Category: Soapworld

A Hollyoaks fan passed away following a drink and drugs overdose after developing an obsession with one of the teen soap’s characters, an inquest has heard. The tragic teen Lauren Fenton-Anderson who was just 24, was found dead at her home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent last August following an alcohol and painkillers binge A coroner was informed this week that […]

A Holby City actor will be swapping the wards of the medical drama for the classrooms of school-drama Waterloo Road. Former Holby City actor Tom Chambers will join the cast of Waterloo Road for its fifth series, according to tabloid newspaper The Sun. The actor will play a character called Max Tyler in the fifth year of the popular BBC […]

Three characters will depart from Emmerdale later this year. Three Emmerdale characters will leave the soap later this year despite only having been in the Yorkshire soap for a matter of months. The characters of Mick Naylor [Tony Haygrath], Lee Naylor [Lewis Linford] and Jake Doland [James Baxter] will all bow out of the soap in the coming months. The […]

Former EastEnders actor Matt di Angelo is to guest-star in two episodes of Casualty, the long-running BBC medical drama. The actor’s appearance in the two episodes will draw the current season of Casualty to a close. Matt di Angelo will play a student caught up in a car crash and a love triangle – he finds out his fiancée has […]

EastEnders actor Jake Wood, who plays the ever scheming Max Branning, has signed a new contract with the BBC soap. Actor Jake Wood will remain in EastEnders for a further two years after a signing a new contract with the BBC soap – according to The Mirror. The actor will continue to play the scheming Max Branning for another two […]

Recently departed Neighbours veteran Ian Smith has missed out on winning his first ever Gold Logie. The 70-year-old was nominated alongside Packed To The Rafters star Rebecca Gibney who won the award. Both had been equal favourites in the run-up to the ceremony to take the highest accolade in Australian television. On accepting the award, Gibney said in her acceptance […]

EastEnders actor Scott Maslen has revealed that he’s disappointed with his alter-ego Jack Branning’s love-rat lifestyle. The star who has played the role of Jack Branning in the soap since 2007 also hinted that he would only quit Walford if the quality of his storylines nosedived. Speaking to We Love Telly! mag, he explained “I’ve got a good life, got […]

A female Coronation Street director has been injured earlier today whilst working on the set of the ITV1 soap. At around 12.30pm, preparations were underway for filming a scene, which involved a small amount of non-essential background car movement. However, filming came to a halt when an action car collided with the unnamed female member of the production crew. No […]

Former Emmerdale actor Luke Tittensor has been handed a 2 year suspended sentence for causing grevious bodily harm. Tittensor, who played Daz Eden in the ITV1 soap, admitted to inflicting GBH on a 16-year-old in February last year. He appeared at Bolton Crown Court this afternoon where he was sentenced to 9 months imprisonment, however, this sentence has been suspended […]