Soap Bubble

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Cast Profile: Coronation Street: Graeme Proctor

Graeme Proctor- One of Weatherfield's funniest residents, Graeme first came on the scene as David Platt's former cellmate.
- The erstwhile young offender is now an assistant at Ashley's butcher's shop.
- He's known for his strange remarks and long ramblings about nothing in particular. He once bemused customers - and Ashley - when he started coming out with some of Fred Elliot's favourite sayings and mannerisms.
- He turned a few heads when he dressed up as Liz McDonald at Teresa Bryant's Vicars And Tarts party.

Craig Gazey- Born in 1982 in Oldham, Lancashire, Craig originally joined the Corrie cast for the scenes of David's incarceration only, but producers asked him to return for a permanent role.
- He graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2005.
- He has previously appeared in The Bill and Criminal Justice.
- He won Best Newcomer at the Soap Awards 2009.

Pin It now!

Video

The Video Vault: Bianca and Tiffany Get Ready For A Date

Sarah Colley 07:58

Tommy Moon

Photos: Kat & Alfie reunited with baby Tommy in EastEnders!

Sarah Colley 07:49

This is the moment that EastEnders fans have been waiting for - the moment that Kat and Alfie Moon are reunited with their baby boy Tommy after thinking he had died.After thinking he had died from cot death, EastEnders couple Kat and Alfie Moon are over the moon to discover that their baby boy Tommy is in fact alive - and are finally reunited.Tommy is set to be returned to the couple during Tanya's wedding after Ronnie has a change of heart.Kat and Alfie take Tommy for a checkover at the hospital, before Kat vows to kill Ronnie if she ever gets hold of her.A source told The Daily Star: "It’s as though Ronnie wakes up from a bad dream."Something inside her switches back on and she realises the extent of her actions."As soon as that happens she knows she must confess all about what she’s done and hand back Kat’s baby."So pleased to see Kat and Alfie reunited with their boy!

Source: New!

Whitney Dean

EastEnders This Week

Sarah Colley 07:44

The race is on to find Whitney this week, when Janine confesses she doesn’t know where the teen is. Lauren finally tracks her down thanks to Tiffany’s diary, but is shocked by what Whitney tells her. Can Lauren make her pal come home?

Elsewhere, Jodie is excited to go shopping with Vanessa, until Darren dumps George on her. Determined not to let it ruin her day, Jodie gives the tot to Heather, but will she get him back before Darren returns? Meanwhile, Mo and Fatboy fight to rent Whitney’s empty pitch. Mr. Lister awards the stall to Fatboy, who then tells a shocked Mercy that his parents have split. Finally, Abi and Jay meet up at the laundrette, and Abi is delighted when the mini Mitchell plants a kiss on her!

Real Life

Natalie Cassidy brands Neil McDermott "a pig"

Sarah Colley 07:40

Natalie Cassidy has labelled her former EastEnders co-star Neil McDermott a "pig" after he cheated on his wife. It was revealed last month that McDermott - Ryan Malloy in the BBC soap - slept with a 16-year-old fan just weeks after the birth of his daughter."I was shocked to read about Neil cheating on his wife Michelle," Cassidy wrote in her New magazine column. "They've just had a baby!"She added: "The fact they've just had a child together makes him even more of a pig!" Larry Lamb previously called McDermott a "silly boy" for allowing the "Jack-the-lad" character he plays to take over his personality.

Source: Digital Spy

Life After Soap

Kara Tointon to take on West End role of Eliza Doolittle

Sarah Colley 07:34

Kara Tointon will take up the role of Eliza Doolittle and star alongside Rupert Everett in Pygmalion, which opens in the West End later this year.
The former Eastenders and Strictly Come Dancing winner will follow in the footsteps of Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn when the production starts its run at the Garrick theatre from Thursday May 12th.
Fans of London theatre breaks will know that George Bernard Shaw's play sees Professor Higgins, played by Everett, take on a cockney flower seller and attempt to pass her off as a high class lady.
The play is moving from the Chichester Festival theatre, where it has had a string of four and five-star reviews.
"Just want to thank u for all ur fantastic tweets of congratulations today!And kindness.I'm bursting with joy, it has been a dream come true! (sic)," Tointon told her fans on social networking site Twitter.
Tointon will be hoping that the move from Eastenders to stage will be as successful as former co-star Jill Halfpenny, who left Walford behind and has since starred in West End productions of Calendar Girls and Legally Blonde.

Source: Superbreak

Kat Moon

EastEnders: Jessie Returned For Baby Swap Plot

Sarah Colley 07:31

Jessie Wallace has said she returned to EastEnders because she thought the baby swap storyline was so good.
The controversial soap plot - which saw a grieving Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack) swap her baby son who had died of cot death with the baby of Jessie's character Kat Moon - attracted so much criticism from viewers that writers changed it to finish sooner, but Jessie stood by the story.
She said at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards: "It is a good storyline and as an actor that's what you love doing. When they asked me to go back I said yes straightaway.
"I knew the storylines would be good and it's paying off because people are loving it. There are also a lot of people who aren't loving it but it's a great storyline and that is what it's all about - the reaction."
Jessie - who has previously revealed that fans call her Kat in the street - said she's pleased by the strong reaction the story has provoked, but doesn't focus on it as she's careful not to take her work home with her.
The 39-year-old actress and mother said: "It's all positive stuff but I detach myself from that. I, Jessie Wallace, detach myself from Kat Slater when I leave that building so when people say stuff I just take it on as complimentary of my acting."

Source: Press Association