Inside Soap UK 31 - 2019

“The Walford stars want your votes!” This week, it’s time for the stars of Walford to campaign in the Inside Soap Awards. Faces new and old (blimey, it comes to something when 30-year-old Louisa Lytton – aka Ruby – is now an old-timer!) get together to tell you why they deserve your vote in this year’s competition. Turn to p44 for all the gossip. Meanwhile, if you want to see more of your EastEnd favourites, check out our new-look website at www.insidesoap.co.uk for a behind-the-scenes video of the stars in action. Talking of action, it’s all happening this week in the soaps. Corrie’s Eileen has trouble at the nail bar – and it’s not that she’s unhappy with the colour of her shellac! – while over in Walford, Callum has…

Seb’s attempts to rescue his girlfriend Alina from a violent people-trafficking gang end in tragedy this week, as his and Eileen’s lives are put in deadly danger! Having discovered that Alina is effectively a slave, brought into the country by her unscrupulous bosses Rachel and Nikolai, Seb is appalled. But as he races to rescue her with no thought for his own safety, will Seb pay a high price for his heroism? “Seb’s putting his life at risk by messing with these people!” “Seb is impulsive – he acts first and thinks later,” declares Harry Visinoni, who plays him. “He thinks he is the hero and everything will be alright. He doesn’t consider the danger. Seb has experienced very brutal situations growing up, so he doesn’t worry about the consequences…

It may not be a good week for poor Seb – getting bashed unconscious – but Harry had a great time filming his character’s fight scenes! “It was a lot of fun, flopping on to crash mats,” he grins. “I love doing those action scenes and trying to make it look as real as possible. Seb has been in a lot of scraps, but every time we film fight scenes it’s different.” Harry tells us that it’s an honour to be part of a story about such a serious real-life issue. “I knew that modern-day slavery went on, and that it’s a bigger issue than is commonly known,” he explains. “I’ve heard of these situations happening, so it’s been a privilege to be trusted with this. The scripts have been…

Mick Carter suffers a major health scare this week, when he suddenly collapses while refereeing a kids’ football match! Could he be in serious trouble? “Mick seems like the alpha male – but it’s all an act…” The Queen Vic landlord has been having quite a stressful time of late, so perhaps it’s not surprising that it’s beginning to catch up with him. Mick’s week hardly gets off to the best of starts when he’s responsible for a worrying incident with his son, Ollie, and his wife Linda berates him for being so careless. “Mick and Linda have both been on edge over the last month or two,” our EastEnders insider reminds us. “They suspect that Ollie is autistic, but due to the long waiting times in order to get…

Poor Sharon Mitchell – married to Walford’s biggest hard man and knocked up by the Square’s biggest bit of rough, she’s in a bit of a pickle. Inside Soap predicts the drama ahead... So, will Sharon come clean to Phil now? Well, now she knows the truth, she might have decided to come clean – but unfortunately, Phil’s currently unconscious in a hospital bed following his attack. So for the time being, she couldn’t own up even if she wanted to! So, will she tell Keanu? So far, she’s insisted to him that the baby is Phil’s, but with emotions running high at the moment, there’s a chance she could reveal to Keanu that he’s the father... So, when is Sharon’s baby actually due? Well, let’s put it this way:…

Guilt-ridden Kerry and Amy must face the consequences of their actions this week, as the cops start questioning the locals over the factory fire! With one villager killed in the blaze, the police are serious about catching the culprit – leaving Kerry and Amy terrified. But as Kerry is hauled down to the station for interrogation, will she be able to remain calm under pressure? “Both Kerry and Amy know this could be really bad for them,” explains Laura Norton, who plays Kerry. “No matter how tough-skinned you are, or how much trouble you’ve been in before, it’s awful to think you might be responsible for something like that.” As the week kicks off and news spreads around the village about the terrible events at the factory, Kerry and Amy…