My novel’s about sex, drugs and scandal on soaps – and it’s all true, reveals agent for TV’s biggest stars
IN more than two decades as a TV agent Melanie Blake masterminded the glittering careers of some of Britain’s best-loved soap stars, including Beverley Callard, Claire King and Gillian Taylforth. But after years behind the scenes, she has now stepped into the spotlight as the author of a new bonkbuster novel, Ruthless Women, set at the studios of a fictional TV drama — which soon starts to look very familiar.