Emmerdale's Dominic Brunt crippled with fear he'll be axed after 24 years of Paddy Kirk

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You would think that after 24 years on Emmerdale, Dominic Brunt might feel his job is safe. But even now, after all this time playing one of its best-loved characters Paddy Kirk, he still suffers crippling nerves and the nagging feeling that every year might be his last. “Every Christmas when the contract is up, I still think that’s probably it,” says Dominic, who trained as a welder making metal panels for buses in his home town Accrington, Lancs, before going to drama school. “I think that keeps me going, the thought that at any point you could be out.

You can’t just wing it, turn up with no ideas. “So I try hard – but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have a job this good for so long.” Dominic, 50, is so passionate about the