The need for steed

Even if you are the most dedicated of EastEnders fans, it’s doubtful that you will remember much about B&B owner Audrey Trueman. No offence to Corinne Skinner-Carter who played the deeply religious Au

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While Emergency Ward 10 was not Britain’s first “soap opera” (this would be BBC’s The Grove Family from 1954-1957) it was the first medical soap, airing on Tuesdays and Fridays on ITV from 1957. Set i

We know these faces from films, but what actually inspired the books’ authors?

Material from the BBC’s ‘golden age’ tends to be recalled through a heavily rose-tinted lens. Apart from Fawlty Towers, certain Monty Python skits and a few documentaries, I’m not sure it was all that