Inside Soap UK 22 - 2022

“The Prince is an old soap star himself” Have you ever met a member of the royal family? Prince Charles once visited my school, and we were told that under no circumstances were we to greet him as “Your Majesty”; and that the correct form of deference is a nod of the head and “Your Royal Highness”. Unfortunately, I found myself in such a panic I did a sort of clumsy cursty and blurted: “Thank you for coming, Your Royal Highnesty.” My only hope is that it happens a lot. So, I have nothing but admiration for the cast of EastEnders who had to chat with Charles while staying in character. The Prince is a soap star already; having played himself in Corrie back in 2000. I hope he’s aiming…

This is the moment that Mick and Linda kick off Walford’s celebrations for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – with a surprise visit from Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall! “I was effectively looking after Charles” Now, it’s no secret that Charles and Camilla paid a visit to the EastEnders set recently and met with the cast and crew – but what Inside Soap can now reveal is that the royals actually filmed scenes for a special cameo to coincide this week with the Square’s big street party… “I felt very honoured – I was effectively looking after Prince Charles,” gushes Kellie Bright, who plays Linda. “I knew that I was going to be escorting him beforehand, as Linda has the very important…

The battle for baby Alfie reaches a terrifying climax this week, as Toyah and Imran are involved in a catastrophic accident! In a special week that will focus solely on this story, viewers will see the drama jump back and forth in time as Abi makes plans to flee the country with her son, while Imran grapples with his guilt over the lies he’s told. But it’s after Imran leaves a chilling voicemail for Toyah, confessing all of his sordid secrets, that things take a horrifying turn… “That starts off a chain of events where we find ourselves in this incredibly dramatic week!” reveals Georgia Taylor, who plays Toyah. “Imran gets to a point where he decides to come clean to Toyah – Abi has a plot to kidnap Alfie,…

Hi, Georgia! First up, the question on everyone’s lips: does Toyah really love Imran? Or does she just love the idea of this ready-made family? I think it’s both. Charlie and I had a lot of meetings with Iain [MacLeod], our producer, where we worked out exactly how we were going to pitch this, and what our characters’ motivations were. There is love between Toyah and Imran, and I don’t think you can switch that off. But is Toyah just steamrolling ahead to try to get to the endgame? Absolutely. I don’t think they would have had a shotgun wedding if Alfie wasn’t in the picture. What would be Toyah’s ideal outcome to this? For Toyah, some sort of shared custody would be the perfect outcome. She would still be…

Chas becomes convinced that Moira is having an affair this week – and accuses her of betraying Cain with his son Nate again! It’s after Chas walks in on half-naked Nate, casually chatting with Moira, that she jumps to the worst possible conclusion. Later in the week, Chas believes she’s uncovered more proof of their fling – yet what she doesn’t realise is that the secret Moira’s hiding is something much more heartbreaking… “Faith’s actually at Moira’s recovering from her chemo session, and Chas somehow gets completely the wrong idea,” reveals actress Sally Dexter, who plays Faith. “She misunderstands, and reckons that something is going on between Moira and Nate. So Faith has to think very quickly on her feet to throw her off the scent. And she does!” While…

CAIN! There was a time when Cain was the other man, not the dutiful husband. Moira was wed to childhood sweetheart John when she first fell into bed with the Dingle, leading to a spark that would burn bright for many years. JAMES! Emmerdale viewers were shocked to learn that Moira had a fling with James Barton back in the day – and that he was the biological dad of Adam, not her husband John as she’d led everyone to believe! PETE! Not content with bedding James, Moira also shared a moment of passion with his son, Pete! It turned out they’d shared more than just a kiss – and at one point, Moira even thought Pete might be the father of her youngest son, Isaac. NATE! Cain was devastated…