TV Times – 03 August 2019

THE CAST WEATHERFIELD EXTRA

TV TIMES 23

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limey, when it comes

to fellas, Eileen can’t

half pick ’em. Having

said that she didn’t

want another psychopath on her

hands after Pat Phelan, she finds

boyfriend Jan is involved in the

human-trafficking ring run by

salon boss Rachel...

Rachel’s racket was recently

uncovered by Seb, who realised

Alina was a victim. Desperate to

save her, at the start of the week

he asks Faye to have a manicure

so she can slip Alina a note.

But when another girl does

Faye’s nails, Faye hands her the

letter and asks her to pass it on.

Big mistake! Seb then gets a text

from ‘Alina’, asking him to meet

her, but when he arrives at the

salon, Nikolai is lying in wait.

‘Seb thinks, “Okay, this scrap

is on, let’s get down to business,”’

says Harry Visinoni, who plays the

teen. ‘His survival instinct kicks in.’

Jan finds Seb unconscious

and drops him at A&E, and Abi

gets a call from the hospital to say

her son is injured. She tells Eileen,

and Eileen calls Jan, who says he’s

on a job in Birmingham.

Eileen is suspicious and heads to

the salon, where she finds her fella

with Rachel and Nikolai, loading

the fixtures and fittings into a van.

The cab worker is gutted as Jan

says he never cared for her, and she’s

terrified when a fight breaks out,

during which Nikolai smashes her

phone so she can’t call the police.

Eileen’s fearing for her life

when the cops suddenly raid the

joint – Seb has blown the whistle.

She’s arrested with the others, but

released without charge.

Seb returns home and is thrilled

when Alina calls by with a Salvation

Army worker and tells him she’s

been sorted with a safe house. But

when he begs her to keep in touch,

she refuses to make any promises.

Harry adds: ‘He’s heartbroken

as they say goodbye. He believes

she is the love of his life.’

Poor Eileen is equally upset,

having been taken for a ride by yet

another man. Can she find the

strength to bounce back?

Eileen in

DA NGER!

She fears for her life when she’s caught up

with the people-trafficking gang

Appointment with

fear: Eileen arrives at

the salon as the gang

are doing a runner

Jane Hazlegrove, who recently joined the

Corrie cast as Gemma’s mum, Bernie Winter,

says she’d love to have scenes with Sally

Dynevor, who plays Sally Metcalfe.

‘We’re old mates,’ Jane tells us. ‘Weirdly,

when I was in the show as a teenager [playing

Sue Clayton back in 1985], Sally auditioned

for my part and didn’t get it, and then they

wrote Sally for Sally.

‘I’d love to have some stuff with her,

because I think she’s a fabulous woman. I was

always aware of her and I think she was of me,

so we kind of knew each other as kids. Now

here we are, mature women on the cobbles.’

Eileen .................Sue Cleaver
Jan ................Piotr Baumann
Seb ..................Harry Visinoni
Alina .. Ruxandra Porojnicu
Rachel ..............Verity Henry
Gary ...................Mikey North
Ryan ...............Ryan Prescott
Alya ..........................Sair Khan
Sarah ................ Tina O’Brien
Robert ...... Tristan Gemmill

Vicky ....................Kerri Quinn

Jed ..... Branwell Donaghey

Ali .................James Burrows

Imran ..........Charlie de Melo

Toyah ........... Georgia Taylor

Evelyn .... Maureen Lipman

Mary .......................Patti Clare

Tim ....................... Joe Duttine

Steve .......... Simon Gregson

Emma .. Alexandra Mardell

Turn for the latest

on Emmerdale

and Hollyoaks

Brawl: Eileen, Rachel,

Jan and Nikolai

fight it out until the

police burst in