BBC Play For Today soap stars now - horror injuries, family trauma and co-star flings

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BBC anthology series began in 1970 and broadcast a series of television plays, with some like The Rumpole Of The Bailey later becoming TV series in their own right.It also gave a spotlight to lots of future soap stars - from EastEnders villains to Coronation Street icons.READ NEXT: Barbara Windsor's widower Scott Mitchell reveals marriage to star 'not a closed book'On the 52nd anniversary of A Play For Today's first broadcast (October 15), Daily Star takes a look at the soap stars who appeared in the series and where they are now.TV legend Paula Wilcox is currently delighting soap fans as Elaine Jones in Coronation Street.However, the star has appeared in many of the UK's biggest TV series, including The After Dinner Joke as part of A Play For Today on February 14, 1978.That's not all, as Paula has appeared in iconic shows including Man About The House, The Lovers, The Queen's Nose and most recently, Upstart Crow.Speaking about her Man About the House Fame, Paula spoke about her "sex symbol" fame in the seventies, and revealed that taxi drivers used to tell her that they "fell in love with her."But speaking to Woman's Weekly, she says when they tell her they 'used to be in love'', she retorts: "What do you mean, used to be?""It's very flattering after all this time.

It was a lovely programme and it's nice to be recognised for something that was dear to people's hearts.In the years since, Paula joined ITV soap Coronation Street in 2020, where it was revealed that her character Elaine was a former abuse victim and first wife of Geoff Metcalfe - as well as the mother of Tim Metcalfe.However, many soap fans may not know that this was not Paula's first Coronation Street stint.More than 50 years before in 1969, Paula first.