Category: Soapworld

EastEnders won Most Popular Serial Drama at the 2008 National Television Awards last night. The show was broadcast live on ITV. As usual the cast spokesperson, Barbara Windsor – who plays Queen Vic Landlady Peggy Mitchell – praised all the soaps, despite the fact only EastEnders and Hollyoaks have been worthy of any awards this year. “It’s a good feeling – it […]

  Those hoping that they will soon see the last of Coronation Street character John Stape may be disappointed by the news that the character may yet return to the soap, possibly in the New Year. Coronation Street character John Stape [Graeme Hawley] is set to bow out of the Manchester soap soon after his kidnap of Rosie Webster [Helen […]

Digital channel Fiver, one of Five’s digital stations, has acquired the rights to Out of the Blue, the flop BBC Aussie soap which was originally meant to replace Neighbours. Five has acquired the rights to repeat the BBC Australian soap, Out of the Blue. Five has bought them for its digital channel, Fiver. Out of the Blue was commissioned by […]

There’s a web of secrets, lies and revenge as Louise (Roxanne McKee) prepares to leave Hollyoaks with a bang this Christmas, in an explosive climax to what has been one of the soap’s longest running storylines. Since she arrived in Hollyoaks, Louise’s brusque attitude and determination to succeed have ruffled more than a few feathers in the village. But, beneath […]

The Conservative party is to criticise soaps over their lack of responsibility in regards to showing alcohol, and the affects of it, on-screen. Jeremy Hunt, the shadow culture secretary for the Conservative party, will criticise soaps for the amount of alcohol on-screen. The Tories are expected to attack soaps and their broadcasters because of their lack of responsibility when it […]

“Isn’t it good when everything’s cleared up?” suggested Kris Green over at Digital Spy when boldly providing us with the ‘truth’ behind the press stories circulating over moral at Emmerdale. It would have been great, had the ‘ITV spokesperson’ been telling the truth, but as usual it was a nice bit of spin. Funnily someone at Yorkshire Television said to […]

Two new characters will join the cast of Holby City later this year. The new additions to the cast follow the announced departures of three other cast members.   Popular BBC drama series is set to welcome two new faces to its cast as the medical drama replaces the soon to depart Tom Chambers, Rakie Ayola and Adrian Edmonson. All […]

Coronation Street actor Keith Duffy is set to appear in Irish soap Fair City. Keith Duffy, member of the reformed pop group Boyzone, is set to appear in the Irish soap Fair City. It won’t be Duffy’s first foray into the world of soap having appeared in Coronation Street for two years between 2003 and 2005, playing barman Ciaran McCarthy. […]