Table of contents for No. 319 in Soap World

It’s happily never after for Thorne and Katie who are headed for divorce in emotional upcoming scenes of The Bold and the Beautiful! Thorne decides to pull the plug on his ailing marriage and it looks like Bill may be there to step in for a reconciliation with his ex! Hope’s increasingly drawn to baby Phoebe , still unaware the newborn is the daughter she believes died at childbirth – the baby drama’s keeping us glued to our screens. Elsewhere, it’s all happening over on Ramsay Street when the bride-to-be sleeps with her sister-in-law! And check out the latest on Bad Mothers, Secret City…

Swallowing her misgivings at the bombshell news that Steffy had adopted a baby girl – out of nowhere! – as a sister for Kelly, Hope finally plucked up the courage to visit the tot. It was a cathartic moment for the grieving mum who, in the wake of losing baby Beth, couldn’t take her gaze off the newborn, telling her she’d always be there for her. As for Hope’s nearest and dearest, they fretted that it was terrible timing for her to be bonding with a baby so soon after Beth’s death. For now, everyone just steps back and hopes for the best… Now that Hope (Annika Noelle) has happily agreed to be a part of Phoebe’s life and play an active role in her upbringing as her aunt, she’s…

NEW AMSTERDAM WEDNESDAYS 9PM ON NINE ALL IN A DAY’S BATTLE Nothing seems to faze Dr Max Goodwin, in charge of revitalising an ailing hospital as its new medical director while battling throat cancer. He feels the pressure organising a fundraising charity gala while wondering if he has the physical and emotional stamina to participate in a transplant procedure, but these worries are nothing compared to facing his own fears when a patient who touches a raw nerve. It motivates him to seek treatment in a clinical trial. Max doesn’t want his quality of life compromised and he achieves a win by being accepted into a trial that could save his life. Thinking he’s survived the first hurdle, Max asks the trial director out... before suddenly collapsing! RAY DONOVAN STREAMING…

Robert is now persona non-grata with the White family, following revelations he spent months poisoning Lawrence to try and snatch control of Home Farm Estates! He’s ruing his actions now that one-time lover Rebecca has banned him from having contact with their newborn, Seb, in light of how he treated her father! Making matters worse, Lawrence accidentally mows Robert down in his car! Recovering from the crash, Robert (Ryan Hawley) claims his survival has given him the impetus to reform and be a good father to Seb, but when he sees the baby without Rebecca’s (Emily Head) permission, his former stepson Lachlan (Thomas Atkinson) – who hates Robert for destroying his mother Chrissie (Louise Marwood) when they were married – takes brutal revenge. Badly harming himself, Lachlan frames Robert for…

* HAZEL’s (Fiona Press) runaway daughter SHANNON (Briallen Clarke), the mother of the abandoned baby found at the tower block earlier, is missing again, leaving a stricken Hazel with two tough decisions to make! * Exploring her passionate feelings for PAV (Marcus Graham) becomes problematic for CLAUDIA (Roz Hammond) when she deals with lifechanging events involving her teenage daughter SABINE (Bridie McKim). * LEONIE (Shari Sebbens) must make a big decision about her son MICH’s (Calen Tassone) future welfare. * MARK’s (Dan Paris) secret gambling and trail of lies weighs heavily on a suspicious RENEE (Saskia Hampele), who makes a move that may worsen her husband’s problems. * An enterprising KAM (Yazeed Daher) must rely on the standoffish Iris to improve his professional fortunes.…

Diagnosed with severely advanced ovarian cancer, Sonya remains a pillar of stoic strength, eagerly wanting to live the rest of her life to the fullest, spreading peace and harmony wherever she goes. That spirit quickly rubs off on Susan, who works wonders brokering the peace between Toadie and Karl over the issue of Sonya’s delayed diagnosis. Unexpectedly, Sonya’s (Eve Morey) aura also motivates Paul (Stefan Dennis) into making a gesture which surprises but also touches everyone around him, and especially the struggling Rebecchis. In the face of all this positivity, life does intrude when Nell (Scarlett Anderson) is harassed by a male classmate for wanting to be an astronaut when she grows up, something he says she’ll never achieve because she’s a girl! Predictably incensed at the boy’s sexist naivety,…

THE VILLAINS CAL TRELOAR (LAURA GORDON) Formerly an RAAF pilot with combat experience in Afghanistan, Calmay suffers from PTSD and she’s now a woman on the run, isolated from her family and friends. In league with a dangerous ally and a corrupt organisation, Cal’s threatening behaviour is overwhelming her. MICHAEL LAVELLE (MICHAEL DENKHA) Sitting on the board of directors at possibly corrupt manufacturing firm Trebuchet, Michael has used his position to climb the ladder to success. Ruthlessly instinctive with an impenetrable stare, he’s an enigma with a formidable and possibly well-deserved reputation. CATRIONA BAILEY (JACKI WEAVER) The reigning queen of the political jungle, Catriona is a Labor powerbroker and a spy for the Chinese! She’s used her deceitful behaviour to assume the role of Minister for Home Affairs, giving her…

When Reese Buckingham first lobbed in LA months ago, out of the blue, his daughter Zoe stamped her stilettos! She scowled and moaned about him turning up to wreck her great new life on the fashion scene. Now, instead of Reese cramping her lifestyle, it’s his secretive and dodgy behaviour around women like Taylor that’s ringing alarm bells. Not to mention his emotive, disturbing involvement in the tragedy of Hope’s baby Beth – she’s worried about him! Much to her own surprise, she’s now more upset over his decision to flee town – and can’t even guess at what made him up sticks and flee… Confiding in Xander (Adain Bradley), Zoe (Kiara Barnes) reflects that Reese (Wayne Brady) hasn’t been the same father she knew ever…

Keemo Volien (Phillip Moon) Never very open about his past as a Vietnam War veteran, Jack forcibly revisited that history in 1994 when his Vietnamese ex-lover Luan Volien (Elizabeth Sung) surfaced in Genoa City, suffering from a terminal disease. She longed to reconcile her past with Jack by finding her missing son Keemo, who’d disappeared in Vietnam. When he was found, Luan confessed Jack was his biological father... but even as Jack and Luan married, Keemo felt distant from his father, made worse when Luan died. The gulf between the men widened, particularly after Jack’s ex-fiancee Mari Jo (Diana Barton) seduced Keemo. He finally returned to Vietnam to work for Jabot. The men aren’t in contact and Jack never mentions his eldest son. Kyle Jenkins Abbott (currently Michael Mealor) Conceived…

NEIGHBOURS WEEKNIGHTS 6.30PM ON 10 PEACH Life in Those Eyes For months, Erinsborough devil FINN KELLY has languished in a coma in hospital since falling off a cliff. After giving his various victims sleepless night over whether he’d ever wake, the mere flicker of his eyelids foreshadows a heap of shivers tingling down people’s spines. Finally, Finn’s eyes fully open, heralding a raft of new dramas to come... stay tuned! EMMERDALE DOUBLE EPISODES WEEKNIGHTS 6.20PM & 6.50PM ON UKTV Total nightmare! Bolting upright in bed on Christmas morning, ROBERT is confused to see that he’s wearing JIMMY’s boxers and that AARON is staring into space at the end of the bed! Encountering other villagers who are all acting very strangely indeed, Robert flattens Jimmy with a single punch. Suddenly finding…

The Heights is set to be one of this year’s water-cooler shows. Starring Marcus Graham (Secret City), Shari Sebbens (The Sapphires) and Roz Hammond (Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell) and from the producers of The Slap, it has a 30 episode-run in its first season – a big commitment for any show, let alone an Australia one. The ABC’s new “slice of life” drama explores the relationships between the residents of the Arcadia social housing tower and the people who live in the rapidly gentrifying community that surrounds it… all seen through the eyes of various families and individuals. Marcus chats to Soap World about what to expect from his new vehicle, the role of the hero in drama and whether he‘s still “catnip” to audiences. Tell us about your…

WIN THE ORCHARDIST’S DAUGHTER BOOK Thanks to Allen & Unwin, 17 lucky Soap World readers will win The Orchardist’s Daughter book, valued at $29.99 each. That’s a total prize value of $509.83! Lose yourself a story , forgiveness finding strength to break free. International bestselling writer Karen Viggers returns to remote Tasmania, the setting of her most popular novel The Lightkeeper’s Wife. Mikaela, 16, has grown up isolated and home-schooled on an apple orchard in south-eastern Tassie, before a shocking event shatters her family. Eighteen months later, she and her older brother Kurt are running a small business in a timber town. Miki longs to make connections and spend more time in her beloved forest, but she’s kept a virtual prisoner by Kurt, who leads a secret life of his…

THE POOLEYS Her husband Anton (Daniel MacPherson, left) is languishing behind bars suspected of killing his lover, and now Sarah Pooley’s (Tess Haubrich) domestic bliss is rent asunder as she struggles to make ends meet. After discovering that Anton’s rampant business pursuits have bankrupted them, Sarah is in despair, made worse by the unexpected arrival of her father Harry (David Roberts). He may be pledging support to her and the kids in her time of crisis, but Harry’s fractious relationship with Sarah’s mum and his ex-wife Liz (Helen Thomson) only increases the friction. Mother and daughter are soon at loggerheads – and Harry stokes the flames in support of Sarah’s intriguing new theory regarding Charlotte’s (Melissa George) shocking murder... Adding to the agony generated by her parents, incarcerated Anton outlines…

A recent landmark episode of The Bold and the Beautiful features one of the most powerful scenes ever seen on the show – and one of the most heartbreaking. The audience is cheering on Liam as he races to Catalina in the storm to be by Hope’s side as she give birth to their baby Beth. Yet the couple are soon united in grief as Liam shares the news that Beth has sadly slipped away... It’s a challenging moment not only for Hope and Liam but also the stars who play them: Annika Noelle and Scott Clifton. Scott tells Soap World all about that devastating scene, the Hope, Liam and Steffy love triangle and the secrets to B&B’s longevity and continuing appeal... HI SCOTT. WHERE ARE YOU AT THE MOMENT?…

Just days after baby Beth’s death on Catalina Island, Wyatt and his girlfriend Sally were among the first to reach out to Hope to offer their condolences and help as she struggled with the grieving process. Wyatt, in particular, was extremely sensitive to his ex-wife’s turmoil, having endured the miscarriage of their precious baby a few years ago. Despite Sally (Courtney Hope) subsequently fearing that she’d made a faux pas by getting Hope (Annika Noelle) a puppy – which she misinterpreted as being replacement for her lost baby – Wyatt (Darin Brooks) and Sally haven’t strayed too far from her side in case she needs anything. That thought becomes even more paramount when they visit Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) after her ultra-quickie adoption, leaving Wyatt quite startled to think Phoebe…

Proving to be a huge immovable object of misery in the longed-for reunion between Sonny and Will, Leo isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. He continues using their previous attempts to kill him and dispose of his body as blackmail leverage to keep Sonny trapped in their unholy marriage; while Will sweats it out, looking for every way possible to banish him. He thought he’d recently found the perfect means to eradicate Leo when John tracked down Leo’s mother Diana Cooper – with everyone aware that she was Leo’s Achilles heel and could break him like a twig. On her arrival in Salem, Leo (Greg Rikaart) predictably freaked out, briefly sidelining his attempts to bed any male who crossed the Kiriakis threshold. More interested in getting rid of Diana (Judith Chapman)…

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 10 KELLEN CUTHBERT (Raine) Always on the lookout for new catwalk talent, Forrester Creations has Raine model for them on Tuesday, February 26. In real life, Cuthbert is better known as the Fiji Water Girl from the Golden Globes! DAYS OF OUR LIVES WEEKDAYS 12PM ON ARENA PAUL TELFER (Xander Kiriakis) In need of another sojourn from Salem after wreaking more havoc (and floating Leo’s boat), Xander has slithered back to the Greek Isles for a little R&R, but Paul has confirmed that Xander will return down the track a ways... EASTENDERS MONDAYS TO THURSDAYS 7.50PM ON UKTV ROB KAZINSKY (Sean Slater) Better known for US acting roles in shows such as True Blood, Rob’s bringing his wayward but charming Walford alter ego back to…

Perhaps living an uneventful and relatively boring life with Brenda wasn’t enough for randy playboy Bob – he cheated on her with another woman. But now it‘s Brenda who’s living with the awful fallout of discovering his betrayal. Unable to forgive Bob, Brenda resolves to dump him but is careful to respect the feelings of his young twins Heath and Cathy, whom she’s come to call her own. After the dust settles on the broken romance, Bob refuses to give up on her without a fight and lures her into a mysterious treasure hunt to prove his love for her. At the end of the quest, she finds Bob opening his heart and pledging his sorrow for hurting her... before proposing! Won over by his contrition, Brenda accepts the offer,…

FORLORN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Doesn’t HOPE deserve any happiness? Hope gets hurt every time she turns around. I felt really sad and angry when Hope’s baby died. This should’ve been a happy time for her and LIAM; she’s a good, caring person. She deserves better. She was graceful, glowing and looking forward to being a mother. What is headcase TAYLOR thinking of, pushing STEFFY into adopting a playmate for KELLY? My thoughts are with Hope. Jan Forbes, Bunbury, WA IT’S A YES FOR MIA! Can I say how much I’m enjoying having the Rosales family on Y&R? I love the way Mia has gotten to Abby (above), the ice princess. Daddy’s little girl deserves to be knocked off her perch. What does…

CAPTAIN MARVEL STARRING Brie Larson and Jude Law RELEASED March 7 The action centres on ex-US Air Force fighter pilot Carol Danvers (Brie) as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes. She’s joined by the Starforce team led by Mar-Vell (Jude), when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Fun for fans of the franchise. HOTEL MUMBAI STARRING Armie Hammer and Dev Patel RELEASED March 14 The movie recalls the events of the devastating terrorist attack on the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in 2008. The terrifying assault unites the guests and staff of the luxurious hotel, including wealthy…