Inside Soap UK 34 - 2017

“Yep, it’s that time of year already!” Yep, it’s that time of year already – the voting is open in this year’s Inside Soap Awards! It’s only when you look back at a year in the soaps – as we do when putting together the list – that you realise just how much all the soaps pack into a year. Several times I’ve said out loud, “That only happened six months ago? So much has happened since then – it feels like years back!”. You see, the soaps just don’t stop, and they really are masters of keeping those stories coming, ensuring we are so firmly in the ‘now’ that we never even have the inclination to look back at old ground! But this is the one time of the…

“Could Fi have something to gain by crossing the line with Mick?” Mick and Linda’s relationship is hanging by a thread this week – but does it open the door for manipulative pub boss Fi to put the moves on Mick? With Linda convinced her husband still has feelings for Whitney, the couple’s troubles are growing. As they trade barbs after a humiliating meal with Whitney and her new fiancé Woody, it seems ever more likely that the childhood sweethearts will call time on their marriage – so when Mick and glamorous Fi end up sharing their respective woes over a cosy glass of wine, could one thing lead to another? “Who knows what that cunning Fi is plotting now?” spits our Walford spy. “Mick is a broken man, so…

YES 64% “Linda should reveal whatever her secret is and stop being so hard on Mick…” “Yes! The Vic won’t be the same without Mick and Linda – and when are we going to find out what Linda was up to while Mick was coping with the pub by himself?” “Mick’s not in love with Whitney – she just reminded him of Linda! They can definitely come back from this.” N0 36% “Linda needs to let Mick go – their relationship is not as strong as we think…” “I think Mick and Whitney are a far better couple – we saw a different side to him while Linda was at her mum’s. ‘Mickney’ all the way!” “No – send him packing, Linda. Or better still, sell up and move in…

“Faith would be affronted if she knew Pollard suspected her to be a gold-digger…” Faith and Pollard endure a disastrous date this week, and Faith is devastated when she’s rejected by her new beau. With Pollard’s family worried that the Dingle dame is only looking to con him out of his cash, he can’t work out whether Faith is the lady of his dreams or a nightmare in waiting. So when Pollard pulls away as she moves in for a kiss, Faith is mortified – and, assuming he is just a cad, wastes no time in moving on with Rodney! But will Pollard realise he’s got Faith badly wrong? “This all starts with a bit of a mistaken moment,” explains Sally Dexter, who plays Faith. “Faith goes to kiss Eric…

Chris Chittell (Pollard) “Chris is absolutely smashing. He’s a lovely, lovely fella, and has been in Emmerdale forever, so knows everybody in it and everything about it. We have a really happy working relationship, and get on very well!” Patrick Mower (Rodney) “Patrick really knows his onions when it comes to filming – and just like Chris, he’s a lovely chap. He understands the business, and knows about the technical side of the whole filming process.”…

Batten down the hatches and prepare for one heck of a storm, as Carla Connor gets set to make a sensational return to Coronation Street ! Rumours of actress Alison King’s comeback have been doing the rounds for a while, but nothing concrete has been confirmed until now. Corrie boss Kate Oates has revealed that she only recently tempted star Alison to sign a new contract on the show – propelling Carla back to the heart of the Street drama ready for Christmas… “It’s time to break new ground with Carla,” explains Kate. “I didn’t want to put her on that familiar cycle of self-destruction and recovery, followed by yet more self-destruction. What we will have instead is two strong Connor women – Carla and Michelle –…