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19 January 2015

Julie Hesmondhalgh still gets excited when Hayley Cropper's mentioned in Corrie

Julie Hesmondhalgh still gets excited when she hears her former Coronation Street character Hayley Cropper mentioned on the show. Playing transsexual Hayley Cropper on the series for 15 years, she left ...
19 January 2015

Cara Delevingne wants Corrie cameo

Cara Delevingne would like a cameo role on ITV soap Coronation Street. The model's confessed to being a huge fan of the show and is reported to have asked her agent ...
19 January 2015

Anne Kirkbride to quit Corrie?

Coronation Street actress Anne Kirkbride is set to quit the ITV soap after playing Deirdre Barlow since 1972. Given a three-month break last September due to "personal issues", Anne's failed to ...
19 January 2015

John Partridge to return to EastEnders

John Partridge will return to his role as Christian Clarke on EastEnders during its 30th anniversary live week of episodes. Making the comeback for his sister Jane Beale's (Laurie Brett) wedding ...
16 January 2015

Eva Price to flee Coronation Street

Coronation Street's blonde beauty Eva Price (Catherine Tyldesley) is to flee Weatherfield when her boyfriend Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) accuses her of being a love cheat. Accused by her jealous lover ...
16 January 2015

Michael Parr feels like a superstar when female fans approach him

Michael Parr has admitted he feels like the Elvis Presley of Emmerdale when female fans approach him on the street. Playing bad boy Ross Barton on the ITV soap, the 28-year-old ...
15 January 2015

Ross Kemp won't make return for EastEnders' 30th anniversary

Ross Kemp has confirmed that he won't be joining the rest of the EastEnders cast for their 30th anniversary. The actor insists he's not available to join Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor) ...
13 January 2015

Sinead Tinker fears Coronation Street mini-bus crash will leave her paralysed

Sinead Tinker is to be left scared in forthcoming Coronation Street scenes that she could be paralysed following a mini-bus crash. The Underworld worker played by Katie McGlynn will be seriously ...
12 January 2015

Steve McDonald blames himself for Coronation Street crash

Coronation Street's Steve McDonald is going to blame himself for a dramatic mini-bus crash after he's diagnosed with depression. In such a "dark place" he'll be forced to take responsiblity for ...
12 January 2015

Jo Joyner to make short EastEnders return for 30th anniversary

Former EastEnders star Jo Joyner is going to make a short-lived return for the soap's forthcoming 30th anniversary. Having played Max Branning's ex-wife Tanya Cross, she'll return to Albert Square for ...
12 January 2015

Dot Branning to stand trial for murder of her son Nick Cotton in EastEnders

Dot Branning will in a forthcoming EastEnders storyline stand trial for killing her son Nick Cotton. Fans are to be shocked next month when she's charged with the murder and later ...
8 January 2015

Kim Fox faces EastEnders heartbreak

Kim Fox is to face heartbreak when she goes into premature labour in EastEnders. The expectant mother is played by Tameka Empson, and recently returned to the soap following her job ...
8 January 2015

Gemma Atkinson joins Emmerdale

Gemma Atkinson will soon be appearing on-screen in Emmerdale after joining the cast in news announced this week. The actress will arrive in the village in the role of Bob Hope's ...
6 January 2015

Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright to go head-to-head at Soap Awards - full NTA nominations revealed

EastEnders actors Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright are to go head to head at the National Television Awards later this year. Having both been shortlisted for the Serial Drama Performance prize ...
5 January 2015

Lucy Beale's EastEnders murderer will be revealed in special flashback episode

Lucy Beale's murderer is to be revealed in a special flashback episode of EastEnders later this year. The blonde beauty was brutally murdered and left to rot by her killer, but ...
23 December 2014

Juliette Kaplan to Join Coronation Street

Juliette Kaplan is to join the cast of 'Coronation Street'. The actress has revealed she will make her debut in the ITV soap for a run of at least eight episodes ...
18 December 2014

Katherine Dow Blyton killing 'magic' of Emmerdale

Emmerdale actress Katherine Dow Blyton has been accused by her own family of killing the soap's "magic". The star plays vicar Harriet Finch in the ITV soap and confesses her niece ...
12 December 2014

Jessie Wallace says kissing Shane Richie is like kissing her brother

Jessie Wallace has admitted it's like kissing her "brother" when she has to lock lips with Shane Richie on EastEnders. The actors star as Kat and Alfie Moon in the BBC ...
12 December 2014

BBC iPlayer launching new online series EastEnders: Back To Ours

BBC iPlayer are to launch a brand new online series titled EastEnders: Back To Ours. The on-demand streaming service has created the show which will see a number of the soap's ...
8 December 2014

Barbara Windsor returning to EastEnders

Barbara Windsor is to make a comeback to EastEnders for the show's 30th anniversary. The actress is to reprise her role as iconic Queen Vic landlady Peggy Mitchell on the BBC ...
5 December 2014

Ben Foden to guest-star in Hollyoaks

Ben Foden is to guest-star on Hollyoaks, it has been revealed. The Rugby Union player is to make a cameo appearance on the Channel 4 soap in a Christmas episode that ...
5 December 2014

Kelly Brook refused EastEnders role

Kelly Brook says that she turned down a role in EastEnders, after meeting with producers of the BBC One soap. Eventually deciding she wanted to see if she could make it ...
4 December 2014

John Altman teases 'evil' EastEnders plot

John Altman has teased a "pretty evil" EastEnders storyline that involves his returned 'original bad boy' character Nick Cotton. The actor's appeared on-and-off in the soap since back in 1985, and ...
1 December 2014

Gail McIntyre for Coronation Street wedding

Coronation Street's Gail McIntyre will be married for the sixth time in a brand new storyline. The long-time resident of Weatherfield - played by Helen Worth - is to say "yes" ...