James Thornton leaving including huge stunt

[Perdita]

2012 looks like it's starting with a bang on Emmerdale as the show will be airing a huge stunt next month, it has emerged.

This Morning's soap correspondent Sharon Marshall announced the news on today's edition of the ITV1 magazine show after seeing some of the scenes being filmed yesterday.

Emmerdale's team have been shooting the dramatic moment on night shoots all this week. However, exact details of the stunt are being kept closely under wraps for now.

Sharon said today: "The cast and crew are working every single night until 3am in the morning. It's a top secret stunt - they've got a stunt crew, fire engines, paramedics on stand-by. They're really big scenes coming up in about six weeks' time which are top secret."

She added: "It's going to be big."

Emmerdale continues at 7pm on ITV1.

[Glen1]

Seems like John's departure ?

[evole]

Seems like John's departure ?

He'll probably be killed off.

[tammyy2j]

I hope it is not another fire

[alan45]

Filming will continue tonight on the moors above Silsden and Riddlesden on a major action sequence for Emmerdale.

Real emergency crews are involved in the expensive stunt being filmed over two nights for the popular ITV1 soap.

The Emmerdale production team would not tell the Keighley News what the the sequence was or which actors were involved.

Press officer Hannah Green said: "It's a big dramatic storyline that will be on screen in February.

"It does involve a big stunt so we've had paramedics and fire crews."

[uberfan]

Why do the Producers of Emmerdale feel the need to outdo the other soaps?
Don't they realise, Why viewers watch Emmerdale?
It is because the other soaps are too depressing, violent, shocking and we want to be Entertained, not Shocked!
We get enough shocks and worries in the real world, we (i) watch Emmerdale to escape from the real world.
I wonder how many characters they will Kill off this time?

[Katy]

It will probably be another explosion!! Did anyone see that corrie v emmerdale quiz thing at xmas. onr of the questions was who has had the most explosions/fires and then they showes them all in a sequence an emmerdale had 40 odd!!!

[flappinfanny]

i agree with other posters, why does emmy need to do this? im sure it will be dramatic and brilliantly done, but enough is enough. no more stunts/ disasters are needed. emmy has proved it is without doubt the best continuing drama with its stories and character driven plots building up over a long period. the cain/charity/jai storyline has been superb. don't spoil this.

[lizann]

Why do the Producers of Emmerdale feel the need to outdo the other soaps?
Don't they realise, Why viewers watch Emmerdale?
It is because the other soaps are too depressing, violent, shocking and we want to be Entertained, not Shocked!
We get enough shocks and worries in the real world, we (i) watch Emmerdale to escape from the real world.
I wonder how many characters they will Kill off this time?

The dales do it so well so why not

[uberfan]

Because then Emmerdale will "cease to entertain", it will become just another Eastenders/Corrie Clone, (IMHO).