A love triangle has been emerging between Dean (Patrick O’Connor), Willow (Sarah Roberts) and Ziggy (Sophie Dillman) since Willow spotted the pair getting closer and realised she was jealous. Her jealousy led to her confessing her feelings during a night out, but Dean said there was nothing between him and Ziggy, and he wasn’t looking for a relationship.

Dean and Willow see Maggie (Kestie Morassi) and Ziggy arguing outside the surf club, and Willow encourages him to go and check on her. He comments that Ziggy looks a little rough around the edges, and she admits she only had a few hours of sleep.

Later, Willow is dejected when she asks Dean if he wants to get dinner and he says he already has plans to have pizza with Ziggy. At the caravan park, Ziggy struggles to stay awake, and Dean offers to take her home. However, Ziggy still wants to avoid Maggie, so Dean suggests she spends the night at his place.

Meanwhile, Colby (Tim Franklin) and Willow discuss Dean, and Colby suggests that she should fight for him if she wants to be with him. Left with food for thought, Willow thinks about what the best plan of action is.

In the morning, Ziggy wakes up in Dean’s bed. Dean is making her breakfast outside, and Ziggy is happy she spent the night there. However, Willow is approaching the caravan park, determined to see Dean and confess her feelings again.

Willow sees Ziggy emerging from Dean’s van, and is stunned. She backs off and leaves before either of them notice her. Have Ziggy and Dean slept together?

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Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) and David Platt (Jack P Shepherd) have been playing a dangerous game, and they know they’re on borrowed time with the police still sniffing around in Coronation Street.

Nick has been trying to cover up the fact he stole £80,000 from his gran, but the police just won’t let up and they’re dangerously close to discovering the truth – he’s at even more risk given that Natalie is hanging around like a bad smell, the woman he paid to steal the money.

Having scored herself a job at the barber’s, Natalie nags David to give her some proper training, she really does want to make a proper go of it. She also reveals it’s her birthday and he sends her on an early lunch.

David finds Natalie in the pub, and he’s unimpressed when he sees she’s knocking back birthday drinks, so he steers her back to work.

Back at the barber’s she annoys Nick by making drunken jibes at his dodgy dealings. He’s starting to get worried that she won’t keep her mouth shut.

Shortly after, the police want Nick to answer more questions.

Nick and David panic, aware that if the police go through the accounts they’ll want to know where the large sum of cash came from. Nick piqued the police’s suspicions previously when he failed in his attempts at explaining it. Now what will he do?

First he turns to Paula (Stirling Gallacher) for help. Will she be able to help them get away with it? Or will they finally be rumbled?

Move over Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley). There’s a new bad lad in town in the form of Will Taylor (Dean Andrews), who’s set to put the Dingle to shame in Emmerdale.

The Dales won’t know what’s hit them with Will swanning about town, hell bent on getting terrible revenge on Harriet Finch (Katherine Dow Blyton), and he’s just getting started.

Will is a top dog drug baron, driving around in swanky cars and running illegal operations. He didn’t get there by being nice and with over a decade and a half of time in prison, he’s had time to hone his evil streak.

Cain has always been the one not to cross in the village, but he’s about to be dethroned in favour of the evil Will, who is even more dangerous than anyone who’s gone before.

Asked if he is actually more dangerous than Cain, actor Dean Andrews said: ‘Yeah, for sure. Well he has been in a world. I know that Cain has been in and out, and he is a Dingle and he’s done some fighting in the village, and that kind of stuff. But I’ve just been in prison for 15 years.

‘And before that I’ve dealt with every scrote in history, and hard men and people who wanted money, but I’ve kept the top position. Until Harriet toppled me.’

So the villagers should be afraid, very afraid.

He added: ‘I’ve never been a drug baron, but you don’t keep that position without being the kind of guy that you don’t really want to mess with.’

Dean revealed that Will wouldn’t even see Cain as a threat. Especially Harriet, who’s set to be squashed by a coffin as part of Will’s torment.

‘Will doesn’t really have any inclination about Cain because they’ve not met. But as someone who does know the show I would think that my character has the capabilities of knowing people way, way more dangerous than Cain,’ Dean explained.

They might not have met just yet, but they’ll certainly cross paths in the future. And for once, Cain really should watch out.

‘It’s got to happen at some point, I’d imagine,’ he said. ‘I don’t know that, by the way! Jeff’s a great actor. I just think on screen it’d be pretty nice to have a tussle for a few months. I don’t know what could come out of that.

‘Hard men are hard men, aren’t they? I hope that they keep my ‘hard man’ level at a level and they’ve kept Jeff’s at a level for a long time. It’d be great to do some stuff with him. And Harriet, and keep something going with Harriet – whether it be vengeance or whether we become okay.’

Whoa there, could Harriet actually forgive the whole stuffing her in a coffin thing and rekindle things with Will?

‘It’s that point where you never quite know until that person’s right in front of you,’ Dean laughed. ‘I suppose we’ve all had a relationship where one moment you’re like, ‘I can’t stand you’, and next moment you’re back in love.

‘I guess that is quite a jump from jail. But it is Emmerdale! I don’t know. I don’t know until that moment arrives. I don’t want him to be awful all the time.’

Will (Jack Nolan) found himself in an impossible situation in tonight’s Casualty, one that could affect the rest of his life.

The doctor was surprised to come face to face with a patient called Toby Williams (Harry Gilby), who previously asked Will to help end his life if his terminal condition got too much for him.

Will had agreed, hoping that the day wouldn’t come any time soon, but Toby’s condition had rapidly deteriorated and as far as he was concerned, that day had come.

Toby said he didn’t want any further treatment, but Will argued along with his mum Jackie (Kirsty Bushell) that there were other options to try.

Archie argued that Toby shouldn’t have to suffer any longer, and told Will he was just avoiding making a difficult decision.

Torn and under pressure to do what he perceived to be the right thing, Will finally made his decision, and tampered with Toby’s drip. Toby later passed away in emotional scenes.

But now that Will has actually intentionally killed a patient, what will happen to him now? Could he lose his new job in the ED, having been given the role of consultant by Connie Beauchamp (Amanda Mealing)?

Once again there were storylines that packed a real emotional punch in tonight’s Casualty. From the poignant moments when Charlie (Derek Thompson) and Duffy (Cathy Shipton) renewed their vows, to the awful tragedy of a young boy’s life being cut short at the age of just 15, it was quite a weepy.

Last time we saw Toby Williams (Harry Gilby), he asked Will (Jack Nolan) to help him when his terminal condition got too much to bear. Will was probably hoping that the day would be very far off, or something would happen to mean he didn’t have to face the decision. Unfortunately Toby’s condition deteriorated and he was brought back to the ED.

Will had just been offered the consultancy post by Connie (Amanda Mealing), so he pulled rank when Archie (Genesis Lynea) was assigned to look after Toby and said he wanted to be involved too. When it became clear that Toby would die very soon and he insisted he didn’t want any further treatment, Will tended to side with Toby’s mum Jackie (Kirsty Bushell) in thinking that all treatment options should be tried. Archie argued strongly that Toby shouldn’t have to suffer. She said Will was sitting on the fence and hiding behind Jackie so he didn’t have to make the difficult decision to help Toby end his life.

In the end, Will did do something to Toby’s drip, and Toby died not long afterwards. Whether there’ll be any repercussions for Will, we’ll have to wait and see, but it was a hugely emotional storyline beautifully played by Jack Nolan, Harry Gilby and Kirsty Bushell. After Toby died, Will told Connie he didn’t think he wanted to take the consultant’s job, but she told him he needs to do it to prove how good he can be.

It was a much happier day for Charlie and Duffy, though of course one tinged with sadness because of her dementia. When they were being all lovey-dovey at work, David (Jason Durr) had the idea that they could renew their vows. Noel (Tony Marshall), Jade (Gabriella Leon) and Robyn (Amanda Henderson) immediately joined in and they came up with a plan to have the ceremony in the pub that very night. Noel in particular got very excited about the whole thing and even had Charlie and Duffy masks made up at very short notice.

Meanwhile, Charlie took Duffy to the special spot by the river where he used to go and have his fag breaks back in the day. While this doesn’t sound like the most romantic location on earth, it was actually the spot where Charlie, ‘first realised that Lisa Duffin was not just my best mate, my friend. It’s where I finally admitted that I love you.’ So they renewed their vows privately right there and then and it was rather beautiful. ‘I will be by your side every single step,’ Charlie said, and Duffy said she would cherish him ‘through whatever comes our way till death do us part.’

Elsewhere, Ruby (Maddy Hill) was taken in when Dani (Georgia Hughes) told her it would have been her mother’s birthday. She gave Dani a tour of the ambulance station, but then got spooked when she discovered that Dani had been lying about the birthday and asked her to leave. Dani left after first quietly stealing Ruby’s stethoscope from her locker – and she had a glint in her eye that suggests Ruby’s problems are only just beginning.

Sue Haasler is the author of the official Holby City book, which you can read about here. Her latest novel, Half A World Away, is out now.

So far it’s seemed that Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) has been the only one in on whatever Ben Mitchell’s (Max Bowden) truly up to, but it would seem even she’s been kept in the dark about his scheming.

Ben has been using Lola to do his bidding, forcing her away from her fiance to make her help carry out his plan to overthrow his dad, and make a huge pile of cash in the process.

He’s often threatened her into submission and she’s been trapped in his lies to keep her own secrets safe.

But she is set to learn a startling truth when she comes face to face with Ewan – her ex fiance.

He appears in the Square and tells her he’s come to take her and Lexi back home. Lola flips, firmly putting him in his place.

Things escalate and get heated very quickly, so Ewan drops the bombshell – he stayed away because Ben threatened him.

The shock of the revelation causes her to lash out and hit Ewan, but will she believe him? Or has Ben got her so wrapped up in his lies she can’t see the wood for the trees?

Laurie Shelby’s (Kyle Pryor) abhorrent treatment of his wife has been building over the last few weeks, but is the sadistic school teacher about to get his comeuppance?

A very special episode is set to follow what happens next with Sienna (Anna Passey), Sinead Shelby (Stephanie Davis) and Laurie as Sinead finally tells the truth.

At the point of the episode, Sienna has already kidnapped Laurie in a bid to get him to confess, but he breaks free and Brody and Liberty arrive just in time to stop her from doing something stupid to him.

After he’s let go, Laurie arrives home and takes his frustrations out on Sinead, horrifically raping her again.

Broken by the latest violence, Sinead later finally admits to Tony and Diane what’s been happening.

In the special episode, airing on Tuesday 21st May on E4 and Wednesday 22nd May on Channel 4, Sinead recalls everything that happened with the police and a flashback reveals what happened when she told Diane and Tony the truth.

Laurie is then seen talking to the police, but no doubt he’ll have a few things to say to try and cover his back. He might be disgusting, but he’s clever and knows how to manipulate a situation.

Sienna stands strong when the police arrive on her doorstep. She is ready for what comes next in bringing Laurie down.

But Nancy for one, is on Laurie’s side and she tells the police that Sinead is trouble. She has no idea how much her words could harm Sinead’s case.

Sinead spins a lie for the police in a bid to make Laurie look more guilty – she changes the date that Laurie originally raped her, thinking that if she tells them the truth they won’t believe it because a happy picture of them was posted online so soon after. She tells them it happened on 1st April.

But could her tiny lie cause problems in the long run?

Is Kim Tate (Claire King) about to find herself some hot new totty in Emmerdale?

She clearly needs something, having previously got the horn for Cain Dingle and attempted to make him her sex slave.

He said no, leaving her very frustrated indeed. But she might be about to find an outlet for that frustration when it lands on her doorstep.

But will she be able to handle him?

New boy Nate arrived in town a bundle of innocence and was shocked to find the woman he’d had a passionate kiss with during a night out in Hotton and couldn’t get out of his head – Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry).

She of course scarpered at the sight of him, but he was so enraptured with her that he couldn’t stop going on about her to his new boss – her boyfriend, Pete Barton (Anthony Quinlan).

Of course that all went horrendously Pete Tong when Nate found the woman in question in the pub, and had the shock realisation he’d kissed his boss’ girlfriend and cost himself his job without actually doing anything wrong.

The thing was, Nate was actually telling the truth, and Rhona found herself with some explaining to do.

But either way, nothing is going to come of that illicit snog, so Nate is now a free agent to go on the prowl in the village, and he’s clearly got the eye for older ladies, so it seems he could set his sights on Kim Tate.

Actor Jurell Carter revealed that Nate has a penchant for older women.

When asked if there were any Nate has his eye on, Jurell told metro.co.uk: ‘Yeah, it could pan out to be like that. There’s a few women, he definitely does like the ladies. For me, he likes the older ladies, but he likes the ones around his age as well, so I don’t he’s just for older women.So everyone!’

Not picky then, eh?

Happily for Pete, he admitted that Nate will give up the chase on Rhona after realising that won’t be going anywhere.

‘I think for me, Nate is a very loyal character,’ he said. ‘I think if he knew that she was already taken for – he even says to Pete – he wouldn’t have gone there. So I think him knowing that she’s in a relationship he calls it off straight away. I don’t think he would pursue it, no.’

Could he and Kim be drawn together as he searches for a job now that he’s been sacked?

Asked what poor Nate will now do for work, he said: ‘I think he’s because he’s always done farming, that’s the go-to for him and that’s his bread and butter, in a sense. I think he’s gonna kind of find another job in the farming industry, I think so. Or stay in the village, I’m not too sure.

‘He knows this is a messed up situation, he knows he’s not in the wrong but he knows to avoid any more distress to anybody.’

So Nate is inherently a good guy, but could Kim be the one to recruit him to the bad side?

During Carla Connor’s (Alison King) breakdown she became convinced Rana Habeeb (Bhavna Limbachia) is still alive in Coronation Street – could she be on to something? Or could this be a sign of just how bad things have got?

Carla had come to believe that Rana was still alive after receiving texts supposedly from her. It transpired it was Alya (Sair Khan) behind the texts, but Carla fled the street in horror before finding out. Having been away for weeks, her belief that Rana isn’t dead has festered, and morphed into a conspiracy against Kate Connor (Faye Brookes).

After Peter’s (Chris Gascoyne) fruitless search for her, Carla is set to return after Roy (David Neilson) visits a hotel where she was last seen.

Roy is shocked by the state of the hotel room and realises she needs serious help, unknowing that she is stood listening in the shadows.

Later, he’s shocked to find her standing in his home, and she reveals she knows Kate is hiding Rana and that she’s just telling everyone Rana is dead.

But Roy can see she is seriously unwell and encourages her to go to hospital. When she eventually gets help, she’s put on anti-psychotic medication to help combat her hallucinations. Rana is most definitely dead, Kate held her hand as she died and she was buried in a traditional ceremony in front of her family.

Peter tells Ken Barlow (Bill Roache) that he’s moving her into their house but Ken refuses to let it happen. Peter’s back up plan is to move into Roy’s, and through his guilt he agrees, despite both Peter and Carla being unwell.

But Carla doesn’t want Roy around and he’s forced to move out and in with Ken. Are Carla and Peter well enough to look after each other or could this lead to worse things to come?

Dean (Patrick O’Connor) has been getting closer to Ziggy (Sophie Dillman), and this has led to tensions between him and Willow (Sarah Roberts). However, Ziggy clearly needs Dean as she struggles to move past Brody’s (Jackson Heywood) cheating scandal, and the pair have an emotional moment on the beach when she runs to him with news about Brody, trying to pretend she’s OK but failing at covering it up. Dean tells her Brody is an idiot for leaving her, and heads back to his van.

When Dean returns, he’s shocked to find a naked Willow in his bed. She tells him that she doesn’t know what she’s been waiting for – she wants to be with him now, not at some point in the future. There’s a moment of silence before Dean tells her to put her clothes back on and leaves her alone to do so. Willow is left completely thrown.

Outside, Willow tries to justify herself by saying she was worried Dean was starting a relationship with Ziggy and wanted to stop it. However, Dean is feeling hurt and used, and denies there’s anything going on with Ziggy. He asks Willow what kind of person would do what she just did. Willow tries to apologise, but Dean walks away.

Willow goes home and confesses what she did to Jasmine (Sam Frost), saying he used to wait in bed naked for her when they were together and he thought it would work, but now she’s worried she’s destroyed her friendship. She says she should have just been happy to be mates, instead of pushing for something more.

Dean arrives at Colby’s (Tim Franklin) place, and tells him what happened with Willow. When Colby admits he’s been giving Willow relationship advice, he’s furious that they were talking about him behind his back. He suggests that he might be better off without Colby’s friendship, too…

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EastEnders actor Adam Woodyatt and former Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison are said to be in the line-up for Celebrity MasterChef.

The Ian Beale actor is one of the stars rumoured to be cooking up a storm on the show this year.

While his soap character might know his way around the kitchen because of restaurant business, will that transfer to the man behind Beale?

His friendship with chef Marco Pierre White could give him the edge if the celebrity cook decides to give the actor some pointers ahead of filming.

While we haven’t seen much of Vicky’s culinary talents, the TV personality is a bold businesswoman who will no doubt throw herself wholeheartedly into the challenge.

Also said to be in the line-up are ex-Gogglebox star Dom Parker, heavyweight boxer Dillian Whyte and boxing promoter Kellie Maloney, according to The Mirror.

Who will have what it takes to impress judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode?

Contestants on the celebrity version of the show last year included The Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge, Towie star Gemma Collins, actress Chizzy Akudolu and Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer AJ Pritchard.

The series was won by former EastEnders actor John Partridge, so he is also well-placed to give Woodyatt some advice.

After his win, he paid tribute to his late mum, saying he ‘definitely had an angel on my shoulder for that final cook’.

Or if he can’t get in touch with John, Adam could reach out to MasterChef 2013 winner Adrian Edmondson, who has just joined the BBC soap as a potential love interest for cancer-stricken Jean Slater.

Metro.co.uk has contacted the BBC for comment.

Celebrity MasterChef is set to return to BBC One.

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Jasmine (Sam Frost) has been left reeling since Robbo (Jake Ryan) made a sudden return to the Bay after several weeks away with no contact. While he’s keen to repair things in their relationship, she’s not so sure, as she was a mess when he left and had just started to move on with her life when he came back.

When Robbo goes out for a run, he sees Tori (Penny NcNamee), who’s doing yoga on the beach. She asks how it’s going with Jasmine, and Robbo says he’s giving her space. Later, Tori tells Leah (Ada Nicodemou) she thinks Robbo is making a mistake, but Leah advises her to stay out of their relationship in case she makes things worse.

Jasmine runs into Colby (Tim Franklin) at the Bait Shop and tries to get some information out of him about how Robbo is doing. But, seeing Robbo approaching, Colby suggests she ask him herself. Jasmine finds herself overcome by an unexpected nervousness, and suddenly leaves.

After speaking with Willow (Sarah Roberts), Jasmine decides it’s time to meet Robbo and try to resolve their issues, and he suggests they do it over lunch. But when they get to Salt, she’s lost for words and her anxiety starts to build.

Tori comes across a distraught Jasmine, who says she tried to talk to Robbo but just couldn’t. Although she says she just needs to go home and sleep, Tori suspects there’s something more to her behaviour and relays her encounter with Jasmine to Robbo.

Robbo heads over to Jasmine’s place and tries to talk to her, but when he approaches her she flinches and runs to her room. As Robbo knocks on the door, telling her to open up, she sinks to the floor, struggling to breathe…

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Stephanie Davis tonight opened up on the Hollyoaks rape storyline she recently filmed after returning to the soap as Sinead Shelby.

The actress told Metro.co.uk on the Bafta TV Awards red carpet on Sunday night it ‘felt like going home’ heading back on set and she’s evidently got important messages to share that are also personal.

Stephanie is currently starring in a storyline which has seen her character Sinead brutally raped by her own husband Laurie (Kyle Pryor), but is struggling to come to terms with what has happened to her.

Having gone through her own personal turmoil after an acrimonious split with former boyfriend Jeremy McConnell, played out in the public eye, she told us: ‘It was my priority to help people with what I’ve been through.

‘And it’s already helped so many people.’

She added of the ‘overwhelming’ response she’s received from viewers of the long-running soap that she was happy to ‘bring justice’ to the delicate and sensitive storyline.

‘[It’s a] big story line it’s been really challenging, but I’ve done it and I’ve done it justice. I’m really happy with it.

‘It’s overwhelming right now.’

Following the controversy of her personal life, she admitted: ‘It was hard…I know who I am as a person and everything came out in the wash and I’m happier now.’

Finding the silver lining, Stephanie said she now gets ‘to help people with my experiences.’

She previously took to Twitter ahead of tonight’s event to thank fans for voting for her, admitting that filming the harrowing storyline had been ‘close to home’ having suffered a similar experience herself and revealing that rape survivors have reached out to her for her portrayal of their plight.

She wrote: ‘I felt privileged to have this story line, especially as it’s so close to a part of my own life. I’m so grateful for all your messages & to those I have helped.

‘I cannot believe the amount of people who have spoke out & reached out. The fact I’ve got to help people just means everything! Filming this storyline was very hard for me as you could imagine, at the beginning I didn’t quite know how I was going to do it and film it, but I did.

‘I gave it my everything and with the freedom & trust of my amazing directors they let me do what I had to do with each scene to make it believable & as real as possible as I had had that experience to know how to get this story line across as powerful & as real as possible.’

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Colby (Tim Franklin) and Jasmine (Sam Frost) had decided to pretend their drunken kiss during a night out at a club never happened, but it turns out one of Ziggy’s (Sophie Dillman) selfies from the night managed to capture the two of them mid-smooch in the background. When Dean (Patrick O’Connor) shows Colby the zoomed-in photo, Colby immediately realises he has to tell Jasmine – and Robbo (Jake Ryan).

He heads to the beach house to find Jasmine, but finds Willow (Sarah Roberts) instead, who informs him Jasmine has gone to see Robbo. Heading to Salt, Colby goes to the bar, and sends Jasmine a text, which she receives while sat opposite Robbo. This starts to make her anxiety spiral.

He texts her again, and Robbo begins to become suspicious as to why she’s suddenly getting messages. He turns around and sees Colby looking at her, and Jasmine dashes away from their lunch. When Colby heads after her, Robbo is even more suspicious.

In the Surf Club, Colby tells Jasmine that there’s a photo of their kiss and he thinks they should tell Robbo. But Jasmine says that what she does isn’t Robbo’s business anymore, and Colby can do whatever he wants. She storms out…without realising that Robbo has been watching from the stairs.

Robbo confronts Colby, asking him what’s going on, and they head to his office at the gym to talk. Colby explains how the kiss happens and takes full responsibility, saying he kissed her and it meant nothing. Robbo is stunned and left lost for words.

Later that night, Robbo appears at the beach house, and Irene (Lynne McGranger) answers the door. He tells her that he’s prepared to leave the Bay – for good. What he doesn’t realise is that Jasmine is in the corridor, listening. Is their relationship really over?

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EastEnders has beaten off competition from Coronation Street, Casualty and Hollyoaks to win the Continuting Award (or best soap to you and I) at the TV Bafta Awards 2019. The soap has experienced a resurgence after a number of questionable years with episodes such as the knife crime funeral and the consent episode involving Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) in the Queen Vic setting them apart from their tough competition.

As the award was announced cast including Danny Dyer took to the stage to accept. This year, Emmerdale was snubbed for the nomination and last year’s winner was Casualty.

In recent months, EastEnders has undergone a number of major changes with Kate Oates and Jon Sen taking the helm of the popular drama. With less block storytelling and improved characterisations plus the celebrated and dramatic returns of Sean Slater (Rob Kazinsky) and Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden), EastEnders seems to be getting back to where it’s meant to be.

And having a freshly polished Bafta on its mantelpiece will do that increasing reputation no harm.

Coronation Street had storylines including Aidan Connor (Shayne Ward)’s suicide while Casualty aired the rape of Alicia Munroe (Chelsea Halfpenny) while Hollyoaks had the much acclaimed footballer abuse storyline.

EastEnders’ former boss John Yorke has thanked Kate Oates, aka the soap awards magnet, for leaving Coronation Street to move over to the BBC soap. Kate now oversees all of the BBC’s serial dramas including EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty and Doctors.

She has made sweeping changes to the soap, which tonight won the TV Bafta award for continuing drama (aka soap) after being snubbed for even a nomination last year. Episodes including the consent episode and the funeral of Shakil have represented EastEnders this year.

It has beaten off competition from Hollyoaks, Coronation Street and Casualty.

Accepting the award, John – who has now left the show – said: ‘Thank you so much, we are thrilled tor receive this. If I was to thank everybody I needed to thank I would be standing here for the next hour and you would be throwing rocks at me. It’s invidious to choose anyone from our extraordinary cast, crew, writers and directors. Finally, I must thank Kate Oates for leaving Coronation Street.’

Despite rumours that Kate was axed from Coronation Street, she made the decision to leave after increasing the show’s ratings and awards and saving lives with male mental health issues including suicide and rape.

The titan producer is now practically dominating the BBC and by no small coincidence, the awards have already started piling in.

Among other things, Kate has initiated the return of Sean Slater, overseen a big shift in character interactions, launched a big storyline for the Mitchells and introduced the Atkins family, who have a major storyline in the pipeline.

Harriet Finch (Katherine Dow Blyton) is in for the shock of her life when she learns her ex Will Taylor (Dean Andrews) is very much alive and is the one psychologically torturing her.

Will has had 15 years in prison to stew on how he wants to get his own back on Harriet, and now he’s at the point of exacting his plan, it could end up being worse than even he imagined.

But as the story plays out, there will be way more danger and secrets than viewers first realise, with big twists set to arise – for one, Harriet will be crushed by a coffin!

Asked if Harriet could ever contemplate getting back together with Will now that we know everything that went on, actress Katherine Dow Blyton coyly replied to metro.co.uk: ‘I don’t think people know everything yet.’

What else could Will have on her? Will Dawn get caught in the crossfire?

But being a vicar, Harriet will still consider forgiving him.

‘Being a vicar is not just a job, it’s a vocation and she has a very strong faith, despite the fact that she makes lots of mistakes,’ Katherine said. ‘Even though he is not the nicest of men, I think she’s knew that he wasn’t just a drug dealer and people don’t just have one hideous side to them.

‘I don’t know, maybe she thinks she’s partly responsible for everything and maybe thinks he deserves a chance.’

Katherine added that Harriet will get a heads up that Will is back when one of her former colleagues looks in to a list of names of people who could be targeting her. But she will be horrified to learn that Dawn had anything to do with it.

Asked if seeing Will will be a shock, she said: ‘No because she’s got one of her mates off the force to look into it all for her. She’s asked them to come up with some names of those who might bear grudges from her past.

‘Obviously, she sees his name on this list and she says, “I absolutely know he’s dead” – cut to – he’s not dead at all! That’s the initial shock but then she realises that he must be the one who is stalking her because it all starts to fall into place. But she doesn’t ever think it’s got anything to do with Dawn.’

How will Harriet react when she finds out the truth?

The Dingle clan is set to be ripped apart in a terrible way as Lisa Dingle (Jane Cox) returns and breaks the tragic news that she is going to die. Emmerdale viewers are already in on the harrowing secret as Charity (Emma Atkins) recently visited Lisa in Scotland where she found out the matriarch is terminally ill.

Lisa wanted to make funeral preparations and swore Charity to secrecy but it has been plaguing her since so when the family arrange a welcome home party for Lisa and husband Zak (Steve Halliwell), she feels uncomfortable as everyone else is in a celebratory mood.

Having missed her parents, Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper) is particularly jubilant but as Lisa and Zak’s forced cheer becomes too strained when they arrive, Lisa knows that it’s time she comes clean.

As she explains to the family that she doesn’t have long to live, there is a stunned silence and Belle initially refused to believe that there is nothing that can be done.

But before long, the truth of the terrible matter dawns on the Dingles – they are going to lose the heart of their clan and life is never going to be the same again.

With Zak also struggling with the imminent loss of his beloved wife, he will later head out and the family worry as he remains missing. Is he coping with Lisa’s fate and can the family pull together as Lisa admits that she is scared to die?

Everything has changed for the Dingles and they need each other more than ever as they face one of their toughest ever challenges ahead.

And it won’t be easy for viewers either to say a final farewell to show stalwart Lisa, a constant in the Dingle household for so many years.

Emmerdale continues on Monday 13th May at 7am on ITV.

Elly’s horrendous secret is about to be blown wide open when she’s forced to tell all, and all because of Finn, in Neighbours.

Harry begins blackmailing Finn into visiting him after his arrest for the gas attack, and Mark is getting suspicious over his behaviour. Finn tells Elly everything, who realises she now has to keep his secret too. But Mark begins to think she’s somehow involved and the walls start closing in.

Finn confesses to David that his memory might be returning, and begs David to keep quiet when he says he has a duty to report it. Aaron later has a snoop on Finn’s file which David leaves lying around, and discovers the dark truth, which he takes straight to Mark.

But if the secret gets out and Elly has nothing over Finn, will he release her secret too?

Elly does what she can to put Mark off the scent, but she’s worried herself – if Finn’s starting to remember, he could actually be a danger. She manages to get Mark to back off, but is sickened by her own actions in manipulating her husband. She tells Finn he needs to hand himself in.

News spreads of Finn’s returning memories, and a new hearing is now pending. He reassures Elly he’ll keep her confidence, but the stress is becoming too much for her. He tells her she needs to come clean for her own sanity, and she realises he is right.

She comes face to face with Mark and confesses the awful truth – he’s not the father of her baby.

Mark is rocked by her revelation and distraught at learning who the real father is. He’s also sickened when he learns she used Caitlin’s baby scan. He snaps and kicks her out of the house and tells her he never loved her.

With things getting more and more dire for Elly by the second, her troubles are just beginning…

Scenes air from Monday 20th May at 1.45pm and 5.30pm on Channel 5.

This week, the soaps are packed with emotion as EastEnders airs a tragic death while there’s also terrible news for a family in Emmerdale as Lisa Dingle (Jane Cox) reveals that she doesn’t have long to live.

Despair reigns for Coronation Street’s Carla Connor (Alison King) while in Hollyoaks, Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) hopes for justice from the school investigation but she might not get it.

Here we round up the biggest and most unmissable soap moments from this week.

Dinah takes her own life in EastEnders

Karen is worried about Dinah’s state of mind especially when she starts writing future birthday cards and later, her worst fears are confirmed when Dinah is found dead, having taken her own life.

One to watch: Thursday 16th May at 7:30pm on BBC One.

Lisa has tragic news in Emmerdale

Lisa and Zak arrive back in the village but the party is cut short when Lisa admits to her family that she is dying, leaving Belle reeling. And an overwhelmed Zak disappears.

One to watch: Monday 13th May at 7pm.

Mercedes is in a crash in Hollyoaks

As Mercedes is upset, Liam encourages her to have fun and they steal Harry’s car before involving it in a crash. Liam then hides evidence that they have hit someone…

One to watch: Monday 13th May at 7pm on E4.

Keanu gets dirt on Ben in EastEnders

Keanu receives Ben’s delivery at the Arches and looks through the logbooks. Later, he plays dumb with Ben, who soon realises that he has been double crossed.

One to watch: Thursday 16th May at 7:30pm on BBC One.

Carla returns to Coronation Street

A shaken and paranoid Carla turns up at Roy’s, convinced that everyone is out to get her. But as she begs Roy to protect her, he has a decision to make which leaves her feeling betrayed.

One to watch: Monday 13th May at 7:30pm on ITV.

Maya and Jacob on the run in Emmerdale

As they hide out in a hotel, Maya is horrified to learn that Jacob has been in contact with David and confronts him. He smashes up his phone to prove his loyalty to her.

One to watch: Monday 13th May at 7pm on ITV.

Sienna hears the result in Hollyoaks

With Laurie manipulating Sinead, who is convinced that he isn’t attending his anger management sessions, the school investigation closes and Sienna waits anxiously to hear the result.

One to watch: Thursday 16th May at 7pm on ITV.

Steve involved in a robbery in Coronation Street

After Tracy encourages him to start doing illegal pickups, Steve ends up collecting a dodgy passenger who gets him embroiled in an armed robbery he is carrying out.

One to watch: Friday 17th May at 7:30pm on ITV.

Harriet is attacked in Emmerdale

Dawn tries to stop Will but she ends up knocked out cold. Will comes face to face with a stunned Harriet and he takes revenge, leaving her trapped beneath a coffin.

One to watch: Thursday 16th May at 8pm on ITV.

Mel helps Amy in EastEnders

Mel catches Amy shoplifting and apprehends her but when she sees that she has stolen sanitary products, they bond. After Mel then takes Amy shopping, Jack thaws to her.

One to watch: Monday 13th May at 8pm on BBC One.