Inside Soap UK 2015-10

Well blimey, a week passes and suddenly Kylie is a killer and Callum has gone right down the drain! The repercussions of Corrie’s dramatic live episode are going to be felt for months, if not years to come, I think. We caught up with two of the stars – departed Sean Ward (Callum) and new murderess Paula Lane (Kylie) – over on pp10 and 11 to hear all about how it went for them. Of course, in soap you’re never really dead, as Albert Square’s Ian Beale is set to find out this week. But there’s a shock twist in his reunion with mum Kathy that you won’t see coming – and neither does Ian! Turn the page for more on the moment we’ve been waiting for. Finally this week,…

The moment we’ve all be waiting for since February is finally upon us this week – as Ian at last comes face to face with his ‘dead’ mother, Kathy! Their shock reunion follows what is perhaps the darkest moment of Ian’s life, when the suicidal fella stands ready to jump off a bridge. It’s only after his distraught wife, Jane, coaxes him down that Kathy re-enters her son’s life – but how does she even begin to explain why she faked her own death? “No amount of talking is going to make up for Kathy’s betrayal,” reckons our Walford insider. “Imagine the absolutely excruciating pain Ian felt when he was first told about his dear mum’s demise, only for her to suddenly appear before him nine years later. The poor…

It’s been nine years since Kathy died off-screen – but it was in 2000 that Gillian Taylforth (Kathy) and Adam Woodyatt (Ian) last appeared in EastEnders together. The stars are the best of friends in real life, so Kathy and Ian’s reunion was always going to be a massive moment for them both to play out… “Adam started crying – and that made me cry,” reveals Gillian. “It’s been such a huge emotional journey for the pair of us, but it’s lovely to work with him again. I feel like I’m back home.”…

“ SARAH IS HAVING A BREAKDOWN - DAVID AND KYLIE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL HER” Hysterical Sarah threatens to blow Kylie’s killer secret – when she goes to the police station and plans to report Callum’s murder! The tormented girl unravels this week after the cops drag a body from the canal – which she’s convinced must be the dead drug dealer. But as Corrie viewers know, Callum’s corpse is still rotting under the concrete floor in Gail’s new granny flat… “Sarah’s terrified that the game is up, and she wants to confess,” explains our cobbles insider. “But that’s because Kylie and David told her that they’d dumped Callum in the canal. She still has no idea that they both shoved him down the manhole in the garage!” It was during…

Bad boy Callum Logan came to a very grisly end in shocking scenes during Corrie’s live episode. After months of making life totally unbearable for the Platt family, Callum’s reign of terror was finally ended when Kylie struck his head with a wrench, killing him instantly. Although viewers may well miss watching Callum wreak havoc on the cobbles, actor Sean Ward believes it was finally time for the menacing drug dealer to get his comeuppance… “It’s bittersweet,” says the star of his exit. “I’m gutted to be leaving Corrie, but at the same time it’s completely right for the character. I was starting to think that they might try to make Callum good, and I really didn’t want that – he’s not got it in him!…

How did you feel when you were told that Kylie was going to be Callum’s killer? Shocked! I was shocked anyway about Sean [Ward, aka Callum] leaving the show, never mind that I was going to do the deed! I wasn’t too worried because I’ve always felt really looked after on the show, so I didn’t feel like it was a signal to say, ‘Bye-bye, you’re going now’. I was reassured that the storyline would allow more scope for stories for Kylie. There were plenty of people out to get Callum – might someone else get the blame for his murder? It could be any number of people – there were a lot of characters out for revenge against Callum. Todd and Tony torched Callum’s car, so that could put…