EastEnders is set to resume filming by the end of June, a BBC boss has confirmed. Charlotte Moore, the broadcaster’s director of content, said the BBC One soap would be up and running again within weeks, along with Top Gear. Her statement came after production was halted on the show due to the coronavirus pandemic … Read more
Coronation Street’s Des Barnes actor Philip Middlemiss ‘is wanted by police in Ghana over £5m bribery scandal linked to the sale of three military planes’ Philip Middlemiss was named by prosecutors in Ghana as one of four sought Sale of three Airbus C-295 military planes is the subject of the investigation French air giant Airbus … Read more
Helen Flanagan sports a crop top and summer skirt as she cradles youngest daughter Delilah, 23 months, during family walk By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 09:50 BST, 7 May 2020 | Updated: 09:51 BST, 7 May 2020 Helen Flanagan made the most of soaring spring temperatures on Wednesday afternoon as she stepped out for … Read more
She hasn’t seen her soldier boyfriend properly for seven months after his return from his Afghanistan tour was delayed. But Kym Marsh, 43, shared her delight on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain as she finally prepared to reunite with Army Major Scott Ratcliff, 31. During an interview with Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard, the former Corrie actress admitted … Read more
Friday night’s Coronation Street has received 276 Ofcom complaints amid the gruesome scenes between Yasmeen Nazir and Geoff Metcalfe. The shock episode saw Yasmeen, played by Shelley King, lash out her husband (Ian Bartholomew) and stab him with a broken wine bottle in harrowing and dramatic scenes following months of verbal and mental abuse. However, the … Read more
Ryan Thomas shares sweet family snap with fiancé Lucy Mecklenburgh and their son Roman as he is reunited with daughter Scarlett, 11, for a family walk By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 21:25 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 21:27 BST, 2 May 2020 He welcomed his first child with fiancé Lucy Mecklenburgh in March. … Read more
How do retail chains keep going? While the rest of the country worries about the survival of small businesses, in soapland it is only the small ones that are doing a booming trade. Despite the presence of Weatherfield’s Co-op in Corrie, I’ve yet to see a person carrying a bag from there. Why would you … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic has left the future of many TV shows hanging in the balance, with older actors banned from soaps, Love Island contestants forced to stop ‘slathering over each other’ and I’m A Celebrity unable to even get to the Australian jungle Following a candid Q&A with ITV boss Kevin Lygo on Thursday, as well … Read more
Net curtains. They’re respectable enough when they hang straight, especially when made from lace, not nylon. But if they’re drawn to the side with a loop hitching them up at the middle, they’re common — like a blousy woman emerging from the lavatory who doesn’t realise she’s got the hem of her underskirt tucked into … Read more
Coronation Street‘s coercive control storyline reached its darkest moment yet on Wednesday. In sickening scenes, Yasmeen Nazir’s abusive husband Geoff Metcalfe made her beg for mercy as he burned her clothes after learning she’d been planning to flee their home. Fans flooded Twitter with posts claiming Ian Bartholomew’s performance as Geoff made them feel ‘physically … Read more