This is so sad I've read this. Poor wee soul her family must be devastated.
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This is so sad I've read this. Poor wee soul her family must be devastated.
The poor little thing Rest In Peace
New Emmerdale producer Kate Oates could offer Riley a deal to rejoin the cast, the Daily Star Sunday reports.
"Lisa has been a huge hit on Strictly so it's no great surprise Emmerdale bosses want her back," a source said.
"Mandy's ex-husband *Paddy Kirk is having marriage *problems so it makes sense to bring back Lisa."
A friend of Riley's admitted that the 36-year-old would have to think hard about making a comeback to Emmerdale.
"Lisa loved her time on Emmerdale but she's finally known for being Lisa Riley rather than Mandy Dingle," the source said.
"She wants to use her Strictly success to open new doors. Having said all that, she isn't stupid enough to rule out a return without at least discussing it."
Emmerdale actress Natalie Anderson is to be a guest presenter of the showbiz slot on ITV1's Daybreak.
The 31-year-old, famed for playing Alicia Metcalfe in the soap, will be filling in for showbiz editor and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Richard Arnold.
Anderson will present the segment at 7.50am from January 2 to January 4. Arnold will return to the role from January 7 onwards.
Anderson said: "I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining the Daybreak team next week! I can't wait to get started and hope I do the lovely Richard proud."
The Dales actress is following X Factor contestant Rylan Clark in the role. Clark took on the job for a week last month.
At the time, Arnold said: "The wonderful thing about this hurly-burly business we call show is that you know ultimately you will one day be replaced by someone younger, thinner and in this case much taller than you.
"I wish Rylan all the best in his new role at Daybreak."
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Former Emmerdale star Marc Silcock has revealed that he would not rule out another soap role.
The actor bowed out from his part as tetraplegic Jackson Walsh on the ITV1 show in mid-2011. He also previously played Eli on Channel 4's Hollyoaks.
Silcock told The Sun: "Emmerdale really was the best job of my life. You do so much in such a short period of time that your improvement is really dramatic.
"I held on to the role for as long as possible, but my exit storyline - Jackson's controversial assisted suicide - was so good it was worth leaving for.
"I honestly couldn't rule out going back to soap in the future. But it would have to work for me. I wouldn't do it for the sake of it."
Silcock returns to screens next week as he appears as a soldier in BBC One's new daytime drama Privates.
He said: "It was definitely a different experience. Aside from playing a soldier on an Army camp, drama is so different to soap.
"On Emmerdale I used to get through 50 pages of script a day, so to suddenly change to six pages filmed over a 14-hour day was a real shock. Everything has to be perfect. But it is a fantastic drama and has been a real learning curve.
"I need to spend more time doing shows like this to learn as much as possible. There is scope for two more series of Privates, and I definitely would come back if they were commissioned and the team wanted me again."
Privates begins on Monday, January 7 at 2.15pm on BBC One.
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Patsy Kensit has revealed the extent of her affection for playing Emmerdale superbitch Sadie King.
The 44-year-old actress, who played the soap villain for two years, praised the show's writers for imagining the character.
"The one great thing about being an actress is I love playing different characters and I was really blessed with Sadie King," she told BANG Showbiz.
"She was this total bitch and the writing was incredible. I worked with a brilliant cast on Emmerdale and I learnt so much from them. I loved it."
After leaving Emmerdale in 2004, Kensit swiftly joined Holby City, in which she played ward sister Faye Byrne.
The star reminisced: "Holby was again a wonderful experience, a very complicated character, but the nice thing is to play different characters."
Announcing her departure in 2010, Kensit admitted that the role had left her "knackered".
She reiterated: "I was on Emmerdale for two-and-a-half years and then went straight onto Holby for four-and-a-half years and worked really, really vigorously and it was long hours."
Last year, Kensit said she would be open to a return to either soap when her 13-year-old son Lennon grows up.
Matthew Wolfenden has revealed that his son is unimpressed with Emmerdale.
The actor, who plays David Metcalfe in the rural soap, is father to 2-year-old Buster with wife and co-star Charley Webb.
Wolfenden told The Sun: "It came on the telly the other night and Buster looked at it, sighed and went, 'I don't like Emmerdale'.
"Charley wanted to watch it but he wanted to watch some kids' show.
"It's funny when Charley is shouting on the telly as Debbie Dingle because he tells his mum off.
"He'll turn to her and go, 'No, Mummy, stop shouting!'"
Emmerdale star Dominic Brunt has vowed never to quit the soap.
The actor, who plays Paddy Kirk, is currently busy promoting his own zombie film Before Dawn but has no plans to concentrate permanently on other projects.
As well as directing Before Dawn, Brunt appears in the movie alongside his wife Joanne Mitchell.
However, asked by Daybreak whether he is moving on from Emmerdale, he replied: "No, God no! I love it so much. I feel very loyal towards Emmerdale.
"[Before Dawn] was a welcome distraction a couple of years ago and we loved doing it. I could work with my wife and we're very proud of it.
"But I'd never leave Emmerdale. Unless they kicked me out, but I think if I went out on the Friday, I'd come back and ask if I could be a cleaner on the Monday!"
Revealing the plot of his film, Brunt explained: "The zombies are there as an allegory, but it's basically about a couple that go away for a weekend to save their marriage, and then their phones stop working, the telly stops working and they can't find anything on the radio.
"Unbeknownst to them, they're in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, and then it's how they deal with what happens. One of them goes for a run, comes back and has been bitten, so it's how they deal with the consequences."
Before Dawn is released on DVD on Monday, February 25.
Former Emmerdale star Danny Miller has revealed that women distract him from focusing on his career.
The actor, who played Aaron Livesy on the soap, said that he plans on staying single for the next five years.
"Now I've left Emmerdale, I just want to focus on work," he told The Sun.
"I had a girlfriend for a while, but I am certainly not looking at going in that direction for a long time.
"I'm very happy being single and staying like that. Don't get me wrong, I'm the same as every man. I enjoy female company and I've got a lot of girl mates, but I'm happy doing what I'm doing and concentrating on my work."
Miller went on to admit that he doesn't think he is the right age to settle down.
"I'm trying to get myself on the career ladder and all women do is distract us from that! I'm 21 and there's plenty of time for girlfriends. I am just not ready to tie myself down with any kind of relationship yet," he said.
"I'd rather just have a bit of a laugh with my mates and assess it in four or five years' time."
Miller briefly dated his Emmerdale co-star Kirsty-Leigh Porter back in 2010. However, Porter reportedly left Miller after accusing him of approaching girls in nightclubs for sex.
Miller can currently be seen in ITV's Lightfields, in his first acting role since quitting the soap.
Emmerdale bosses have been struggling to resume filming after being hit by the heavy snowfall.
The freezing weather conditions have left the Emmerdale set in Esholt, Yorkshire looking like the middle of winter when it is meant to be May in soapland, due to filming six weeks in advance.
The Sun reports that the weather has also affected Coronation Street and EastEnders and it threatens to delay the filming of crucial outdoor scenes.
An ITV source said: "Emmerdale has been badly hit by snow and the cast are freezing. They are wearing big padded coats between takes.
"Some outdoor scenes will be cancelled if it doesn't clear up.
"Coronation Street has managed to avoid most of the snow but the cast are still having to cover up while filming summer scenes. Hand warmers and hot drinks are being passed around to keep everyone toasty."
EastEnders bosses were relieved to find that snow had melted before filming began yesterday. They were also looking after cast and crew with extra hot drinks and hot water bottles.
An Elstree source said: "It's incredibly cold for this time of year but we're soldiering on and hopefully we won't get delayed.
"Fingers crossed we have seen the last of the snow."