SOME of Britain’s favourite soap stars face the axe in a huge cost-cutting drive as audiences dwindle. Insiders said the £200,000-a-year-plus pay packets of leading performers on Coronation Street,…
This month BBC bosses also brought back Ian Beale, played by— actress Claire, 61 — is also believed to be taking home more than £200,000 a year. Chris Chittell, who plays the soap’s longest serving character Eric Pollard, is also on £200,000.
A source said: “Some of the actors have been on set for decades and they have become icons who are known more for their characters than themselves. “Many of them are worrying about where they would go and what they would do if the rugs were pulled from under their feet.”Emmerdale has already started shedding starsAnd this week Jane Hudson announced her departure after five years as executive producer.“Matthew, for example, was ready to move to pastures new and he did the soap a favour, as he was on a six-figure salary. There is talk at EastEnders of what is going to be a massacre of stars come Christmas.
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