Interesting, I wonder if Alexander Lamb will stay on as the sole story editor at EastEnders, or if Kirkwood will add someone else, or if Kirkwood will shakeup anything up there.

Isn't he officially taking over in a few weeks? I think I read Santer will be gone by the end of February.

Edited February 15, 201015 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I think Santer's ideas may still be in place up to summer or later, I'm not sure though.

Bryan Kirkwood officially takes over on March 1st. This article talks about the Eastenders transition

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/interviews/a189591/diederick-santer-executive-producer-eastenders.html

Edited February 15, 201015 yr by dannigold

Lime digital head to exec produce Hollyoaks

Lime Pictures has expanded the executive producer team on its flagship soap Hollyoaks to include its digital head Lee Hardman.

Hardman, who heads up Lime’s digital arm Conker Media, will join the indie’s chief executive Carolyn Reynolds and creative director Tony Wood on the show.

A Lime spokeswoman said the role was a reflection of Hollyoaks’ growth as a cross-platform show and that Hardman would help to build the brand on digital, broadcast and other emerging platforms.

Hardman has already executive produced the Hollyoaks Music Show and last year’s 12-part web only storyline that supported a government safe drinking campaign, as well as other Conker projects such as BBC Switch drama The Well.

He has been linked to the Hollyoaks production team for more than a decade, working with Conker’s earlier incarnation as Conker Boy Films. Launched in 1997, the indie, was a division of Phil Redmond’s Mersey Television to get a foothold in the then-nascent digital market.

looks like oaks is undergoing changes already.I also heard that Paul M has began and his episodes air in March.

I want Nicole Owen to return. I [!@#$%^&*] loved her. I know that's not exactly a realistic care, but I don't care. Why Bryan Kirkwood ever got rid of her, I'll never know.

I liked Nicole too. I think they got rid of her because they got rid of her whole family, aside from Russ, who was there for Mercedes, or the hunk factor. I wish they'd kept her around. I did love her exit, that she told Nancy, Sarah, and Hannah what lousy friends they were. That "friendship" sucked. Nancy and Sarah were only ever friends with the mirror.

She was such a good looking girl and more talented than the annoying lame ass Hannah, Sarah and Nancy. I was so sad when he wrote her off. Right now I'm trying to get through Xmas week and hope that Hannah hurries and leaves. God. This whole show is unwatchable. I want to skip all these episodes, but it's not like I have anything to look forward to.

Emmerdale, on the other hand, is such a page turner I wish I could watch every episode in one sitting just so I can see what happens. I want to see into the future with that show! I can't say the same for any of my soaps, UK or US. And watching completely spoiler free is just shocking.

Whoa, I never knew Ricky Whittle and Carley Stenson used to date.

Yeah, they did for a few years. I think they broke up because of Strictly Come Dancing.

http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/news/a204983/sheree-murphy-joins-hollyoaks-cast.html

Sheree Murphy joins 'Hollyoaks' cast

Wednesday, February 24 2010, 4:28am EST

By Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter

Sheree Murphy joins 'Hollyoaks' cast

Former Emmerdale star Sheree Murphy has been cast in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks.

The actress has signed up to play Tania Verani,

who is the long-lost mother of existing character Anita Roy (Saira Choudhry), The Sun reports.

Murphy, who has three children with footballer Harry Kewell, previously played Emmerdale barmaid Tricia Dingle for six years until 2004. She later appeared on ITV1 reality show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! and went on to establish a career as a TV presenter.

A Hollyoaks source said: "Bosses have been trying to sign her up for a while now - but she's always put her family first. But after years out of acting, she wants to give it another go.

"Sheree has started filming scenes and was very nervous being on set again, but she's a professional and has taken to Hollyoaks like a duck to water. She's loving it - and everyone loves having her on the team."

Hollyoaks is currently undergoing an overhaul following the arrival of new producer Paul Marquess. He has already axed three members of the Ashworth family and shaken up the soap's core production team.

Marquess started working on the teen drama last month following the departure of his predecessor Lucy Allan, who was in charge of production for just over 12 months.

Edited February 24, 201015 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

Anita sucks!

Tricia was a big character on Emmerdale, she had major story for years and years. The odd part is that Samantha Giles, who played Tricia's rival/friend Bernice, was on Hollyoaks a few years ago. She was mother to Lauren and Danny Valentine, and briefly flirted with Calvin. She just kind of vanished when Giles went on maternity leave.

Anita sucks!

Tricia was a big character on Emmerdale, she had major story for years and years. The odd part is that Samantha Giles, who played Tricia's rival/friend Bernice, was on Hollyoaks a few years ago. She was mother to Lauren and Danny Valentine, and briefly flirted with Calvin. She just kind of vanished when Giles went on maternity leave.

When I was still watching I liked Anita but I stopped mid 2009. What's this about a long lost mother? And didn't they have her manipulate Hannah into anorexia again? or something like that?

Anita went off the rails after she was bullied and targeted in racial attacks. Over the space of last year she pretended that a boy tried to rape her (she had wanted him to have sex with her and when he said no, she said he'd tried to force her), and to get attention, she pretended she was bulimic. Hannah sympathized with her and began falling back into the old feelings she had when she was binging and purging. Anita realized how far this had gone and told Hannah the truth, but Hannah was then even more upset and started up again, so bad that she ended up in hospital, wishing for death.

When they were dumping the Roy family last fall, Ash spitefully told Anita that she had been adopted at birth by their parents.

I winder what Marquess sees in her?

Too bad Leila/Eliot went to crap fast. I loved them together. Of course I stopped watching in May or so on a regular basis.

Edited February 26, 201015 yr by Amello