Inside Soap UK 24 - 2016

Bloomin’ football! It’s a hard life being a soap fan when the big tournaments are on, because as you’ll have discovered, it feels as if our soaps are being kicked around the schedule more than the ball! Luckily, Inside Soap is here to keep you up to date, so you don’t miss a thing. After all, there’s nothing more annoying than sitting down after your tea and thinking, ‘Ah, lovely, I’m just in time for Corrie’, only to be greeted with a couple of dozen silly men whacking a football around a field. Mind you, it could be worse I suppose – you could switch on to find EastEnders dusting off the once-every-five-years Queen Vic football plot, or even worse, Corrie could come back to that cricket match storyline they…

“ANDY HAS NOTHING TO LOSE… RONNIE HAS NOWHERE TO RUN!” There’s a huge shock in store for Ronnie this week, when she has a showdown with sinister Andy – and demands to know what he’s up to. Andy has been anonymously making terrifying threats against Ronnie, all the while pretending to be her friend. However, when Dot finds something in the lad’s washing at the launderette, his cover is blown. So what will Andy’s next move be? “There was nothing subtle about the anonymous messages Andy was sending to Ronnie – he wanted her dead!” explains our EastEnders insider. “He’s done a very good job of ingratiating himself with Ronnie and Jack, but his lies are about to be exposed. That could mean Andy has nothing to lose… and Ronnie…

Danielle first arrived in Walford secretly seeking her mum Ronnie. But Ronnie had no idea Danielle was her daughter – as she’d been told by her evil dad Archie that her baby had died. Danielle turned to Ronnie for support after getting pregnant, and Ronnie went with Danielle for the termination. However, things soured when Ronnie told Danielle that she regretted having a baby when she was younger… Wicked Archie discovered that Danielle was Ronnie’s daughter, and started to manipulate her. He told Danielle that Ronnie was depressed and that they had to wait to tell her the truth – but it was all to buy him time to get Danielle out of the picture. On the day of Archie’s wedding to Peggy, Danielle thought he had told Ronnie the…

“LEE’S LIES BACKFIRE WHEN SARAH BELIEVES HIM AND GOES BALLISTIC” This is the horrifying moment when frantic Sarah tries to break free from the clutches of junkie Lee, who is holding her hostage. After seeing how close she is to Billy, Lee hits upon the idea of kidnapping Sarah and then forcing his brother to give him £1,000 for her release. Little does he realise that Sarah is suffering from a serious mental illness, and is close to breaking point. So when she makes a desperate bid for freedom, things turn very ugly… “Lee lies to Sarah that Callum is still alive because he’s trying to keep her there in the bedsit,” explains Tina O’Brien, who plays Sarah. “Sarah keeps talking about Callum, and Lee can tell she’s got a…

The agony of Sarah’s breakdown isn’t the only problem David faces this week – as the police pull him in for questioning again. They’ve discovered that a series of messages were sent from Callum’s mobile after his death, and strongly believe that David was the author of the deliberately misleading missives. Obviously, they’re right – and as David is forced to provide difficult answers, his wife Kylie worries that the police have finally got the lead they need to unravel the full story. She even offers to confess that she killed Callum and take the rap something David is strongly against, as he believes there is a way to link Callum’s death to someone else. Although Todd was convincing in his efforts to blame Tony as Callum’s killer, the crucial…

“ MARLON IS CERTAIN THAT PIERCE IS SEDUCING RHONA AS PART OF AN AGENDA” Marlon can’t hide his anger over Rhona and Pierce being together this week – and decides to take revenge. Fuming to have learned that Rhona – who is still married to Marlon’s best mate Paddy – has taken up with a man he can’t trust, the chef is on a mission to make Pierce suffer. So when Carly drops off laxatives for his daughter April while he’s at the pub, he chooses to put some in Pierce’s gravy! But how will meddling Marlon cope with the potentially devastating consequences of his actions? “Like Vanessa, Marlon really can’t stand Pierce,” admits our Dales insider. “Neither of them trust him, and they think it’s downright ridiculous that Rhona…