Just a short one to give you a last minute alarm - sorry for being late on this one.

Nathaniel Parker is scheduled to appear in today's edition of GMTV. It will be the LK (Lorraine Kelly ) Today part of the morning show running on itv1 from 08:35 to 09:25 (GMT). Hope some of our UK folks are able to catch this one, too. More details and info are to follow right here later today.

Published on May 6, 2008 - 06:00 (GMT)

The 10th annual British Soap Awards took place in London at the BBC Television Centre last night. The show will be broadcast via itv1 on May 7, 2008 from 20:00-22:00 (GMT). The British Soap Awards Party will also be shown on May 7, 2008 on itv2 starting from 22:00 - 23:25 (GMT) featuring interviews with the evening's winners, an in-depth look at the red carpet fashion hits and misses, and exclusive sneak previews from soaps such as Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks. Sharon Small and Nathaniel Parker were presenters for the show. More pictures of Sharon and Nathaniel can be found in our Galleries section.

OK, let me just catch my breath for a second.

So far we have had 2 weeks of rehearsal and only one left (AARRGGHHHHH).

I am presenting an award tonight with (I hope) Sharon Small at the Soap Awards ceremony at the BBC. I've only ever once been at one of these sort of dos to present before and I managed to trip UP the stairs. Let's hope I don't repeat that particular out-take. We are presenting best on-screen couple. I can't wait to see her again. I miss her on a day to day basis.

This week I did a Ready Steady Cook to be broadcast late May. Whilst I am on the road in Woking.

Also bracketting that week will be Lynley. AT LAST. 25/5/8 & 1/6/8 are our tx dates, so those of you who haven't yet seen them put them in your diaries.

Play rehearsals are going well but exhausting. Fab cast helps. I feel SO far behind. Anyway Gotta go now. Later Dudes and Dudettes.

Big news is... I have started rehearsals for the play. It feels very strange to be sitting around, without cameras, and saying things to people in a way that ensures all the people who pay their hard earned cash, can hear me, and see me.

I am used to the idea of a camera following me and picking up the relevant bits and putting them together with other relevant bits, at a much later date. This is all pretty immediate stuff. I feel as tho' I am flexing a muscle that needs much flexing. It is too long since I have done this and I hope to keep it a working muscle. In other words, I AM ENJOYING IT. Which is a great relief. I'm not sure how good I am yet, in fact, I am struggling to find the bits I am good at, but it is great to be with a cast who are as talented as they are fun. And, yes the director is absolutely vital, but it is essentially up to us to make this play work on the night. I think that it will. Harry Burton, Matt to his older chums, is lovely to work with. Nothing is verboten yet, which means that we can get it as wrong as we like for the moment. Trouble is of course, altho' I am used to just a couple of minutes rehearsal, three weeks really isn't enough.