Table of contents for No. 321 in Soap World

On the one hand it’s rather heartwarming to see Bill and Katie on the cusp of their romantic reunion on B&B, especially considering the previous enmity over access to Will. Now he’s at the heart of their reunion! However, with Flo on the brink of dropping the ultimate truth bomb on Hope, and about to find out who her real father is, no-one’s going to stay happy for too long! Speaking of secrets and lies and baby dramas, wedded bliss is unravelling rapidly for Mark and Elly on Ramsay Street, with the pregnant bride struggling with her dreadful deception! Elsewhere on the local front we preview season seven of gritty prison drama hit Wentworth, the returns of SeaChange and Harrow – starring hunky Ioan Gruffudd – and the quirky-sounding Five…

Late last year Dean made the cathartic decision to track down his biological father after an item in his troubled mum’s belongings led him to believe the man wasn’t aware he existed. Then, after confirming that ex-AFL footy star Rick Booth was indeed his biological father, Dean nervously met him -- only to discover that Rick wanted nothing to do with him! Explaining that he never knew Dean existed, Rick paid him off to go and never come back after he’d threatened to reveal their connection to the sportsman’s daughter Kayla. Since then, Dean’s heard nothing… nada... zip. However, Dean’s (Patrick O’Connor) recent emotional upheaval in dealing with the nightmares of aiding and abetting Colby (Tim Franklin) in covering up Ross Nixon’s murder have prompted him to reconnect with his…

Frayed nerves are finally getting the better of Hope and Flo as each wrestles with the high anxiety they’ve been shouldering for months. Hope, naturally, is still deep in mourning for her lost infant, while Flo agonises at maintaining the dreadful deception she, Reese and Zoe have perpetrated: little girl lost Beth is alive and being raised as arch foe Steffy’s adopted daughter Phoebe! Nagging at Hope and Flo now is Zoe, who’s badgering Hope about having another child with Liam – while pressuring Flo to keep her mouth shut! Even as Flo’s on the verge of spilling her guts, Hope is adamantly defiant that she’d rather parent other people’s kids than risk the disappointment of losing her own all over again… Weighed down by those self-destructive thoughts, Hope (Annika…

Hope and Rafe’s marriage didn’t have the best of starts when Hope’s granddaughter Claire exposed Rafe’s infidelity with Sami on their wedding day last year! But although Hope eventually overcame her heartache at the betrayal and salvaged the union, she’s continued to have trust issues with her husband. In something of a twist, Rafe’s also now experiencing those feelings due to his wife’s latest antics. Although Hope (Kristian Alfonso) came to accept and respect Rafe’s (Galen Gering) urgent need to head overseas to help Sami (Alison Sweeney) solve a crisis with her son Johnny, Rafe didn’t repay her with the same trust when he returned home to discover she’d become very friendly indeed with lusty lawyer Ted Laurent (Gilles Marini). Having earlier seen Ted – with Hope – in nothing…

All About Gemma NEIGHBOURS 10 PEACH Sent by her dad TOM to live with MADGE and HAROLD after her mother DOREEN’s death in 1990, GEMMA briefly dated RYAN MCLACHLAN before moving on to PAUL’s cousin MATT ROBINSON. He almost cost Gemma her leg when he injured her in a motorbike crash! Dumping him, Gemma salved her broken heart in a brief fling with Paul’s half-brother GLEN DONNELLY, but ultimately found love with ADAM WILLIS, TERESE’s brother-in-law. Graduating from high school and becoming a vet, Gemma scored a job in Newcastle, NSW, and moved there in 1991. Adam, a doctor, followed a month later and they went on to marry and have kids (including ROXY) offscreen!…

* After Brenda’s initial heartbreak over discovering that Bob had cheated, she ultimately bought into his protestations that he truly loved only her -- and accepted his marriage proposal. Nevertheless, she’s struggled to forgive and forget, especially as Bob’s lover Laurel lives in the village and she sees her every day! Going out of her way to keep Bob and Laurel apart, Brenda ramps up the passion and plans a romantic getaway. However, Bob takes advantage of a plumbing emergency at the cafe to avoid going! With saucy thoughts of Laurel dominating his every waking moment, Bob doesn’t want to be alone with Brenda, and when he and his other woman get soaked fixing the cafe’s broken tap, both of them realise they can’t resist their lust for each other…

GROWING PAINS I was so excited to read that STEFFY adopts a new baby girl and calls it PHOEBE. I know it’s daytime soap but to decide and receive a baby in a matter of a day or two is just so amazing -- life can be so easy! The fact that this baby is actually LIAM and HOPE’s is a very good storyline. Of course Hope is going to bond with this baby as a mother can never forget what she had growing inside her and feel the connection. I can’t wait to see the reaction when they do realise that Phoebe is, in fact, BETH; but at the same time, it will be devastating to Steffy as it would be hard to give up a baby that you…

Having a ball and a bevvy Sports fan ETHAN HAWKE sure looks like he’s living the dream here – taking in a Brooklyn Nets v Milwaukee Bucks b-ball clash... while nursing a soothing beverage! Q: Does it get any better? A: Nope! Shades of night fever... When you want A-list star power for the opening night of Saturday Night Fever in Sydney, who you gonna call? H&A’s JAMES STEWART and SARAH ROBERTS Mad hatter’s tea party Sure, tons of dodgy stuff goes on in Genoa City, but Y&R’s civilised enough for CHRISTIAN LEBLANC to stop for a refreshing Earl Grey Top gear When you put the old team of KITT and DAVID HASSELHOFF back together, your risk a parking fine Whose round is it anyway? What a coincidence! KARLIE KLOSS…

Liz (Kat Stewart) Considered a fallen professional, status-conscious lawyer Liz really struggles to keep up appearances amid the skirmish of a messy divorce and crippling debts that are bearing down on her. She moves into the share house as a last resort, believing her life can’t get any worse! Ben (Stephen Peacocke) Pretty much a man-child, electrician Ben’s a straightforward type of guy, on the scruffy side and lives day-to-day, with a stronger-than-usual aversion to hygiene and responsibility! Moving into the house finally gets him out of the caravan where he’s been holed up for the past two years! Ainsley (Katie Robertson) A romantic tragic, Ainsley has loved just one man for most of her twenties. He’s her colleague, and a very married one…

Busybody Quinn Forrester has no inkling of the explosive consequences she’s unleashing now she’s taken it upon herself to suggest that Wyatt’s old girlfriend, and close family friend, Flo should find her biological father -- and he should help. To make things even more complicated, nosy Quinn has also butted in and told Flo’s mother (Quinn’s old mate from Vegas) that she’d love to catch up with her in LA… Pleased as Punch when Flo (Katrina Bowden), Wyatt (Darin Brooks) and Shauna (Denise Richards) all take the bait, Quinn (Rena Sofer) happily sits back to anticipate Shauna’s arrival. When she does touch down, her catch-up with Quinn takes an amazingly rapid rocky turn as the ladies’ reminiscing leads to the revelation that Bill (Don Diamont) is Wyatt’s biological father. Suddenly,…

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS WEEKDAYS 12.45PM ON ARENA CAN’T MISS MOMENTS * On Thursday, April 25, shockwaves of grief reverberate through town when beloved resident Neil dies suddenly! Nobody knew he’d been ill so the dreadful news comes as a true shock. At the funeral, loved ones including Devon and Cane gather alongside his brother Malcolm and ex-girlfriend Ashley. A traumatised Lily’s even granted special dispensation leave from prison to attend. EMMERDALE (DOUBLE EPISODES WEEKNIGHTS 6.20PM & 6.50PM ON UKTV) Through the looking glass Finding her stepson Jacob in an emotional state, Tracy assumes her estranged husband David is to blame and rushes to Farrers Barn to confront him. Unaware he’s secretly housing his ex, Priya, Tracy’s suspicions are raised at seeing a pair of high heels…

RIVERDALE STREAMING ON NETFLIX FUNNY FARM Heavily indoctrinated by The Farm, a mysterious and insidious cult, Alice prepares to be rechristened by the clan, much to Betty’s concern! She knows her mother is treading a very dangerous path and meets with an ex-Farm member who escaped the group after a family tragedy, hoping to gather information to save her mum. Learning that The Farm believes in near-death to reach ascension, Betty tries to stop the baptism ceremony! It’s too late, though, and Alice nearly dies... before announces her true purpose is to sell the family home, enabling her, Betty and The Farm to become one entity! Blackmailed by The Farm, Betty can’t help Alice, who succeeds in ridding herself of the property before finding it’s been set ablaze! HOLBY…

Dreading the final day of Finn’s court hearing, his many victims sweat on the judge’s verdict as to whether he’ll be jailed to be revealed. Once Elly gives the court a much less vitriolic assessment of the impacts of his crimes on her than she intended, shockwaves echo around the courtroom as the judge hands Finn a noncustodial sentence! Instead, he’ll be released into strictly monitored supervised housing. With all halfway houses full and with no family members living fulltime in Australia, Finn ends up on Ramsay Street, courtesy of his half-brother Shaun pressuring Elly to propose the amnesiac devil-doer live with the Kennedys! Say what? No sooner have Karl (Alan Fletcher) and Susan (Jackie Woodburne) made Finn (Rob Mills) comfy than they incur the wrath of several neighbours, most…

ROBBIE MAGASIVA (Will): “The brilliant actors Susie Porter (Marie), Leah Purcell (Rita) and Rarriwuy Hick (Ruby) have just settled into Wentworth and are killing it! That wil continue into season seven in terms of that arc.” CELIA IRELAND (Liz): “There’ll be a couple of new characters who bring really interesting stuff. And it can be absolutely shocking in parts. Really quite shocking!” KATE ATKINSON (Vera): “It definitely starts with a very different tone compared to the beginning of season six. Vera is in an interesting situation. It’s a few months down the track from the end of season six… and what has happened to Rita and Marie at the end of season six, and how that impacts on us, is kind of the launching pad for season seven. There will…

Dr Daniel Harrow (Ioan Gruffudd) A senior medical examiner at the Queensland Institute of Forensic Medicine (QIFM), the savvy scientist uses maverick techniques to solve the cases he’s handed, committing to his passion for uncovering the truth. Dr Grace Mo (Jolene Anderson) New to QIFM, Grace proves to be an extraordinarily intelligent new professional partner for Harrow, and may also be a new love interest for him in the wake of Sergeant Soroya Dass’s (Mirrah Foulkes) departure... Simon Van Reyk (Remy Hii) A forensic pathologist, Simon has now demonstrated his loyalty as Harrow’s assistant and protégé after helping to cover up Harrow’s murder of Quinn. Stephanie Tolson (Anna Lise Phillips)  primary school teacher is Harrow’s ex-wife and Fern’s mother, and she’s carrying the scars from the…

“Sharon may fall prey to her demons, just when she and Rey are starting their lives together...” There was never any doubt that Nikki, Victoria and Sharon would be suffering long-lasting impacts from their ordeal of being tried and imprisoned for JT’s supposed murder and crude burial. And while Nikki’s demonstrating she’s better equipped than most to deal with her recovery, Victoria and Sharon are flailing, recklessly diving headlong into potentially disastrous new scenarios... In the wake of her release from jail after JT (Thad Luckinbill) emerged alive, with a brain tumour which caused him to almost kill her, Victoria (Amelia Heinle) has worryingly isolated herself from her loved ones. Ostracised by Reed (Tristan Lake Leabu) for her vile treatment of his father, Victoria has pushed Billy (Jason Thompson) away…

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL WEEKDAYS 4.30PM ON 10 NICOLE POSENER (Amelia) Teasing her upcoming appearances in her Instagram posts, the actress hints that Steffy’s nanny will soon be reporting for duty again. Does this mean Steffy’s on her way home from Europe already? Surely not? DAYS OF OUR LIVES ARENA BRANDON BEEMER (Shawn Brady) and MARTHA MADISON (Belle Brandy) The spouses are back in town from Hong Kong to sort out their wild-child daughter Claire as well to possibly attend a memorial for Shawn’s grandmother Caroline. BRYAN DATTILO (Lucas Horton) Also back on deck, there’s a strong chance Lucas will be honouring Caroline, too, but does his reappearance have something to do with ushering Chloe away from Salem? GRIFFIN KUNITZ (Johnny DiMera) One half of the real-life…

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