Emmerdale spoiler: Emma Barton to exit in ‘more intense’ spectacle than husband James
EMMERDALE boss Iain Macleod has promised an huge autumn spectacle “more intense” than last year’s fatal pile-up.
Emma Barton's exit from Emmerdale is set to be more explosive than James' death
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The showrunner warned Emmerdale fans there will be another huge set piece which will “stem from” last year’s nail-biting scenes, which saw Emma Barton (Gillian Kearney) hurl husband James (Bill Ward) off a motorway bridge and onto Ashley Thomas’ (John Middleton) car, in the biggest stunt the soap has ever seen.
Viewers have waited with baited breath for Emma’s commeuppance and now it seems their patience will pay off in a humungous action-packed finish for the killer over the coming months.
Speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk, Iain teased: “I don’t want to tell you which characters it involves but it sort of builds on and stems from the events of last Autumn’s big set piece.
“It will be similar stylistically to last year. I don’t want to give too much away for obvious reasons.”
Stressing the bonanza will be different, but equally as effective to the monumental chaos from last autumn, he continued: “Last year’s big action set piece was so much stunt work that while we did toy with the idea of trying to top that, I don’t know if we could achieve that without looking a bit ridiculous.
Emma Barton's exit from Emmerdale is set to be more explosive than James' death
Emma Barton killed off her husband James in Emmerdale last year
I don’t want to tell you which characters it involves but it sort of builds on and stems from the events of last Autumn’s big set piece
“We’ve gone down a different route so the action is a bit more intense and follows an intimate group of people rather than crashing as many vehicles as we can. You can’t go there twice.
“This year will be very different but equally exciting in many different aspects.
“There will be action sequences but the action will be focused on a much smaller group of characters. It’s going to be intense and unmissable but I can’t divulge any more details at this stage.”
Emma Barton is confronted by Laurel Thomas in Emmerdale
Gillian Kearney is set to be departing from Emmerdale as Emma Barton
Emma’s bombshell has been waiting to explode for almost a year, with Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy), who is desperate to expose the truth, coming dangerously close to pressing the detonate button on her former friend and neighbour.
What’s more, it’s been revealed that Gillian Kearney will be leaving Emmerdale before the end of 2017, making it unimaginable that her secret won’t come out first.