It was all punches, weddings and revelations in Tuesday’s Eastenders, as the most unlikely affair in soap history finally came to a head.

Some weeks ago, it was revealed that ‘gruff’ divorcee Phil Mitchell was having a wild affair with model-like widow Dawn – unbeknown to her love struck boyfriend Garry. Although Garry’s best friend Minty found out, he vowed to not tell him – but only if she told him herself. Completely torn between her two loves, Dawn scooted off to stay with her mother in the country, but upon her return, none the wiser, Minty pressed Dawn to choose – Phil or Garry?

After having a difficult time coming to a decision, Tuesday’s episode was filled with soapy drama and saw Dawn attempting to explain to Minty that she was having trouble deciding. As she continued, Dawn could see that Minty was growing more angry and suddenly blurted out that she had ended things with Phil and that he was upset at her decision.

Later, Minty saw Phil and Phil insisted he ‘wouldn’t be bothered in the slightest’ if Dawn decided to end things. Angry to find out Dawn hadn’t actually made a decision, Minty finds Dawn and tells her his conversation with Phil and demands she comes clean. But Dawn has other ideas…

Eastenders would certainly not be the UK soap we all know and love without a good brawl, and seething Dawn heads on over to the Vic. She screams at Phil for leading her on and is in shock that he doesn’t care for their relationship. In true Eastenders style, when Phil announces ‘it was only a bit of fun’ Dawn lunges for him. Unfortunately, Phil blocks her punch and Dawn storms out.

Later on in the episode, UK soap star characters Dawn and Garry return to the pub and announce to the whole building – they are getting married.
Although over the moon for Garry, fans can’t help but wonder if this will all come out in the wash… and on the wedding day in true UK soap style.

Watch this space!

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Soap: Eastenders

Character Name: Peggy Mitchell

Actor Name: Barbara Windsor

Soap TV show Eastenders character Peggy Mitchell is an Albert Square veteran – the mother of Phil, Sam and Grant Mitchell, Peggy has had more of her fair share of drama and unbelievably enough, all Peggy is after is the simple and easy life but it never seems to happen for her!

70 year old glamour puss soap star character Barbara Windsor who has been playing Peggy since 2004, is mostly known for her Eastenders role and many Carry On films that she acted in when she was younger always portraying roles of the ‘good time girl’ and was known for being a ditzy blonde in sexy attire! Lately, her character in Eastenders, Peggy, has been going through a difficult time with new husband nasty Archie, played by Larry Lamb. Although the characters have an explosive relationship on sceen, Barbara often expresses her fondness for Larry. “I used to watch Larry and think ‘Oh I wish I could work with him’” Barbara says “I am so glad he’s in it”. She also described her first scenes with Larry as ‘wonderful’ and a match made in Eastenders soapy heaven.

It has also been announced that her on screen estranged and imprisoned daughter Sam Mitchell will be returning to the square, and as Barbara has such a great relationship with all of her on screen children, she was delighted to hear she was returning and is already speculating how their characters will react. “There’ll be her, my little princess, Ronnie and Roxy… Phil doesn’t stand a chance, does he?”.

70 year old Peggy has no intentions of leaving the Eastenders soap any time soon and that is certainly great news for fans of the Eastenders land lady!

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Soap: Hollyoaks

Character Name: Kris Fisher

Actor Name: Gerard McCarthy

Irish drag queen soapy character Kris is loud, flashy and not afraid to say what he thinks, and after being dragged through a rough couple of years, nobody can blame this eccentric cross dresser for his behaviour. Kris was faced with dealing with the news that his brother Malachy, was HIV positive, which was obviously hard to deal with. The pair are really close and actor Gerard McCarthy believes since Malachy appeared on the scene, his character Kris has been more relaxed and somewhat complete. “You see the real side of Kris when Malachy’s around, as opposed to the ‘performance’ he puts on with others” Gerard said, and he truly is right.

Gerard McCarthy who has been playing Kris Fisher on Hollyoaks soap tv show since 2006 started acting professionally in 2002 when he attended Laine Theatre Arts school and shortly after joining, he landed a part in award winning west end musical Mamma Mia! He then joined Hollyoaks, appearing in his first scene as a student in a new university class. One of his first scenes consisted of his character Kris punching fellow student Joe after he lied about who he was. 28 year old Gerard openly admits he is completely soap star struck when working on the Hollyoaks set and was delighted when offered the part. “Working in Hollyoaks is a dream come true” he admitted “I tried out so many auditions for other jobs, but I never imagined I would end up working in such a well-known soap, surrounded by so many stunning girls!”.

Gerard has been nominated for numerous awards for portraying Kris Fisher soap tv character and scooped a reputable award in 2007 – The Best Actor Irish Entertainment award. Although Gerard has said he doesn’t want to outstay his welcome at Hollyoaks, fans can look forward to a whole lot more of Kris Fisher every weekday at 6.30pm on Channel 4.

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There’s nothing worse than when your favourite soapy ends on a cliff hanger, and you’re absolutely desperate to find out what happens to the soap star characters next. Well, the fantastic thing about Hollyoaks is that straight after the episodes that show every weekday at 6.30pm, the next episode is aired on sister channel E4.

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Tonight’s Hollyoaks E4 episode was a mix of laughter, love and scandal and the episode kicked off with soap star character Ste returning to Abi and Daniel’s flat with his tail between his legs. It seems sneaky Daniel paid Gilly to call off renting his spare flat out to Ste and his child, Lucas, unbeknown to poor trusting Ste. When a clearly mentally unstable Abi offers to look after Lucas, boyfriend Daniel seems utterly bemused, fearing Abi is getting too close to baby Lucas once again.

Hollyoaks soapy writers are fantastic at throwing light hearted comedy into the mix and did so in this episode in the shape of the graduates; Sarah, Zoe, Zak and Kris, and the gang meet at MOBS where Sarah announces she has a job at a call centre. Kris tells her he turned the same job down this morning. Shortly after this announcement, Zoe and Zak’s phones ring – it’s the same agency recruiting them and the group burst into laughter agreeing to work there together.

When arriving at their new jobs they’re faced with a test. An amused Kris takes great pleasure in irritating the boss and is shocked to hear he scored the highest. A deflated Sarah discovers she failed the test and therefore, cannot start work!

Meanwhile, innocent soap TV character Spencer fires the builders hired to work on his dead brother’s club after hearing Malachy slag off their ethics. Spencer hires a confused Calvin and Malachy to work on it themselves, whilst hiring an ecstatic Carmel to start work at Evissa!

Whilst the rest of the nation struggle to find jobs, it seems the Hollyoaks soapy gang are landing them left right and centre – but how long before something goes wrong at the ruins of dead Warren Fox’s somewhat tainted club?

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