Emmerdale aired a special tribute at the end of Thursday night's episode. The tribute was broadcast before the closing credits.
It read: “Dedicated to Philip Wood. " Although never seen on screen, Wood was an integral part of the ITV soap. He had worked on Emmerdale as a director from 1999 until 2005.
It hasn’t been revealed how or when Philip died, but back in April, former Emmerdale star Liam O’Brien, who played Ethan Blake, paid tribute to the director.
Sharing a photo of Liam, he wrote: “Very sad to hear of the passing of Philip Wood, a friend of mine from the @emmerdale days, a great character and wonderful director.
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