Soap World No. 308

It’s all happening on The Bold and the Beautiful in the wake of the hit on Bill as all the usual suspects play the blame game. It’s especially trying for Liam – after the awful revelation of his father proposing to Steffy he flies off the handle... convincing himself he’s the gunman! Over on The Young and the Restless Dina recalls her life and loves... and reveals that Jack isn’t the biological son of John – woah, that’s heavy! On Days of Our Lives, Chloe and Lucas have their reunion ruined by an odd stalker. On Neighbours, will Steph hook up with Paul? Elsewhere, there’s lots of great reading, plus fun puzzles and prizes for you. Enjoy the issue.…

Swooning for Sweeney * Sami Brady isn’t done with Salem just yet, following her phenomenally popular return late last year. ALISON SWEENEY is again returning to the soap for a brand new storyline and is already at work, her first scenes scheduled to air in late 2018. The delighted star’s new story is “super-exciting, definitely a rollercoaster ride and really fun”. The busy actress is also expanding her side hustles. As well as the Murder She Baked TV movies, she’ll be playing Roberta “Robbie” McPherson” in The Chronicle Mysteries. The series follows Robbie, a novelist and podcaster who inherits a newspaper. SITTING PRETTY The much-anticipated spin-off to Pretty Little Liars, which aired here on FOX8, has attracted a few famous soap names. The Perfectionists has lured former Y&R star HAYLEY…

“It was me! I shot my own father!” Thanks to despicable Bill, Steffy and Liam’s marriage has appeared irreparably broken for weeks and nothing Steffy can say or do seems to sway Liam into forgiving her for sleeping with his father. Inviting her estranged husband to dinner, Steffy hopes they can talk through their problems for the sake of their unborn child… but all thoughts of reconciliation are banished when Katie phones Liam with the grisly news that Bill’s been shot! Keeping vigil at the hospital where Bill’s (Don Diamont) having surgery before lapsing into a coma, a distraught Liam and Steffy discuss the gunman’s identity before Liam is allowed to visit his father. Telling Bill he doesn’t want him to die, Liam begs his father to wake up, before…

“Justin is the person with the most to benefit from Bill’s demise!” Throughout Bill’s reign as an important media mogul and CEO of Spencer Publications, his right-hand man Justin Barber has seemingly proven to be his only loyal ally in a cruel sea of enemies who all plot Bill’s permanent downfall. Often though, Justin (Aaron D. Spears) is exasperated with Bill’s (Don Diamont) ruthlessly merciless actions, especially against the people he purports to love. And, in carrying out Bill’s latest wishes, to legally disinherit his sons Liam (Scott Clifton) and Wyatt (Darin Brooks), Justin feels Bill is going a giant step too far. He’d like nothing more than to teach Bill a valuable lesson about how to treat people with respect and sensitivity, and soon shows his true colours when…

Chloe AND Leo HIT THE DESK FOR A RISKY ROMP THAT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE ALL THE RULES! She’s one of the great ladies of Ramsay Street, and though she’s witnessed endless chapters of turmoil in the drama-packed cul-de-sac over the years, she’s always lived to see another day. Steph Scully (Carla Bonner) has travelled so many hard roads in her many years in Erinsborough, but there’s something very wrong right now, as seen in upcoming episodes of Neighbours. This beauty, a strong, tough and defiant woman, has become the lonely lady of Ramsay Street – and it seems no-one can pull her out of the funk she’s in now. Ever since the collapse of her relationship with Jack (Andrew Morey), followed swiftly by her big decision to leave Ramsay Street,…

He’s hot, charming and has sex appeal to spare, but Dr Daniel Harrow is also one very dangerous man. Time’s finally running out for sexy hot doc Daniel (Ioan Gruffudd), who’s been on the run for months as the investigation into the mysterious death of Robert Quinn in the Brisbane River has closed in. And in the upcoming finale of the Aussie drama Harrow, the investigation reveals the details of the tangled web of Daniel’s world that has him embroiled in the scandal. The death of Robert Quinn is very much a Harrow family affair, as it turns out the evidence has been tampered with by just about everyone within the inner circle – Daniel, his ex-wife Stephanie (Anna Lise Phillips) and their daughter Fern (Ella Newton). What binds them…