Soap Watch ; Jaci Stephen's Ultimate Insight Into the Week's Soaps [Eire Region]
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Whatever happened to a normal childhood? It doesn't matter how old soap youngsters are, or which family they have the misfortune to be born into, misery dominates their early years.
Take Coronation Street's Simon. He arrived in Weatherfield, unwanted by his father and thrust into a life with a chain-smoking grandmother and her adulterous husband. Now the poor boy has been the subject of a tug-of-war between grandfathers - George offering to put up the money to send him to private school, and Ken trying to talk Peter out of off-loading his son again. It has also been reported that the poor boy is due to be the centre of a kidnapping plot, too, although given the hell he is having to endure back home, I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be the instigator of it.See the full content of this document
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Soap Watch ; Jaci Stephen's Ultimate Insight Into the Week's Soaps [Eire Region]
It wasn't a very happy birthday for Dotty on EastEnders last week, sitting alone among her presents, balloons and cards because Tiff and Liam didn't want to go to her party. Presents for aand cards because Tiff and Liam didn't want to go to her party. Presents for a child? That really is a rarity! Most get through Christmas with barely so much as a bauble.
She was even more annoyed to discover that Ti...See the full content of this document
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