Inside Soap
Inside Soap is a weekly magazine published in the United Kingdom, released every Tuesday. It covers current and future storylines in soap operas in the United Kingdom, including Coronation Street, Doctors, Eastenders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks as well as dramas Casualty and Holby City, and Australian soaps Home and Away and Neighbours, which are broadcast in the United Kingdom.
 First issue cover (October 1992) | |
| Editor | Steven Murphy |
|---|---|
| Categories | Soap operas |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 117,539 (ABC Jul – Dec 2015)[1] |
| First issue | October 1992 |
| Company | Hearst Magazines UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0966-8497 |
History and profile
When Inside Soap was first published in October 1992, it was a monthly magazine. It went on to be published fortnightly in the mid 1990s, before going weekly early in September 2003. The editor has been Steven Murphy since the late 1990s.
Inside Soap traditionally provides interviews from actors who play characters in the soap operas and outlines current storylines; occasionally past storylines are included in featurettes.
As of 2019, soaps included in its content are Coronation Street, Doctors, Eastenders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Australian soap operas Home and Away and Neighbours. Former soaps that were covered were Brookside, Family Affairs and Crossroads. Readers are invited to email their questions to soap stars and entries are published in interview format. Soap stars' personal lives are also covered, including tips on fashion and where to purchase clothes worn by the stars. A weekly television guide is also provided.
Each year, since 2006 the Inside Soap Awards ceremony is held, where awards are given to the cast and crew of the soaps. The awards are voted for by the readers of the magazine.
Sections includes:
- The Inside Scoop
- Inside Gossip
- Soap Spy
- Stop Press
- Your Soap Story Wish List
- You Can Say That Again
- Region & Radio
- What Happens When
- Soap Box
- Request Spot
- Soap Bubble
- Interviews
- 10 Totally True Facts About...
- You Ask... They Answer
- A Year In The Life
- Star Watch
- Style Watch
- Inside TV
- Next Issue Preview!
- Hits & Misses
