Coronation Street celebrated its 50th birthday, fans were treated to a live episode when the tram crashed into the cobbles, killing multiple residents.
Emmerdale's 40th anniversary also saw Carl King killed off in a live episode - and things are bound to get bigger and better for the 50th.October 17th 2022 will officially mark the soap turning 50 years old, and cast members are teasing big things for the soap. READ MORE: Emmerdale's Paige Sandhu says her character Meena Jutla is set to return to the soap Speaking exclusively to Daily Star at a Pride of Manchester Awards event earlier this year, Bernice Blackstock star Samantha Giles confirmed that we can expect "explosive" things.Chatting after the event, she confirmed: "I know there are going to be explosive storylines for the 50th [anniversary] this year, but I have no idea because they don’t tell us anything - which is probably good!
So people will just have to watch and wait and see."I’ve got absolutely no idea what’s happening!" she added.We could even be about to see a very unexpected character return - or even return from the dead, rather than someone being simply killed off.Samantha added that she'd like to see Val Pollard return, telling us: "I think Val was great, she was such a fabulous character.
There was no-one like her on the programme, and I think it was a mistake to kill her really, in my opinion.“I think she should still be in it.
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