Five-time Emmy winner Heather Tom talks soaps and reality TVOn how working on soaps is different compared to theater, film and TV guest shots: "I would think the biggest difference is just the sheer volume of the work that we do. We do two shows a day. I think that’s the biggest thing. We move very fast. We don’t really get a lot of time to do two takes. We do one take and go. I think also [when] playing a character that’s been around for 10 or 20 years, that character kind of takes on a life of its own. I tend to be very excited about daytime. I like playing a character for a long period of time."
Producers hoping to persuade EASTENDERS matriarch Barbara Windsor to make permanent return
The 75 year old actress will return to the show - which she quit in 2010 after 16 years - as Walford matriarch Peggy Mitchell for one episode this fall, but the powers that be are keen to get her to return on a long-term basis.
Actor Bill Tarmey, who for 30 years played lovable rogue Jack Duckworth on British soap opera CORONATION STREET, has died at the age of 71.