Ross Barton (Michael Parr)

[kennedyfan86]

It could be for comfort too as they are relieved it wasn't Ross and are still worried of him.

True. God I hate it all, roll on next week so we can find out

[kennedyfan86]

It could be for comfort too as they are relieved it wasn't Ross and are still worried of him.

True. God I hate it all, roll on next week so we can find out

[tammyy2j]

Emmerdale has everyone talking about Ross Barton I don't remember this for another soap character in recent years whether he is dead or not

[tammyy2j]

Can this thread be merged with original Ross Barton thread please

[Perdita]

Similar discussions going on on Neighbours when Kate got shot and some did not believe it and petition was set up to bring her back

[mariba]

I'm saying one more thing about Ross and this speculation around him-then we'll just see...
I've said this before, but IF he is gone 100% then why couldn't the producer step out and confirm that he's gone and put the end on this speculation.
Because she hasn't and all the rumours going round, I believe like so many, that Ross will be back.
And if he is gone, I wouldn't watch it in any case as I'm so annoyed of the way they are treating us viewers as fools.So he better not be dead.. ;)

[mariba]

I'm saying one more thing about Ross and this speculation around him-then we'll just see...
I've said this before, but IF he is gone 100% then why couldn't the producer step out and confirm that he's gone and put the end on this speculation.
Because she hasn't and all the rumours going round, I believe like so many, that Ross will be back.
And if he is gone, I wouldn't watch it in any case as I'm so annoyed of the way they are treating us viewers as fools.So he better not be dead.. ;)

[Dalesfan]

I so hope this is true! Ross needs to be alive. Nothing against you OP but it's hard to believe things on internet.

There is a lot of speculation going around. And I'm leaning more to him being alive. Maybe about 60/40 lol. Michael Parr was seen quite a few times at the studios over the last few weeks. After they wrapped on SummerFate

[Dalesfan]

I so hope this is true! Ross needs to be alive. Nothing against you OP but it's hard to believe things on internet.

There is a lot of speculation going around. And I'm leaning more to him being alive. Maybe about 60/40 lol. Michael Parr was seen quite a few times at the studios over the last few weeks. After they wrapped on SummerFate

[Telly Watcher]

Mike Parr's Twitter account suggests he has just gone/is going on holiday and sounds very fed up that people are tweeting him/asking questions about Emmerdale.

>
Michael Parr ?@MikeParrActor Aug 10

"I'm going on my holidays!" "Oh anywhere nice?" No I found somewhere I thought was really crap and booked it. Stupid conversation questions
>

https://twitter.com/mikeparractor

However, I came across something this afternoon which might explain things.

Mike Parr has a (minor) part named 'G' in the new movie 'Dark Ascension', made this year at Pinewood Studios, Bucks, and on location for some parts at Waterloo station, London, and Hong Kong.

The film is due for release in October 2015 and is about the Afterlife and a battle between Heaven and Hell. There are two film sequels planned.

Maybe this explains why Ross left Emmerdale in such a quick and pointless way?

First off, Mike Parr gets out of Emmerdale very quickly and easily to build his film career on the bigger screen.

Second off, Emmerdale gets the chance for massive publicity and viewer figures over one of its top characters leaving suddenly, hence the Cain meets Abel (farmer meets shepherd) scenes where brother Pete kills brother Ross and hides the body in the woods, all over very quickly and simply.

In Emmerdale on August 11th, when Finn and Pete are talking about looking after Moses and then about Ross, the conversation goes:

Finn: "Do you reckon he's ever coming back?"

Pete: "How would I know? It's not as if he ever confided in me is it?"

This is a very similar storyline to that in the Bible when God asked Cain where Abel was (after Cain had killed Abel and God knew this), to which Cain answers God by saying "Am I my brother's keeper?".

Coincidence or what?

mariba wrote here today, "I've said this before, but IF he is gone 100% then why couldn't the producer step out and confirm that he's gone and put the end on this speculation."

I've said this before, but IF he is gone 100% then why couldn't the producer step out and confirm that he's gone and put the end on this speculation.

My answer to that question is that I suppose the longer Emmerdale can keep the viewers wondering about whether Ross is dead or not, the greater the viewing figures for now for each Emmerdale episode until we know if he's dead for sure.

Anyway, it looks like Mike Parr really might have left Emmerdale whilst he goes on holiday and comes back to be a film actor. If so, good luck to Mike for the future in film-making or whatever he wants to do next.

More film info at imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1643249/

Cast list source at imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1643249/...=tt_cl_sm#cast