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Emmerdale promises 2023 'summer spectacular' with returning character hint

Emmerdale looks set for a big few months culminating with a ‘summer spectacular’.

There’s no doubt 2022 will live long in the memory with Emmerdale celebrating its 50th anniversary through some major storylines and shock exits while soap villain Meena Jutla, played by Paige Sandhu , finally got her comeuppance. So, how can the soap top all that in the upcoming 12 months?

Well, speaking at an Emmerdale press event, the soap’s executive producer Jane Hudson has offered fans a few hints of how 2023 is shaping up. Viewers of the ITV soap are being promised a major summer in the village.

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Jane explained: “I’m storylining June at the minute so my head is there. I couldn’t tell you anything anyway but we are busy working on summer storylines at the moment as I always like to have a little bit of a summer spectacular so if I say that I have to come up with something now.”

Rather excitingly, perhaps as part of the summertime fun, we might see a return of an old favourite to Emmerdale. Although Jane remained rather coy on revealing who that could be.

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Jane teased: “I can’t tell you (who) because I’m still checking. We are doing June storylines and I had an idea the other day and thought ‘ahhhhh, our viewers would love that’.”

Before exiting, Jane joked: “Let me go, let me go.” She has given Emmerdale fans more than enough to mull over in the coming weeks and months.

As ever, we'll continue to bring you the big Emmerdale news about what is happening in the village. You can visit our Emmerdale homepage to find the latest gossip about the soap and its stars.

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