Table of contents for No. 325 in Soap World

After enduring agonising months of an emotional storyline tugging at all our heartstrings, it’s happiness for Hope and Liam when they finally learn that their precious baby daughter is alive and well after all! The couple reunites in upcoming episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful after discovering this joyous news – I think we’re all a bit relieved – however, it may not be happily ever after for them if Thomas and Steffy have their way. Elsewhere, there’s tons of drama and turmoil on the local soaps with a bitter family feud escalating on Neighbours, while over on Home and Away Irene finds herself living in abject fear of what’s to come for her. Read up on what’s ahead on all our favourite hit soaps and dramas, and to…

PR whiz Morgana Finch (Alin Sumarwata) loves to control the narrative of whatever, or whoever, she’s assigned to promote at any given time. However, behind the scenes of her picture-perfect agency, she’s the one desperately searching for promotion, to portray the best image of herself possible – even if it is completely fabricated! To ensure that the world sees her just how she wants it to, Morgana turns to her underlings for help. Far from promoting an atmosphere of teamwork, and treating her staff as humans, Morgana has turned the agency into a pseudo-cult where her employees have been moulded into “clones” to serve her every whim and desire! In these oppressive situations, people are usually pushed so far – before something snaps inside them! Alexa suspects this may be…

* KAM (Yazeed Daher) finally achieves his dream and it motivates IRIS (Carina Hoang) to improve her relationship with SULLY (Koa Nuen). * MARK (Dan Paris) and RENEE’s (Saskia Hampele) marriage reaches a new crisis point and is further complicated by the secrets they insist on keeping from each other. * ASH (Phoenix Raei) makes a sentimental sacrifice for the good of the Jafari family’s future – hopefully. * A medical emergency proves to be cathartic for the state of CLAUDIA (Roz Hammond) and PAV’s (Marcus Graham) relationship!…

Disgust, anger and shock darken Brooke and Ridge’s faces Staunchly loyal to Hope through her every crisis, decision or mistake, Brooke’s been a lone wolf lately. She was aghast at Hope leaving Liam, “mothering” Douglas, then blindly marrying Thomas. Certain her stepson manipulated Hope into the union for his own obsessive needs, Brooke’s more than frustrated that her own husband refuses to believe his son could be capable of such behaviour. Fortunately, Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) does have allies in her sisters Donna (Jennifer Gareis) and Katie (Heather Tom). They sympathise and agree with her assertion that Hope should never have wed Thomas, and will live to regret it. Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) only adds to his wife’s agony as Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) tells him she’s very worried about Liam…

Tarred with the same evil brush, Kristen and Gabi can be just as dangerous as each other as they seek revenge for the perceived sins perpetrated against them. For Kristen, in disguise as Nicole, her beef is with the fact she’s been shut out of the DiMera family because of her extreme craziness over the years! Now she wants to return to her rightful position of power in the DiMera dynasty, even if that means destroying her adoptive half-brother Stefan! He’s in the midst of his own upheaval with Gabi, even though he doesn’t yet fully realise it. Declaring he’s her kindred spirit, Stefan’s fallen in love with Gabi – and, even though she won’t admit it, she’s falling for him, too, but remains focused on her plan to take…

MAGNUM PI SUNDAYS 8.30PM ON FOX8 Women in Need * Always a magnet for the ladies, MAGNUM is quick to assist when HIGGINS asks him to track down THE VIPER, the assassin who killed her true love. With that case solved, he has more to worry about when he’s kidnapped, realises his ex-lover is responsible and that she’s plotting to steal a fortune in gold from the island! Escaping her clutches, Magnum meets a damsel in distress who gives him 24 hours to prove that her son didn’t murder his girlfriend. Can Magnum beat the clock or will he be just killing time? EUPHORIA STREAMING ON FOXTEL NOW & ON DEMAND; MONDAYS 9.30PM ON FOX SHOWCASE FRISKY BUSINESS Discovering a sex tape online that stars her good self,…

Wow, what an actor MATTHEW ATKINSON (Thomas) is! He looks so evil. What will he do now he knows about the baby swap? I feel if he really loves Hope he should come clean. As for Zoe, I wonder if it was her baby and she was in that situation how she would react? I love my soaps but after watching B&B since it began, I’m getting bored at all the horrid things happening. Thanks so much to your great magazine: I really love the readers’ comments. Mrs P. Lawrence, Wallon, Qld The author of the Letter of the Month wins this fabulous pack from STAEDTLER, valued at $100!…

Lion around It’s swings and roundabouts as Saved by the Bell fave MARIO LOPEZ and daughter Gia enjoy The Lion King’s hospitality... Kelly gets her kicks Soap faves CHRISTIAN LEBLANC and BETH MAITLAND use lots of pregnant pauses as they clown around with KELLY KRUGER and she counts down to bub No.1! Give us a Chris! Don’t you know that headlocks are all the rage among heroic actor types these days? So JEREMY RENNER and CHRIS EVANS get to grips with one another at Comic Con... Big fans get a big hand! Wow! CHRISTINA AGUILERA forgot to dress for Paris Fashion Week and just dashed to the show in whatever she had on! How embarrassment... Rebel Alliance Sure looks like The Force is strong in REBEL WILSON. Is this the…

A true matriarch, Sheila Canning will make waves within her family circle if that’s what it takes! Her attitudes, opinions and actions are usually for the greater good of protecting or helping her children and grandchildren – but lately she’s taken a step too far. Despite her devastation over Gary being accused of bashing Paul, Sheila’s made the grave maternal mistake of not fully believing her son is innocent. And as a result, she’s still paying her penance for her moral stance, and feels like an outcast. Sheila (Colette Mann) is hoping she’ll have one ally in her corner when her boyfriend Clive (Geoff Paine) returns from his business trip, but to her dismay, he reacts badly to Gary’s (Damian Richardson) news that his mother has turned against him and…

A woman on the edge of a breakdown, Flo Fulton feels the long arm of the law reaching out for her as a suspicious Liam works out she’s not Phoebe’s biological mother! Scrambling to stick to her poisonous pact with Thomas, Shauna and Zoe – to keep the Phoebe-is-Beth secret under wraps – a guilty, forlorn Flo struggles with her desperate desire to tell her cousin Hope that her baby is alive. Instead, she merely warns Hope to be careful around her new husband Thomas... before confiding in Zoe the threats he’s made against her. Once again, Zoe (Kiara Barnes) plays Flo (Katrina Bowden) into remaining tight-lipped because it’s best for everyone concerned. They, and Zoe’s father Reese, won’t go to prison; Beth’s happy living as Steffy’s (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood)…

CORONATION STREET WEEKNIGHTS 7.20PM ON UKTV Maria & the MEDICO Unlucky in love after two divorces and a string of dead-end relationships, Maria Connor has recently re-entered the dating scene, deciding she needs a little fun in her life. Unfortunately for the nervous hairdresser, the parade of men she’s met has her left feeling as if her chances of being happy again are quite hopeless! She’s so disheartened that she was even unwilling to entertain Ali – the one man who is genuinely interested in her – for fear of being hurt again. She‘d much rather stay good friends with him... Maria’s resolve changed when she reached the end of her tether romantically. Bored with her latest internet beau, Maria did a runner and literally collided with Ali,…

For the past 12 months, Joe Tate has been comfortably living in the lavish surrounds of Home Farm Estate, the grand property originally owned by his father Chris and grandfather Frank. Assuming control of the vast business interests involving Home Farm, Joe and his right-hand man Graham have made it clear that they own the village! What Joe doesn’t know is Graham’s been working behind his back, on the orders of Joe’s imprisoned step-grandmother Kim, who’s actually pulling the strings and commanding every move Joe makes. It’s all part of the legendary bitch’s efforts to return to Emmerdale as “Lady of the Manor”, a role she was dethroned from years earlier. On the day of a masquerade ball at Home Farm, Graham (Andrew Scarborough) secretly finalises the transfer of deeds…

EMMA (Chantelle Jamieson) is a friendly and flirtatious passenger, and Ben thinks they share a spark that may make life without Beck well worth considering... hmmm... JODIE (Caroline Brazier) spends her trip talking on the phone about her latest sexual encounter, and Ben’s shocked at the graphic details! MO (Julian Maroun) is confident he’s getting a new job but he’s very nervous and it’s up to Ben to take extreme measures to help him land the gig. Above and beyond! Senior citizen KEN (John Bell) appears to have given up on life – until he offers Ben a few words of wisdom about living the best life he can. SARAH (Rose Riley) and NINA (Emma Harvie) impress Ben with their fun outlook on life... but he gets an insight into…

Flabbergasted by the outrageous story he’s hearing, Liam pieces it together with irrefutable proof! Hope’s a bride in deep despair as she struggles to come to terms with the fact that she’s tied the knot with her stepbrother practically overnight. Worse, she’s still in love with Liam, and in mourning for her “lost” daughter Beth. Adding to her dismay is pressure from her husband to consummate the marriage, and stark warnings from her cousin Flo not to trust him! In her heart of hearts, Hope wishes she had Liam there to make all her pain and confusion go away... What Hope (Annika Noelle) can’t know is that Liam (Scott Clifton) is doing exactly that, striving to piece together the truth and reality of his recent suspicions about Beth’s true fate.…

LES NORTON SUNDAYS 8.30PM ON ABC Flat-sharing with a big-time advertising executive like Lozza can have its benefits – as Les discovers when Lozza loses the lead for her upcoming beer commercial. Unable to find a replacement, she wastes no time seizing upon Les’s joke that he has an “opening in his schedule”. There’s no time to lose, so Les and Lozza head to Queensland for the shoot in a pub. Unfortunately, in his trademark style, Les (Alexander Bertrand) turns the commercial into a dramatic disaster and Lozza (Kate Box) is almost hysterical at the thought of her entire livelihood going down the gurgler... After calming down, Lozza pleases Les when she salvages the campaign – even better, her ingenious move not only saves the day and her bright career,…

→ BOB’s up to his usual dodgy tricks when he hauls publican BEN (Dan Wyllie) before LAURA in court, before taking KEVIN on a midnight trip to the cemetery to unearth much more than a corpse! → Meanwhile, BOB’s estranged wife HEATHER (Kerry Armstrong) gets the wrong end of the stick about Bob’s relationship with his liberated prison associate ROCCO (Salvatore Coco). Does Bob bat for the other team post-jail!? → The death of local identity BUCKET sparks a search for a legend – and an unwise decision that may backfire on BEN. → LILLIAN (Kate Lister) is dismayed when ANNA’s mind isn’t on the job, paving the way for a teenage delinquent to go on a crime spree that could leave the residents of Pearl Bay immobile!…

MY LIFE IS MURDER WEDNESDAYS 9PM ON 10 The One with the Wrong Grave Most people don’t dwell on thoughts of their own mortality too much – because the topic’s far too morbid to contemplate. Alexa (Lucy Lawless) is in that camp: she much prefers to find out why and hwo other people died, not her own demise! However, a near-death experience forces the civilian sleuth to confront her own end. To help her along on the journey, the “Big Death” industry of funerals is there to provide insight, but not in the way she’d hoped. A murdered man’s body is inexplicably unearthed in another’s grave, and it appears that someone involved with the cremation, the embalming process or the gravedigging is responsible! The two main suspects are a mother-and-daughter…

Chris Hemsworth The Aussie movie hunk and his family love the beach and do love to be beside the seaside location whenever their schedule permits. This year they’ve hit Costa Rica and WA’s Rottnest Island – where they met up with Matt Damon and his family who have become firm friends – and call NSW’s Byron Bay home. “[Matt and Co] are such amazing people. We have three kids, they have four kids, so we ended up making the same plans because everything we do we do with the kids, so it’s easier to do things with people that understand you,” Chris’s wife, Fast & Furious hottie Elsa Pataky, explains. Good for you! Kourtney Kardashian Staying klassy by the koast in Kosta Rica is KK! With her brood in tow,…

By now, Chelsea Newman is regretting that she ever allowed her ex-husband Adam to lure her back to Genoa City! The last thing she wants or needs is for him to have contact with their son Connor. Thankfully, she has Adam’s half-brother Nick, in her corner. He hates Adam with a passion and, remembering his own past love for Chelsea, has vowed to do everything in his power to ensure Adam never gets to play Daddy. Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) has quickly learned that Nick’s (Joshua Morrow) plans involve taking on Adam (Mark Grossman) in court for sole custody of Christian, the son Adam shares with Nick’s late wife, Sage. Caught in the middle, Chelsea is only concerned for her son’s welfare, knowing that if Adam gets Christian, he’ll want…

DAYS OF OUR LIVES WEEKDAYS 12PM ON ARENA CHRISHELL STAUSE HARTLEY (Jordan Ridgeway) Last seen in the psychiatric unit dealing with her demons, Jordan resurfaces in August, possibly to finally announce the identity of the father of her baby David, the child Lani is currently raising. LEANN HUNLEY (Anna DiMera)  Hot on the heels on her return in July, Anna ensures that crazy days will be plentiful in Salem when she shakes things up again between August 12 and 28! ROBIN STRASSER (Character TBA)  The former One Life to Live doyenne (ex-Dorian) is slated to darken Salem’s door in early September when she’ll meet Salem’s Police Commissioner Eve Deveraux, among other residents. Is this mystery woman a back-from-the-dead Vivian Alamain? EMMERDALE UKTV PAUL COPLEY (Obadiah Dingle)  Zak’s first…

BABY, LET’S MOVE IT ALONG After reading SW #323 and the letters from readers about B&B, I felt I had to write and say I too could not agree more about the storyline with THOMAS and DOUGLAS. No boy would ever talk like that if he is supposed to two or three! What he says is far beyond his age. Thomas is only thinking of himself and not Douglas. I do not like this new Thomas; he just doesn’t fit in at all. Find another Thomas! How much longer are the writers going to drag out the storyline on LIAM and HOPE’s baby BETH? They need to get moving. I really don’t think that the Logans will exile FLO. I think once they hear all the facts they will show…