EastEnders' Molly Rainford's life off-screen from famous parents to Strictly boyfriend

Melanie Schilling will be making a welcome return to our TV screens on Monday, with a new season of Married At First Sight UK scheduled to air on 18 September. The 51 year old, known as Mel, is one of the show's dating experts, alongside Paul C. Brunson and Charlene Douglas, and will be on-hand to help this year's contestants find their perfect match.

For fans of the BBC dance competition, every weekend from now until mid-December will be marked by the glitz and glamour of the ballroom, the biting comments of notoriously tough judge Craig Revel Horwood, charming hosting by Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly, and the tension of Sunday night results shows. As well as the celeb stars, fans of the show can't wait for the return of our much-loved Strictly professionals, including the talented Dianne Buswell. Dianne joined the show back in 2017 and has gone on to have some pretty successful routines and celebrity partners, including her now-boyfriend Joe Sugg, who she reached the final with back in 2018.

The 2023 series of Strictly Come Dancing is just around the corner, with the new season scheduled to launch of BBC One on Saturday 16 September. A new set of celebrities are set to take to the iconic dance floor on the hit BBC One show, including Bobby Brazier, Les Dennis, Ellie Leach and Angela Scanlon. This year's pairings are yet to be revealed, with Strictly bosses being careful to keep them under wraps until the launch show.

Angela Scanlon is set to compete in this year's Strictly Come Dancing alongside the likes of Bobby Brazier and Zara McDermott.The Your Garden Made Perfect and The One Show presenter, 39, is a familiar face on our screens after starting her successful career as a stylist and a journalist, before moving into television. But when she's not on our screens, the Irish presenter can be found at home with her beautiful family. Here we take a look at Angela's family life as she takes to the Strictly dancefloor...

As a much-loved Strictly professional Luba Mushtuk has made a name for herself in the world of dance and entertainment. Luba's journey in the competitive dance world has been marked by significant achievements. She has clinched victory in the Italian Dance Championship not once, but an impressive four times.

Thanks to her dry sense of humour and iconic look, Claudia Winkleman’ has become a favourite among TV fans over recent years.The 51 year old star is set to make a welcome return to our screens on Saturday, with the 2023 series of Strictly Come Dancing beginning on BBC One. Claudia will team up with co-host Tess Daly, 54, once again for the hit dancing show. Alongside Strictly, Claudia also hosts BBC's The Traitors, Britain's Best Home Cook and The Piano, and can be found presenting BBC Radio 2 on Saturday mornings.

TV viewers have been loving new ITV dating show My Mum, Your Dad and one contestant in particular has won their hearts, which is postman Roger Hawes.The 58 year old had fans in tears when he opened up about his wife's heartbreaking death during Tuesday's episode of the new TV show, revealing she passed just 18 months ago after being diagnosed with cancer. Roger's three children signed him up for My Mum, Your Dad - dubbed 'middle-aged Love Island' - after deciding it was time for him to look for love again. Here, we take a look into Roger's life away from the cameras...

Soap bosses have confirmed that Brian Conley is set to depart Eastenders after a three year stint on the show. The star, 62, joined the show as Thomas “Rocky” Cotton, a con-man trying to scam Sonia Fowler into believing that he is her long lost father, in May 2021. Brian’s character is still in the midst of drama when his departure was announced this week, leaving viewers stunned, and stoking rumours of a behind the scenes feud.

Since arriving on our screens in December 2022 as Caleb Milligan, Emmerdale star William Ash has delighted audiences as the long lost Dingle sibling in the wake of mum Faith’s tragic death. When suave businessman Caleb first arrived in the village, viewers were suspicious about what had brought him to the Yorkshire village, with several fans questioning why Cain had kept his identity a secret for so long.

Bill Fellows has become a regular face on our TV screens over the years, having starred in the likes of Ted Lasso, Doctors and Casualty. However, the 65 year old actor is now arguably best known as Coronation Street's Stu Carpenter, having joined the cast of the hit ITV soap back in October 2021. Since taking on the regular role, he's found himself at the centre of some dramatic storylines, including most recently coming face-to-face with ex-wife Lucy.

After a brief absence from Emmerdale, Cathy Hope recently returned to our screens in the wake of her debilitating mental health battle with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.The youngster had been battling heavy periods and severe mood swings for a number of weeks and left the village to go and stay with her half-brother Scott Windsor in the hopes that a break would help her to get a better handle on her condition. Since her return, a tearful Cathy has opened up to her dad’s partner Wendy and explained how she is still struggling to live with the devastating condition, with emotionally taxing scenes having broken the hearts of many fans tuning in.Thankfully however, despite Cathy’s on-screen struggles, Garbielle Dowling, the talented teen that plays her, has a far less stressful life away from the cameras! Co-star brother First making her debut alongside her real life brother, Sebastian in 2007, the pair have been firm fixtures of Emmerdale for over 16 years! Now aged 17, Gabrielle has been propelled into the limelight as part of the exciting PMDD storyline, but with the real-life twins having been staples of the show for so long, it may surprise viewers to know that the pair weren’t the first stars to originate the roles of Bob Hope’s children.The twins were originally played by Ella Whitehouse Downes and Lilith Kitching for the first few episodes following their introduction, as Sebastian had to remain in hospital for an extra week following his birth.

For ten whole years, Kellie Bright has been delighting audiences with her portrayal of Linda Carter in EastEnders, with her decade long stint on the show having the seen the character embroiled in numerous dramatic storylines. Among some of her most iconic storylines to date, fans have seen the character come to terms with her rape at the hands of her brother-in-law Dean Wicks, battle with alcoholism, deliver a premature baby and of course, lose the love of her life Mick Carter in a devastating car accident last Christmas.

Dame Maureen Lipman has been a regular on our TV screens for decades, having landed her first on-screen role in 1969 and going on to star in numerous well-known shows. The star, 77, has become a household name thanks to her incredible talents as an actress, writer and comedian, which even led to her being made a Dame in 2020. Maureen is now arguably best known for portraying Evelyn Plummer in hit ITV soap Coronation Street - a regular role she's been in since 2018.

Lily Slater has been a huge part of one of the year's most dramatic EastEnders storylines - with her underage pregnancy causing chaos in Albert Square.

Michael Le Vell has become a soap legend thanks to his role as Kevin Webster in hit ITV soap Coronation Street, having joined the cast back in 1983. The 58 year old actor has found himself at the centre of numerous dramatic storylines over the years, from Kevin's rocky marriage to Sally Metcalfe to his affairs with Natalie Horrocks and Molly Dobbs. More recently, viewers have watched as the mechanic has cared for his son Jack following his sepsis diagnosis along with his marriage and romance with Abi Franklin.

The return of Strictly Come Dancing is just weeks away, and rehearsals are well underway for both the professional dancers and the cast of celebrities. However, one of the stars of 2023, Bobby Brazier, is getting some extra training away from the dance floor from his EastEnders co-star Molly Rainford.

Lucy Benjamin has been a recognisable face in the soap world for decades - mainly thanks to her work in EastEnders as Lisa Fowler, where she was first cast back in 1998. Now 53, Lucy has made quite a name for herself on the soap, first being introduced by producer Matthew Robinson as a 'home-wrecking blonde.' Since then, she's departed and returned to Albert Square a number of times over the years, and is now firmly back amongst things in the Walford world.

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EastEnders fans have accused the show of turning into a sci-fi series, with recent episodes containing flashbacks and flashforwards. Earlier this year, the long-running soap began dropping hints in regards to its dramatic Christmas storyline, with a flash-forward revealing that one character will die tragically this festive season. And now Cindy Beale's return has led to a number of recent episodes containing flashbacks, revealing what she's been doing the last 25 years, including abandoning her new family the Knights.