Inside Soap UK 49 - 2019

“I’m glad that Peggy is going to live on!” Aww, what a lovely touch by EastEnders to have Louise and Keanu call their baby Peggy. She’d be dead chuffed if she was here. Not sure what old Peggy would make of Sharon’s pregnancy, though. Sharon was never her favourite, so you can just imagine Peggy’s face when Shaz revealed she was going to be a mum in the run-up to turning 50! Plus, there would be the dramatic moment when she later finds out the baby isn’t Phil’s, and Sharon had been knocked up my a muscle-bound grease monkey! Oh, it would have been amazing. I’m just glad Peggy is going to live on through her new great granddaughter – she’s bound to be a spirited one with those genes!…

There’s a major shock in store for Tim this week, when he suddenly grasps the fact that a supposedly joke wedding ceremony in Las Vegas years ago is actually legally binding – making his marriage to Sally a bigamous one! It’s only after his dad Geoff returns from Las Vegas and announces that he and Yasmeen got hitched out there that the penny drops for Tim. Having long-since assumed that Vegas ceremonies weren’t the real deal, Tim never reckoned that his marriage to Sally would make him a crim! So, as he enquires of his dad when he and Yasmeen will be making their union official, and Geoff proceeds to inform him that it already is, Tim’s knocked sideways. Will he be able to sort the sticky situation before poor…

While Tim is quickly distracted by his own marital troubles after hearing of Geoff and Yasmeen’s secret nuptials, Yasmeen’s granddaughter Alya has plenty of time to fear the worst for the future of her grandmother’s new marriage. Although Alya has no idea of just how calculating and cruel Geoff is capable of being, she’s already suspicious that something’s not right – and Geoff can barely contain his glee as he and Yasmeen hit her with their big news. He then proceeds to stir the pot with Yasmeen, delighting in informing her that Alya has been misusing the house while they’ve been away – having spied on his secret CCTV camera that she had Ryan over to stay. Geoff even goes as far to suggest that Alya’s not happy about her…

There are huge celebrations for the Mitchell and Taylor clans this week, as Keanu and Louise proudly present their baby daughter. However, their broad smiles soon turn to concerned frowns when the little tot stops breathing! There was panic in the Square last week, after Louise’s waters broke, and she went into labour several weeks early. Thankfully, once Louise had been rushed into hospital, her precious baby daughter was delivered safely. And soon, Karen, Bernie and Keegan arrive on the maternity ward, to congratulate the proud parents and to meet the new member of their family. “Louise’s baby may face a tough battle for survival…!” “Karen has been looking forward to becoming a nana again more than anything, so she’s thrilled to finally meet her adored Keanu’s child,” beams our…

The secret is out! Lisa not only knows that Sharon’s baby hasn’t been fathered by husband Phil – she’s now learned that the biological dad is Louise’s cheating fiancé, Keanu! Despite Sharon’s pleas, Lisa is determined to tell her daughter the truth about the man she plans to marry. However, she’s distracted from her mission when her new granddaughter is taken to intensive care. But surely this can only be a temporary reprieve for Sharon and Keanu, who are now panicking about their guilt being exposed? What extreme steps might they take in order to keep Lisa’s lips well and truly sealed? Meanwhile, Sharon is given yet another reason to squirm, when Louise angrily asks her where she really was while she was giving birth, and why she didn’t answer…

Wendy and her son Luke are in deadly danger this week, with Aaron determined to make them suffer for Robert’s incarceration. But just how far is he prepared to go in taking his revenge? Robert is serving time for killing Wendy’s other son, Lee, after he raped Victoria – and without his beloved husband by his side, struggling Aaron can barely contain his fury. In the wake of Wendy’s recent move to the village, Aaron has been left at breaking point – but is his anger such that he’s ready to resort to murder in a frantic bid to even the score? “Aaron is always there, being very intimidating towards both Wendy and Luke,” sighs Susan Cookson, who plays Wendy. “It’s very uncomfortable for her, but I think that she’s…