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EastEnders is bringing back Dot’s granddaughter

The role of Kirsty ‘Dotty’ Cotton has been recast ahead of the character returning to Walford.

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Transgender actor Ash Palmisciano joins Emmerdale

Lynn Swift June 7, 2018 Ash Palmisciano Continuing Drama Drama Emmerdale Hannah Barton ITV Matty Barton Moira Barton Natalie J. Robb Saga Serial Serial Drama Soap Soap Opera

There are emotional times ahead for Emmerdale’s Moira, played by Natalie J. Robb, that will see the Barton family once again in emotional crisis.

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Lee Ryan given new EastEnders deal

Lynn Swift May 23, 2017 BBC BBC One BBC1 Blue British Broadcasting Corporation Continuing Drama Drama EastEnders Harry 'Woody' Woodward Saga Serial Serial Drama Soap Soap Opera Woody Woodward

The Blue singer has taken up a one year contract with the BBC One soap.

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Leading sight loss charity, RNIB, assists with EastEnders storyline

Lynn Swift December 10, 2016 Auntie Auntie Beeb BBC BBC One BBC1 Beeb British Broadcasting Corporation Continuing Drama Dorothy Branning Dorothy Cotton Dot Branning Dot Cotton Drama EastEnders June Brown Patrick Trueman Rudolph Walker Serial Serial Drama Soap Soap Opera

RNIB, the leading sight loss charity, has been assisting BBC One soap EastEnders with a plotline.

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Actor Marc Anwar axed from Coronation Street over racist tweets

Lynn Swift September 25, 2016 Continuing Drama Coronation Street Corrie Drama Granada ITV Marc Anwar Saga Serial Serial Drama Sharif Nazir Soap Soap Opera

Marc Anwar has been axed from Coronation Street ‘with immediate effect’ after ITV chiefs were alerted to numerous racist tweets he’d posted.

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EastEnders’ Ben survives to learn of Paul’s demise

Lynn Swift July 19, 2016 Adam Woodyatt Auntie BBC BBC One Beeb Ben Mitchell British Broadcasting Corporation Continuing Drama Drama Drama Serial EastEnders Gillian Taylforth Harry Reid Ian Beale Jonny Labey Kathy Beale Kathy Hills Kathy Mitchell Kathy Sullivan Paul Coker Phil Mitchell Saga Serial Soap Soap Opera Steve McFadden

EastEnders revealed to viewers tonight that Ben Mitchell is alive. A bloodied Ben surfaced in Walford and was informed of boyfriend Paul’s death.

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EastEnders storyline to highlight postpartum psychosis

Lynn Swift December 8, 2015 Auntie BBC BBC One BBC1 Beeb British Broadcasting Corporation Continuing Drama Drama EastEnders Lacey Turner Saga Serial Serial Drama Soap Soap Opera Stacey Branning Stacey Slater

Postpartum psychosis, an illness which affects women who have just given birth, is to be explored in a major new EastEnders storyline for Stacey Branning…

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Gillian Taylforth talks EastEnders return

Ian Westhead September 15, 2015 Auntie Auntie Beeb BBC BBC One BBC1 Beeb British Broadcasting Corporation Continuing Drama Drama Gillian Taylforth ITV Kathy Beale Kathy Hills Kathy Mitchell Kathy Sullivan Serial Serial Drama Soap Soap Opera This Morning

EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth has spoken about reprising her role of Kathy Beale in the serial.

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Paul Nicholas to play Kathy’s husband Gavin Sullivan in EastEnders

Mike Watkins and Lynn Swift June 18, 2015 BBC BBC One Continuing Drama Drama EastEnders Gavin Sullivan Gillian Taylforth Kathy Beale Kathy Hills Kathy Mitchell Kathy Sullivan Paul Nicholas Saga Serial Serial Drama

Paul Nicholas, best known for his role in the 1980s BBC sitcom Just Good Friends, is joining the cast of EastEnders to play Gavin Sullivan.

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Natalie Anderson to leave Emmerdale after five years

Lynn Swift May 24, 2015 Alicia Gallagher Alicia Metcalfe Continuing Drama Drama Emmerdale Emmerdale Farm ITV ITV Yorkshire Natalie Anderson Rural Saga Serial Serial Drama Soap Soap Opera YTV

Natalie Anderson has announced she will leave Emmerdale at the conclusion of her current contract.