Emmerdale fans saw Sian Reese Williams come to the end of the road on the ITV soap last night when her character became the latest victim of serial killer Cameron Murray.
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Anna Wing: Actress who made her name at 70 as the prickly EastEnders matriarch Lou Beale
Thursday 11 July 2013
It took Anna Wing a lifetime of character roles and bit-parts to become a television star at the age of 70. So keen was she to play EastEnders' grumpy matriarch Lou Beale that she arrived for her audition clutching the birth certificate proving her to be a true East Ender, a photograph of her grandmother and a family album. "All my life, I've been an actress," she told the producers. "Now I want to be a household name."
DVD & Blu-ray review: Call the Midwife: Series 2 (12)
Friday 05 April 2013
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Julian know how to lift the spirit
Wednesday 26 December 2012
At the tail end of Christmas Day many of you, like me, will have found yourself reflecting on life’s big questions.
EastEnder is crowned Queen of the Jungle
Sunday 02 December 2012
After three long, trial-filled weeks, Charlie Brooks wins I'm a Celebrity
Brazilian footballer 'fed former lover to his dogs'
Wednesday 21 November 2012
A Brazilian football star has gone on trial for orchestrating what prosecutors claim is the gruesome murder of the mother of his child.
EastEnders star 'put off drinking' playing boozy character
Friday 28 September 2012
EastEnders actress Jacqueline Jossa has revealed that her character's boozy ways put her off drinking in real life.
There's no soft soap from this new avenger
Monday 28 May 2012
US thriller Revenge starts tonight. It's a return to the Eighties, says Sarah Hughes
There's no soft soap from this new avenger
Monday 28 May 2012
US thriller Revenge starts tonight. It's a return to the Eighties, says Sarah Hughes
Jonathan Frid: Star of 'Dark Shadows'
Saturday 21 April 2012
Jonathan Frid,who died yesterday of natural causes at the age of 87, was a Canadian actor best known for playing Barnabas Collins in the 1960s original vampire soap opera Dark Shadows.
'Soap opera' at M&B continues as latest chief executive exits
Thursday 17 March 2011
Adam Fowle, the chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers, is to leave the pub and restaurant group after only two years in the role, perpetuating the image of a corporate "soap opera" and a boardroom with a revolving door.
Editor-At-Large: A little light husband-bashing: just another day in a rotten trade
Sunday 06 November 2005
The shock treatment
Friday 10 December 2004
Bored with Band Aid? How about a poodle playing guitar to Queen? Yes, Electric Six are back, says Steve Jelbert
Soap opera censured
Friday 05 August 1994
THE television soap Emmerdale was yesterday censured again over excessive violence.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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