Table of contents for No. 314 in Soap World

‘They’re a bit tight but then again my size is Mr Big’ Imagine if you went shoe shopping and SARAH JESSICA PARKER offered to find a pair of pumps in your size! And then took you out for a cheeky cosmopolitan to celebrate! Emmy glory at last for the Fonz! HENRY WINKLER has every reason to look so pleased with himself after snagging his first ever Emmy! We’ve loved him forever from Happy Days and Arrested Development but it was his star turn in Barry that won him the Best Supporting Actor gong Magic carpet You have to hand it to that ERIC MCCORMACK – he’s so calm in the eye of the storm that is his Walk…

* The Knight family may be welcoming a new life into the clan but Grandma Meryl’s (Tina Bursill) mind is distracted with thoughts of the dead! Ajax’s (Matt Castley) concerted campaign to relocate the Whyhope Cemetery onto Arcadia land is moving full steam ahead, but a previously supportive Meryl is having misgivings about the plan. The reality of seeing parades of hearses filing right past the Knight homestead every other day is now much less appealing... even if the family does stand to get a cut of the profits from each burial. The unholy desecration of Arcadia has to be halted but with Ajax firm in proceeding with the proposal, mother and son are soon at serious odds.…

Computer hacking is a worldwide and widespread threat to all sorts of organisations and ETHAN’s week goes from bad to worse when MOSES detects evidence that Pine Gap’s server has been infiltrated. Malware has been planted in the system! It’s such a highly sensitive invasion that it could only have been done from inside the facility and suddenly the race is on to find the traitorous spy... Reporting the findings to KATH and RUDI, Ethan helps them to narrow the potential spy list to six suspects, all of whom work for A-Crew! Under the microscope are GUS, JASMINA, SIMON, DEB, MOSES and ELOISE. The clock is ticking to catch the culprit before any leads run cold, prompting the investigative trio to observe A-Crew closely in the…

DR QUINN MEDICINE WOMAN Throughout the entire run of the romantic, pioneer period drama, LANDO melted hearts with his swooning portrayal of BYRON SULLY, the widowed and enigmatic mountain man who eventually swept DR QUINN (Jane Seymour) right off her feet! THE SECRET CIRCLE In this series on FOX8, he was JOHN BLACKWELL, a witch who used dark magic and fathered CASSIE (Britt Robertson) and DIANA (Shelley Hennig). He also engineered the impregnation of the female witches in the coven, before luring them into a trap and killing them so he could control their offspring! ONE LIFE TO LIVE One of Llanview’s greatest soap supercouple, Lando’s JAKE HARRISON was a fugitive from justice who reformed with the love of MEGAN GORDON (Jessica Tuck), before losing her to lupus shortly after…

He’s (almost) A GC ORIGINAL! Debuting in town in May 1978 just five years after Y&R began, PAUL (Doug Davidson) has been a resident mainstay for 40 years and it’s like he’s part of the furniture. Moving on from his troubled younger years when he was part of a cult and gave NIKKI (Melody Thomas Scott) an STD, Paul is now the top lawman in town. He catches the crooks, using his nous from the wrong of the side of the tracks to help him bring them down. He’s from a LEGACY FAMILY Becoming popular early on, PAUL soon had an entire Williams family and back story built around him. Dad CARL (Brett Halsey) was the top cop in town, mum MARY (Carolyn Conwell) the Bible-bashing meddler whose signature meal…

Mama Drama No. 1 Happily dating REX DIMERA (Eric Winter) in college, MIMI’s teenage insecurities overwhelmed her when she became pregnant with his baby. Fearing the unplanned development would ruin their relationship Mimi had a secret abortion, suffering subsequent sterility from an infection. Mama Drama No. 2 Marrying SHAWN BRADY (Jason Cook) in March 2006, MIMI yearned to cement their new marriage with a baby via IVF, a procedure which proved successful two months after their wedding. Tragically, Mimi endured cramping and miscarried just weeks later. Mama Drama No. 3: Undeterred about their woes, MIMI and SHAWN chose a surrogate mother to carry their baby. Hwever, thanks to the sinister efforts of the notorious Gloved Hand who wanted to destroy the townspeople’s lives, Mimi’s egg was switched in the lab…

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL WEEKDAYS AT 4.30PM ON TEN JOE LANDO (Craig McMullen) All rise! Judge McMullen will mediate the increasingly bitter custody battle between Katie and Bill for their son Will, beginning on October 11. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS WEEKDAYS AT 12.45PM ON ARENA ALICE HUNTER (Kerry Jones) The new Jabot employee who is “sweet but willing to cross a few lines” will interact with Newman Enterprises, too! CHRISTEL KHALIL (Lily) Christel is taking the chance to flex her acting muscles elsewhere, now she s switched from contract to recurring status after 16 years in GC. ERIC BRAEDEN (Victor Newman) Don’t fret, Eric and his moustachioed alter ego aren’t leaving permanently! They’re just taking a short break while the actor travels to Germany. DOUG DAVIDSON (Paul Williams)…

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FOOD: Faye: I consistently go back and love my Greek salad – fresh, ripe tomatoes, cucumber, spring onion/red onion, kalamata black olives (marinated in virgin oil), Bulgarian fetta, oregano, salt and thick virgin Greek oil with crunchy bread to soak it all up – yummo! Anastasia: Lamb roast and tiropitas (cheese pitas). MOVIE: F: Mamma Mia! and The Sandlot Kids. A: Imitation of Life. It’s an oldie but a goodie! TV SHOW: F: At the moment it’s The Good Doctor – love Shaun (Freddie Highmore/Graham Verchere). A: Many shows I love but it’s Home and Away. ACTOR: F: At the moment, it’s Margot Robbie. A: George Clooney/Zac Efron. BOOK: F: The Little Book of Foreign Swear Words. A: To Kill a Mockingbird. Love it! SONG: F:…

Personally, Steffy may have lost her battle with Hope to secure Liam as a husband, but professionally she’s fought off her stepsister to win Ridge’s vote of financial backing for her Intimates Collection of lingerie over Hope’s socially conservative Hope for the Future catalogue. The outcome of the fashion face-off hasn’t gone down well at all with Hope, who believes Steffy brazenly manipulated her father into subsidising her racy rags instead of her own as a consolation prize for losing Liam. Strutting the Forrester Creations’ corridors as she finalising plans for her next collection and meeting with models, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) is more assured than ever about her future direction. Her father’s vote of confidence in her has given her the impetus to forge ahead with her master plan…

THE FIRST MRS F: CAROLINE SPENCER (1988-89) Befriending the tormented Caroline (Joanna Johnson) after she was dumped by his cheating brother Ridge (Ronn Moss) and date-raped by Ron Deacon (Greg Wrangler), Thorne (Clayton Norcoss) married her in an intimate service in the Forrester living room, having ensured Brooke had stolen the letter Ridge wrote... declaring his love for her before they wed! THE SECOND MRS F: MACY ALEXANDER (1990-93) Hooking up with Macy (Bobbie Eakes), the daughter of Forrester Creations’ fashion rival Sally Spectra (Darlene Conley) after her mother’s failed bid to pair her with Ridge, Thorne (Jeff Trachta) fought off disapproval from both families to marry her in a grand ceremony that transformed her into a princess bride! THE THIRD MRS F: MACY ALEXANDER (1995-96) Divorced from Macy once,…

Successful but pressured demanding careers as an elite can give you everything you’ve always wanted but hidden traps abound. And for self-satisfied Melbourne lawyer Maddy Cochrane and her dependable AFL veteran husband Travis, that pitfall is illicit substances. For two years, Travis (Kevin Hofbauer) has been relying on copious quantities of oxycodone to get him out on the field every week. His litany of injuries should’ve ended his career by now. Maddy (Annie Maynard) hasn’t railed against her husband’s worrying drug dependence, aware that it keeps him playing and happy, committed to her, their marriage and their kids. However, Maddy is forced to speak up when she turns to pseudoephedrine to get her through the immense new workload she’s taken on. Furious that his wife is burning the midnight oil…

A secret document hidden in the late Ricky’s personal effects gives Christine all she needs to pursue Phyllis for nearly killing her! In December 1994, a vengeful Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) deliberately ran down Christine and Paul in a hire car, just before they were to be married! She’d seen Christine kissing Phyllis’s husband Danny (Michael Damian) earlier that day and desperately wanted to squash the “Bug (Phyllis’ derogatory version of Chris’s old nickname, Cricket) for moving in on her man. Since that fateful moment, Phyllis has evaded the law – much to Christine chagrin... Now, 18 years later, Phyllis’s crime comes back to haunt her when Heather searches through her late brother Ricky’s effects and finds the credit card statement he’d found that Phyllis used to rent the “killer” vehicle.…

Playing a cunning game of “divide and conquer”, KRISTEN (Eileen Davidson) is chipping away at JOHN’s (Drake Hogestyn) mindset, cleverly convincing him she’s a changed woman since the last time she wreaked havoc in Salem. To ensure he buys into her act, she targets MARLENA (Deidre Hall) who doesn’t trust her longtime enemy, carefully setting in motion quite a number of plots to drive John’s beloved Doc to the dark side! 1. Using MARLENA’s distraction in Salem, KRISTEN intercepts JOHN at the Horton Cabin on Smith Island, where he’s arrived to romance Marlena later. Purring that she doesn’t want John, just his forgiveness, Kristen antagonises a furious Marlena... who susses out the “bitch” deliberately got her man alone to work him – as he’s now defending Kristen against his wife’s…

RETURN OF ELVIS! OUR GIRL MONDAYS AT 8.30PM ON BBC FIRST Serving in Nepal with 2 Section as they assist in the aftermath of a hugely devastating earthquake, Georgie is shell-shocked when ex-lover Elvis appears unannounced with news for the group! It shakes Georgie who, thinking she’d lost him, formed a romantic attachment to Disaster Relief worker Milan. Elvis makes it clear he wants her back – but a sudden sandstorm changes everything! Marooned in the desert, lives are lost and Georgie is left devastated as she’s reassigned to a new mission in Nigeria, hoping the change of scenery will help her get over her grief... Hair raising AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE THURSDAYS AT 8.30PM ON SHOWCASE * Getting your hair done is supposed to be relaxing but not for…

* Returning from a supposedly cathartic journey to erase the memories of Pierce raping her on their wedding night, Rhona stuns Paddy and Vanessa with the revelation that she is single again. Suspicious that he hurt her best friend, Vanessa gently coaxes the awful truth behind the breakdown from Rhona, who’s so distraught afterwards that she swallows a handful of painkillers. Her drug addiction reignited, Rhona seeks help in rehab, crying in pain as she says goodbye to her little boy Leo before leaving... Weeks later, Rhona returns refreshed from getting clean, but still plagued by fears that Pierce will return to harass her. Sensing her unease, Paddy unwittingly tries to help her dark mood by seeking out Pierce to encourage him to return and sort out his marital differences…

BILL OF RIGHTS... & WRONGS Just when I thought KATIE and BILL had overcome all their differences and seem like they were all getting along and moving on with their lives, I was shocked to see that they’re going to have problems with their son WILL! Not for anything tangible but just Bill being Bill and wanting sole custody! Poor Katie can’t move on now with THORNE as she’s in trouble and is going to have a long road ahead with what Bill will put her through. Let’s hope it doesn’t affect Will or – worse still – she goes back to drinking! Poor Katie; she has a bubbly personality and gets along with everyone... except Bill. M. Iacono, Gladesville, NSW BOLDLY GOING... It’s time for…

In December 1998, Brooke’s Bedroom, the precursor to Intimates, took centre stage to be launched at a press conference with brassy Brooke showcasing her sexy, skimpy offerings to the media via a live TV broadcast on the Fashion Channel. Labelling the “Tramp from the valley’s” parade as blatant debauchery, STEPHANIE (Susan Flannery) jumped onto the catwalk, hissed that the “show” was over, chucked a blanket over her “disgusting” daughter-in-law and pounced, trying to choke Brooke to death! It’s exactly the sort of behaviour that her near-namesake granddaughter Steffy has always wanted to emulate!…

At long last, Hugh can practically taste the bright lights of big city life with his long-awaited return to Sydney just around the corner! His probation in Whyhope is over and a heavily pregnant Harriet, also eager to make the move, agrees for Hugh to induce the birth so they can make their move ASAP! Best-laid plans don’t always come to fruition, though, as Hugh (Rodger Corser) realises when Harriet’s (Genevieve Hegney) induction procedure is interrupted by an emergency call-out to an overturned cattle truck hours away. With Hugh and Penny (Hayley McElhinney) being flown to the site to save the driver amid the loose herd running amok, Betty (Belinda Bromilow) and Ken (Charles Wu) must act as midwives to deliver the baby girl! Even while tending the patient at…

ANZUS Australia, New Zealand, United States Treaty ASIO Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation ASIS Australian Secret Intelligence Service CIA Central Intelligence Agency COMINT Communications Intelligence; it’s an intelligence-gathering discipline which connects and intercepts communications between people. ELINT Electronics Intelligence; it’s an intelligence from the perception of electronic signals not directly used in communication. FISINT Foreign Instrument Signals Intelligence; intelligence from the interception of foreign electromagnetic emissions associated with the testing and operational deployment of foreign aerospace and subsurface systems. HUMINT Human Intelligence IMINT Imagery Intelligence; an intelligence-gathering discipline which collects information via satellite and aerial photography. MSS Ministry of State Security MI6 British Secret Intelligence Service MLT Military Liaison Pentagon NSA National Security Agency OSINT Open-Source Intelligence SIGINT Signals Intelligence…

* Frozen out of the WAGs’ sphere for purportedly spreading the scandalous tale of JESSIE’s alleged affair with RUSTY (Ethan Panizza), PAIGE (Cecilia Peters) pleads for the girls to believe she’s not a media snitch! Meanwhile, boyfriend DANIEL (George Pullar) accuses her of using his prominent football status to jump on the “influencer” bandwagon. * Media intrusions at the Southern Jets petrify BRIAN that his open marriage secret with KATH (Madeleine West) and his lover will be unearthed; and Kath’s loyalty to TAHLIA (Olympia Valance) is tested when CONNOR appears seductively on her doorstep… * The smell of TAHLIA’s fragrance (named after him) is odorous to CONNOR (Jackson Gallagher) when his media-hungry fiancée asks him to star in the TV commercial that will launch it. * RUSTY lashes out angrily…

A maddened man on a mission, Bill’s busy assembling all the forces he can muster to thwart his ex-wife Katie’s outrageous claim for sole custody of their son Will. Hellbent on proving he can be a worthy and present father to his youngest son, irrespective of his usual ignorance of him, Bill has convinced Brooke to fight his corner with Katie, with the aim of getting her to drop the suit. Despite Katie’s resilience in her pursuit, Bill still sees Brooke as his greatest ally – telling Justin that he kissed her and knows she’s loyal to him. Afraid that his boss will ruin his chances of winning Will (Finnegan George), Justin (Aaron D. Spears), despairs at thoughts of the lip-lock, warning Bill (Don Diamont) that it’s time he trod…

Satisfyingly ensconced at Forrester Creations as the lead model for the Intimates collection of lingerie apparel, Zoe’s using her position to keep her obsession, Xander, right where she wants him: in her bed! She knows that seeing her near-naked body on the runway on a daily basis from behind his camera lens is enticing enough to maintain his interest in her, but she just needs to give him one more gentle push to ensure that his thoughts don’t stray back to Emma, his chaste girlfriend. The perfect incentive falls into Zoe’s (Kiara Barnes) lap when Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Sally (Courtney Hope) catch Xander (Adain Bradley) in a state of undress and decide that he would look more magnificent walking up and down the catwalk, rather than snapping the…

“I patterned my style of entertainment on my mentor, Mr Sammy Davis Jr. He sang, danced, acted and played instruments.” Tell us what we can expect from Julius Avant on B&B ? Basically Julius has now become involved with his nephew, who’s come over from the UK. We’re discovering what this relationship will unfold as we learn this nephew is Julius’s brother’s son. For a character meant to be on a short arc, what has it been like exploring Julius beyond the original scope of that first season? I’ve been thrilled to be part of the B&B family! We’ve found a way to extend the life of the Avants beyond its original trajectory. The fans have demanded to see more of the Avants and it’s such a…