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Remembering Kate O’Mara 1939 -2014

Actress Kate O’Mara has died in a Sussex nursing home after a short illness, the performer was 74. She’ll be best remembered for her roles…

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Sean O’Connor New Editor Of The Archers

Mike Watkins August 6, 2013 BBC BBC iPlayer BBC Radio 4 Channel 5 EastEnders Emmerdale Emmerdale Farm Footballers Wives Guiding Light Gwyneth Williams Hollyoaks Minder Sean O'Connor The Archers Vanessa Whitburn Weavers Green Yorkshire Television

The BBC has appointed Sean O’Connor as Editor of its long-running rural soap opera The Archers.

From Soap Opera to Superstar

Mike Watkins December 2, 2012 Baywatch Crossroads Dallas Dark Shadows Dynasty EastEnders Emergency Ward 10 General Hospital USA Grange Hill Guiding Light Home and Away Murder She Wrote Neighbours The Young Doctors Weavers Green X Factor

Soap operas have for many years brought in ‘big names’ for a quick ratings boost or publicity stunt, but what about those who went from saga…

Emmerdale 40 Years On

ATV Today October 17, 2012 Brookside Castle Haven Crossroads EastEnders Emmerdale Emmerdale Farm General Hospital ITV1 Weavers Green Yorkshire Television

Forty years ago this week ITV Daytime extended its hours and with the station staying on air in the afternoons came a host of new…

DVD SoapBox Trailer

Dominic Knight October 27, 2011 Albion Market Coronation Street Crossroads Emmerdale Families General Hospital ITV Marked Personal Network DVD NetworkDVD The Cedar Tree Weavers Green

Loved by millions, soap operas have become a regular part of people’s lives and now NetworkDVD celebrate the genre with the first release of Soap…

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ATV Icon: Kate O’Mara

ATV Today July 13, 2010 Bad Girls Crossroads Department S Doctor Who Dynasty Family Affairs Howards Way Jason King Kate O'Mara Paul Temple The Avengers The Brothers The Champions The Persuaders The Saint Triangle Weavers Green Z Cars

Our regular Icon strand this month takes a look at the career of Kate O’Mara; from humble beginnings in the little remembered Anglia soap Weavers…

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ATV Icon: Wendy Richard

Doug Lambert January 15, 2010 Anglia Television Anglia TV Are You Being Served?ATV Network BBC One Dad's Army EastEnders Harpers West One London Weekend Television LWT on the buses Pauline Fowler The Likely Lads The Newcomers Up Pompeii!Weavers Green Wendy Richard

In February BBC One soap EastEnders celebrates its 25th anniversary and to mark the occasion we have re-uploaded our ATV Icon feature on actress Wendy…

Forgotten Regional Soaps

Mike Watkins April 20, 2009 Albion Market ATV Network Bad Girls BBC One Brookside Canary Wharf Carlton Castle Haven Central Television Coronation Street Crossroads EastEnders Emmerdale Family Pride Garnock Way Gems High Living ITV Live TV!London Bridge Poboly Cwm Quayside STV Thames Television The Cedar Tree Tyne Tees Television Weavers Green

All this week we’ll be uploading a range of features looking at Forgotten programmes of television from a range of genre’s such as soaps, dramas…

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Funeral for Wendy Richard takes place

Helen Jones March 9, 2009 Adam Woodyatt Are You Being Served?Dad's Army EastEnders Harpers West One June Brown on the buses The Likely Lads The Newcomers Todd Carty Weavers Green Wendy Richard

The funeral of popular actress Wendy Richard takes place today in Central London.