Inside Soap UK 03 - 2022

“Barely enough wits to fill an egg cup” The great thing about soaps is that, while some whingers may claim they are ‘predictable’, the truth is you have no idea where you’ll be in year, month, or sometimes even a week’s time. I mean, if you’d have told the January 2021 me that EastEnders’ Mick and Janine would be living in the Vic as a couple; or that Emmerdale’s Meena – of all people – would be a campy serial killer, I’d have thought you completely off your rocker. Even if you’d told the me from last month that Corrie’s Craig would be investigating a death of a pensioner possibly done-in by Faye and Emma – who barely have enough wits between them to fill an egg cup – I’d have…

Raging Sally accuses lying husband Tim of having an affair with neighbour Aggie this week – only for him to collapse in front of her. She’s completely in the dark about Tim’s heart problems and doesn’t realise that he’s hiding a life-changing secret from her. Instead, Sally suspects that Tim has gone off her and found new passion with Aggie. So, when she ‘catches’ the two of them alone together in Aggie’s house, the furious wife sees red. “Sally just jumps to the conclusion that Tim is up to no good!” admits Sally Dyvenor, who plays the spurned spouse. “He’s been acting very strange, but Sally doesn’t stop to think there might be something more to it. When she realises that he’s at Aggie’s, she storms round to confront him…

What is a triple heart bypass? The British Heart Foundation explains that a heart bypass is a surgical intervention used when the arteries become narrowed because fatty deposits build up around their inner walls. This surgery aims to bypass those narrowed sections to improve the blood supply to a patient’s heart muscle. In Tim’s case, three of his arteries require a bypass. How does the operation work? The surgeon grafts a blood vessel between the aorta – the main blood vessel leaving the heart – and a point along the coronary artery, past the narrowed area. In most cases, at least one of the blood vessels used as a bypass graft is an artery from the chest called the internal mammary artery. Blood vessels such as a vein from the…

Horrified Chas and Marlon are left on the brink of ruin this week, after the Woolpack deal falls apart at the last minute. Although it pains them to do it, the pub owners are ready to sign on the dotted line to recoup some of their losses after Al burned down the pub. However, money man Gavin reneges on the deal after a visit from Cain, who is trying to scupper Al’s plans. But his actions have far-reaching consequences as poor Chas and Marlon face financial Armageddon. “This deal was the pair’s very last hope of clawing back something after losing so much thanks to Al,” warns our Emmerdale insider. “He has destroyed their business, blown up their home and tried to wreck their lives in the name of profit.…

Kerry and Kyle get dragged into Al’s murky world this week, when they unwittingly get in a dangerous vehicle. Al offers to give his new love interest and her grandson a lift into town, unaware that a shady figure has cut his brakes. As the trio get ready for their journey, Cain spots them and the leaking car. Can he get to them before things go terribly wrong? “Whoever did this didn’t care if Al lived or died,” whispers our Emmerdale gossip. “You don’t cut a car’s brake cords unless you hope to do serious damage to the driver. The trouble is that Al has some passengers, and none of them has any idea of what’s at stake. Tragedy could strike at any moment.” As a mechanic, Cain knows it’s…

There’s new danger for Chelsea this week, as she plots to register son Jordan’s birth – but keep killer husband Gray off the official paperwork. She’s determined to make sure Gray has no legal claim on their newborn by leaving his name off Jordan’s birth certificate. However, Chelsea can’t escape Gray’s constant surveillance long enough to get her passport and go to the registry office. But if she fails, her plan to leave him and take Jordan to safety abroad will be scuppered. “Chelsea is clinging on to anything that gives her hope!” “Chelsea is clinging on to anything that gives her hope!” shares Zaarah Abrahams, who plays the new mum. “She really does think this is going to work because she’s run away to another country before, and so…