Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Emmerdale fans were shocked on Monday night as one of the show's long-standing characters made a shock return.
Rodney Blackstock was back in the Dales after not being seen on-screen for months. Viewers were surprised to see Rodney, played by Patrick Mower, as he slipped his way back into the ITV soap.
His return was marked when son-in-law Jimmy King asked wife Nicola: "Your dad still in bed?" But he was actually over at the cafe covering for Brenda Walker.
Jimmy then found Rodney having a little snooze on the job and was startled to see him before joking he thought he was "back on Bondi," alluding to his whereabouts.
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