By Jason Wright (Entertainment Expert)
WITH the clocks due to go back on Sunday, it’s an ideal time to look at the three key storylines that are set to strike the three top soaps at Christmas this year.
It is a common tradition for the soaps to roll out the big guns in an attempt to draw in the viewers, especially for when it comes to the big 25th date itself. EastEnders knows how to do it, as it’s been the top rated soap on Christmas Day for nine years in a row. The burning question is, will they make it the perfect ten this year? Or will Corrie steal glory for the first time since 2001? Or could Emmerdale spring a surprise and come out on top?
WARNING: Potential spoilers do not read on if you don’t want to know!
EastEnders – Farwell to an Albert Square legend
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| GOODBYE: How is Pat heading out of the Square? |
IT SEEMS like a regular theme. Christmas in soapland brings a familiar character leaving. This year, that honour goes to Albert Square icon Pat Evans. Actress Pam St Clement is hanging up her alter ego’s famous earrings after 20 years in the role. The likelihood is that Pat will be killed off but how is still up in the air. The rumoured ways are a horror fire in the B&B or, perhaps more likely, a tragic short battle with cancer. The final scenes are set to reunite the Butcher family with Ricky (Sid Owen) and Bianca (Patsy Palmer) returning as are Pat’s sons, Simon and David Wicks (Nick Berry and Michael French), last seen in the mid-nineties. Either way, it is certainly set to be another tearjerker of a Christmas in the Square.
Coronation Street – Teenage heartbreak on the cards
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| HEARTBREAK: Sophie and Sian's relationship looks set for a unhappy ending |
ONE of Corrie’s most popular storylines over the past two years has been the lesbian relationship between Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent) and Sian Powers (Sacha Parkinson). This Christmas, it looks like the romance could potentially hit the skids. Last week saw Sophie end up kissing workmate Amber Kalirai (Nikki Patel) and in an act of guilt, decided to pop the question to Sian, setting up a civil partnership ceremony for the festive period. Whilst it is known that the storyline will get to at least the day of the ceremony, it seems that they may not get to say ‘I do.’ The rumours are that the event will be called off as Sophie decides that it’s Amber that she really wants. However, Amber might also decide to get her own back and make the secret kiss a public matter, leading to a potential jilt. With Sacha Parkinson set bid farewell to Weatherfield as Sian at the start of 2012, it looks as if this love story sadly won’t get the happy ending that it deserves.
Emmerdale – Happy Families, unlikely!
WHEREAS EastEnders and Corrie’s plot lines have broken cover, Emmerdale is still being kept mostly under wraps. However, it looks as if their main plot will centre round the continuing illness of Debbie Dingle’s (Charley Webb) daughter Sarah. In desperate need of a bone marrow transplant for Sarah to survive, she and Sarah’s father Andy Sugden (Kelvin Fletcher) decide to take drastic action that could have several drawbacks in the long term. It is possible that this could also connect with the birth of Amy Wyatt’s (Chelsea Halfpenny) baby at Christmas, and whether the dad of the newborn Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) will oppose to this decision. It seems an extremely and complicated based storyline at the moment, mainly as it hasn’t really been fully unveiled. Soap addicts should remember though, Emmerdale never really does simple and basic storylines, especially at Christmas.
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