Hollyoaks have triumphed at this year’s All About Soaps Awards, bringing home more awards than any other mainstream soap!

The hit Channel 4 soap collected three trophies through public votes, one more than both EastEnders and Emmerdale who received two each, and Coronation Street who just took home one.
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As if Emmerdale’s Chas Dingle hasn’t had enough to deal with already this Christmas, now she is in for even more drama when she is targeted by a mystery stalker in the next few days.

Fans of the hit ITV show will know how Chas (Lucy Pargeter) has just been released from prison after a jury found her not guilty of murdering her ex-partner, Carl King. Carl was actually murdered by Chas’ boyfriend, Cameron (Dominic Power), when he finished him off after Chas had hit him in once in self-defence, and let Chas, totally unaware of this fact, take the blame.
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Emmerdale actress, Lucy Pargeter, has admitted that she is “glad” that her character Chas Dingle was not responsible for the death of her ex-fiancé Carl King.

Fans of the hit ITV soap will know how during last month’s dramatic live episode to mark the shows 40th anniversary, Chas hit Carl (Tom Lister) over the head with a brick while he was attempting to rape her.

The act was a dramatic climax to a storyline that had been building for months.
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Whilst most of us are still getting over the utter brilliance that was the 40th anniversary live episode of Emmerdale, it would seem that not everyone is in agreement over its success!

According to the Metro newspaper, TV broadcasting regulating authority, Ofcom, has received complaints from some viewers over some of the content shown in the first ever, hour long live episode of the hugely popular ITV soap.
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Former Emmerdale actress, Kelsey-Beth Crossley, is returning to the soap for her character, Scarlet’s half-brother, Carl’s funeral, and has promised “a bit of drama” from her character Scarlett Nicholls when she does!

Scarlet can be seen arriving for the funeral in tonight’s instalment of the hit ITV soap, and will feature in ten episodes in the build-up to Carl’s (Tom Lister) funeral, following his murder during this month’s spectacular live episode!
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Fans of Emmerdale will of course know that during last week’s landmark hour-long live broadcast, Carl King was murdered by Cameron Murray, however, as events panned out, both Chas Dingle and Carl’s brother Jimmy thought they were in fact responsible for Carl’s death!

But of course, though Chas (Lucy Pargeter) and Jimmy did in fact cause Carl (Tom Lister) to have head injuries, they weren’t fatal, but the brick to the head that Cameron (Dominic Power) inflicted was.

Prior to the live show airing, the identity of which character was to die was a closely guarded secret – but we did of course predict that it would be Carl – so the other cast member weren’t permitted to discuss how they felt about losing Tom as a cast member.

However, now they of course can, and Nick Miles, who plays downtrodden Jimmy, has said that the on-screen death feels very real.

He told Soaplife, “I shared a dressing room with Tom Lister [Carl] and every time I go into work now there’s a space that reminds me of the loss… Read more & comment »

In forthcoming episodes of Emmerdale, the entire village is set to find out about Chas Dingle’s affair with her niece Debbie’s boyfriend Cameron Murray, and the revelation prompts Charity Sharma to attack Chas…

And of course, Debbie (Charley Webb) is absolutely distraught when she finds out that her aunty betrayed her.

Then there’s Cain Dingle’s (Jeff Hordley) reaction, and predictably, he’s livid and instantly turns to violence, smashing up Cameron’s car!

The Daily Star reports, “None of the Dingles can believe that Chas would stoop so low as to bed her niece’s man, so when she tries to do a runner, Charity (Emma Atkins) drags her out of the car as neighbours look on.”

A show insider said of the storyline, “Cain and Charity can’t believe Chas has done the dirty on Debbie after all she’s been through.” Read more & comment »

You really wouldn’t want to be Chas Dingle right now, would you?

We reported that Chas (Lucy Pargeter) is set to hand herself in to police after believing that she killed Carl King (Tom Lister) during the epic live episode of Emmerdale last week, but pictures on the ITV website today show that Jail may actually be a better option for her as her family track her down to confront her about her affair with Cameron (Dominic Power) before she has a chance.
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Chas Dingle has not had a good time of things in Emmerdale lately, to say the very least, but unfortunately for her, they are about to get a whole lot worse!

Fan’s of the hit ITV1 soap will know how during this week of anniversary celebrations, Chas (Lucy Pargeter) world has come crashing down around her quite spectacularly, when the storyline she has been entangled in for months finally came to its conclusion.
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Last night saw the amazing Emmerdale Live hour-long episode, which boasted two wedding, two births and a murder, whilst managing to maintain comedy levels to an all-time high throughout as well.

We all watched with utter amazement at what is already been classed as the best ever live soap episode, beating the likes of its two biggest rivals, Coronation Street and EastEnders who have both attempted similar live broadcasts to mark their own shows anniversaries. According to overnight figures, a peak audience of 9.2m tuned in for the show, the highest-rated episode of the soap to date, with viewing figures reaching their high in the last 15 minutes which saw Carl King (Tom Lister) meet his maker at the hands of Cameron Murray (Dominic Power).
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As we predicted a couple of weeks ago, Emmerdale bad lad Carl King did indeed meet a sticky wicket end in tonight’s stunning live episode, and his death was among the final acts in what was a truly outstanding piece of television.

Celebrating forty years of the soap, which began life as Emmerdale Farm, tonight’s hour-long live broadcast promised “all of life” in its two weddings, two births and a death, and my goodness, it delivered, and then some.

Nobody put a foot wrong, and all the main players will surely be needing the services of a carpenter to build them a whole rack of shelves on which to place their awards…

Lucy Pargeter as Chas Dingle was simply breathtakingly good, as was Tom Lister, who of course played Carl. How I hate to be using the past tense for him now! Read more & comment »

With all the buzz and excitement today surrounding Emmerdale and its epic hour long live episode tonight to mark its 40th anniversary, we thought we would take a moment to recap over some of the amazing storylines the classic ITV soap has tackled in order to have kept it going up until this momentous occasion!

Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972, as Emmerdale Farm as it was back then.
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Last night saw the first instalment of this week’s Emmerdale 40th anniversary celebrations, and what an episode it was.

Backed into a corner, Chas (Lucy Pargeter) found herself with two options, run off with Carl leaving everyone shocked, but still blissfully unaware that she had been sleeping with her nieces fella all year, or marry Dan quickly and run away leaving Cameron (Dominic Power) to deal with the huge can of worms that a furious Carl (Tom Lister) is bound to open.
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Fans of Emmerdale will of course know that the soap is celebrating its 40th anniversary in a week of special episodes that being on October 15th…

And among those celebratory episodes is the hour-long live broadcast, which is making history for being the first of its ilk to air in its entirety on location at the show’s studios in Yorkshire.

During that landmark hour, we’ll be witness to the birth of two babies, a double wedding and of course, the murder of a “well loved” and “major” character, and here at Unreality Primetime, we have a theory as to who is going to breathe his/her last during that live episode…

So if you don’t want to read who we think is going to shuffle off the mortal coil, go no further! If you do want to know, click on ‘Read more…’ Read more & comment »

As fans of Emmerdale will know, Carl King (Tom Lister) is blackmailing his former fiancé Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) and her lover, Cameron Murray (Dominic Power).

Carl has demanded £30,000 to buy his silence over Chas and Cameron’s affair – since Cameron’s girlfriend is Debbie Dingle, who is Chas’s niece, so of course they so don’t want her to find out – but so far, the frantic lovers have only been able to give him £15,000.

However, in a twist to the storyline as the soap nears its 40th anniversary, Carl is set to tell Chas that he’s still in love with her, and tells her that the blackmail will be over if she goes back to him.

But of course, Chas is supposed to be marrying her current fiancé Dan Spencer (Liam Fox) later this month… Read more & comment »