In this week's issue
Weatherfield’s wannabe WAG is waving farewell. While it’s a typically cringeful faux pas that leads to Rosie Webster tottering off the cobbles, wouldn’t you know it, the backstreet glamour girl turns her fortunes around. And as she sets off for London’s bright lights, it looks like everything’s coming up roses after all…
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
Alfred Molina and Dawn French are back with their two-handed domestic comedy
The intriguing and ambitious sitcom about the half-hour just after a loving married couple return home from work comes back this week for a second series — and its two stars, Dawn French and Alfred Molina, couldn’t be happier.
‘I love making it,’ says Alfred, 58, who has previously starred in such movies as Spider-Man 2, Prick Up Your Ears, Raiders Of The Lost Ark and An Education. ‘It is the most interesting thing I’ve done.’
Back in November, Roxy Mitchell was devastated when she was forced to hand over custody of her little girl Amy to Jack Branning, after social services branded her an unfit mother.
For months, Roxy has been desperate to get Amy back, but, this being Albert Square, the lead up to this week’s court battle for custody looks like faltering when she and Jack end up making love on his sofa!
‘It’s completely spontaneous,’ explains Rita Simons, who plays the salon owner.
The last series of Being Human saw werewolf George killing his best friend, vampire Mitchell. While it was a mercy killing, it only enraged the rest of the vampire community.
When the fourth series begins, we’re transported forward in time to 2037, where vampires have taken over the world. But back in modern-day Barry, it’s several months after Mitchell’s death.
Peter Capaldi is best known as aggressive spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in political satire The Thick Of It, but he shows a gentler side in this whimsical, spoof look back at a golden era in cinema.
Arthur Simm, Florrie Fontaine and Lionel Crisp were all stars of the world-famous Cricklewood Studios, which rivalled Hollywood before financial disaster forced its closure in the Eighties.
True Blood
True Blood gets even stranger as Sookie visits fairy land — and the vampires encounter a coven of witches
Fans have been eagerly awaiting series four of True Blood, and the gripping vampire drama kicks off with ethereal scenes from another world — a land of fairies.
Beautiful men and women, dressed in glittering costumes, are strolling among trees laden with glowing fruit, when telepathic Sookie (Anna Paquin), summoned by the Fairy Queen, lands there in a flash of light. But the stunning scene quickly turns ugly…
Holby City
Former Corrie star Sasha Behar joins the cast of Holby City as a new consultant — it's a far cry from evil Maya!
Ever since Michael Spence found himself embroiled in a scandal over cheap breast implants, he’s been trying to get his career back on track. He still hopes to become the AAU Clinical Lead, but this week, he discovers he has a rival for that top position, as new consultant Alex Broadhurst arrives on the wards.
Casualty
Bread's Jean Boht is this week's star guest in Casuatly, playing a woman suffering from dementia
As Nellie Boswell in Carla Lane’s sitcom Bread, Jean Boht was a force to be reckoned with. But she’s a very different person in this week’s Casualty. She plays Doris, an Alzheimer’s sufferer who mistakes her gardener for her dead husband.
A Place In The Sun: Winter Sun
The property series is back and new host Laura Hamilton tells us that she's raring to go…
It’s a good thing presenter Laura Hamilton has boundless energy and enthusiasm — she’s going to need it this year.
Not only will she spend much of March to November filming all over the globe for her new role fronting A Place In The Sun, but she’s also set to celebrate her 30th birthday in April and get married in September to her broker fiancé Alex.
