Emmerdale fans will see the return of some former soap favourites as part of the soap’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
As Emmerdale viewers will likely know, the show will soon be marking its 50th birthday and boss Jane Hudson has offered some details about what we can expect.
Discussing the milestone with The Sun, Jane informed fans they’ll see a few old faces from across the decades.
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Jane said: “We’ve been thinking about the 50th all the time. I think we probably held back some of our big ideas while Covid was so prominent in our lives because we didn’t know what we could achieve.
“But Super Soap Week has really shown us what we can do. And as brilliant as stunts are - we’ve got to have the stories to back up those stunts.
“We can blow up anything but if there’s no story behind it - what’s the point?
“Our focus at the moment is to really build those stories so when we get to our golden month of celebration, we’ve got secrets that the viewers are desperate to be revealed, there’s probably going to be a birth in there perhaps - babies in soaps are either born on programme celebrations or Christmas so there’s going to be one of those happening, and we’ll do something epic - there will be an epic stunt because we’re well-known for that.
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“But at the heart of it, the best loved characters in our show are really going to be tested in some big emotional stories.
“It’s really key to us that whatever happens in the 50th - the fallout is huge. This will continue and take us into 2023.”
Elsewhere, we know evil Meena Jutla is seen to get her comeuppance in Emmerdale which could well be part of the show's milestone celebrations.
We’ll keep you posted on what to expect during Emmerdale’s big 50th anniversary year.
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