My soap scrapbook

Emmerdale star Claire King tells Closer how she’s swapped clubbing for the countryside

‘‘ MANDY SAYS WHAT WOMEN WANT TO SAY! ’ ’

Emmerdale never gets boring. I’m never doing the same scenes from year to year – there’s always something new and exciting round the corner for my character. I had my son Jude just before my 41st birt

Emmerdale ’s Claire King on why she’s happily swapped partying for pottering

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

Coronation Street ’s Sally Dynevor on why she has no plans to call time on her acting career