Inside Soap UK 33 - 2017

“I’m obsessed with the Street’s Mary!” Okay, I’ll admit it. I am slightly obsessed with Corrie’s Mary. When I’m sat on the sofa eating my tea and watching the many Street dramas play out, the second that I realise it’s a Mary scene, I look up from my chicken Kiev and dedicate my full attention to this warm, positive, hilarious and just-a-bit-bonkers cobbles character. So, it’s to my absolute delight that we have Mary’s beaming face on the cover of this week’s Inside Soap. We know her wedding to Norris isn’t based on love, but Corrie adds some real emotional weight to this plot as Mary reunites with her son, Jude, and meets her baby grandson for the first time. Mary’s delight is evident – however, as the week goes…

“Poor Mary is in for more drama than she bargained for!” After weeks of painstaking preparation, counterfeit couple Mary and Norris are due to get hitched this week – but will their carefully laid plans be spoiled at the last minute? The pair have gone all out to organise their sham wedding, in a dramatic bid to win a round-the-world trip. However, when Mary’s son Jude travels all the way from South Africa to share his mother’s supposedly special moment, all kinds of buried secrets are set to be unearthed. So is the big day destined for disaster? “This should be one of the best times in a person’s life – but Mary and Norris’ nuptials are hardly your average ceremony!” chuckles our Street source. “It started out as a…

In the midst of Norris and Mary’s wedding-day dramas, their close pal Rita has some worrying problems of her own. While she’s getting ready for the big event, panic sets in as she realises she can’t remember where she’s meant to be going. The memory wobble comes after the break-in at the Kabin, and Rita’s subsequent falling-out with Gemma – but is stress to blame for her confusion, or is something more worrying going on?…

“The kiss with Rhona is everything Paddy has wished for, but it’s terrible timing” Former couple Rhona and Paddy share a shock kiss this week, as the traumatised vet tries to move on following her victory at Pierce’s rape trial. With Pierce behind bars and Rhona vindicated in court, she’s only just coming to terms with the fact that her nightmare is finally over. It’s clear that Rhona needs to take time to recover and rebuild her life in the wake of evil Pierce’s assault – but in her mixed-up state, she finds herself instigating a kiss with her caring ex-husband Paddy… “Paddy can’t help but be drawn to Rhona once again – he never fell out of love with her,” explains Dominic Brunt, who plays him. “He’s tried to…

“There’s no doubt that having Ingrid in his life has been a godsend” Grieving Jack is in for a surprise this week – as he finds himself enjoying the Mitchell family camping trip, thanks to the presence of nanny Ingrid. Jack insisted that Amy and Ricky’s childminder came along with them, since he feared he wouldn’t be able to cope with the kids alone. He didn’t want to go on the trip at all, given that it also meant spending a week under the canvas with Honey, Billy and their brood. However, knowing that the children needed a break after the horror of losing Ronnie and Roxy, Jack decided to man up and go. So imagine his surprise when he realises he’s having a good time after all. “Jack is…

CLAIRE CASEY Meek Claire blossomed as Ashley’s nanny, and helped him and son Joshua put their lives back together after Maxine’s death. They fell in love and had little Freddie, but postnatal depression resulted in Claire almost killing their newborn son. Thankfully she got the help she needed in the end. JOANNE RYAN Phil Mitchell thought hiring nanny Joanne to take care of his daughter Louise was the ideal solution. She seemed a good hire until Lisa’s fears about her fancying Phil came true. Phil sacked Joanne after she made a move – but she got revenge by renting his house out on the QT! CARLY HOPE Flighty Carly surprised everyone when she became April’s nanny. Marlon adored Carly and so did April… until the little girl almost choked and…