a bid to stamp her mark on the broadcaster. Jay Hunt left the BBC late last year in order to take up her post as the new […]

TNT are still hoping to sign a deal with Larry Hagman which would see him reprise his role of the double-crossing JR Ewing for the broadcasters revival of Dallas.   TNT are still in talks with actor Larry Hagman over its planned revival of Dallas. Last month it emerged that Hagman and TNT had hit a stumbling block in negotiations […]