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Emmerdale star teases 'big' 50th anniversary episodes but rules out live special

Emmerdale actress Emma Atkins has revealed "big" scenes are ahead on the ITV soap, for the 50th anniversary.

The soap will celebrate its anniversary in October, and bosses previously teased a stunt and other big moments including a birth.

Now, Charity Dingle star Emma has teased the scenes, while remaining coy over the details.

She did say it was going to be "big", while she ruled out the show doing another live episode for the time being.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday morning, Emma said when asked if they'd do another real-time episode: "It was utterly terrifying Richard, I won’t lie.

Emmerdale actress Emma Atkins has revealed "big" scenes are ahead on the ITV soap, for the 50th anniversary (ITV)

"But I don’t think we're doing a live but we're gonna do something probably bigger and better. What that will be I can't actually say because it's a big secret, but it's gonna be big."

It comes after bosses teased what fans could expect from 2022, before detailing huge stuff for the 50th.

Speaking to The Mirror and other press in January, executive producer Jane Hudson teased: "There will be a new baby arriving in Emmerdale before the end of the year.

Charity Dingle star Emma has teased the scenes, while remaining coy over the details (ITV)

"I think that's not giving anything away as there are so many female characters in the show, but there will be a new arrival before the year is out. There's probably going to be a birth in the anniversary month perhaps!

"Babies in soaps are either born on programme celebrations or Christmas so there's going to be one of those happening."

They have also hinted that some big characters could make a huge return to celebrate the big milestone.

"We’ve been thinking about the 50th all the time," the show's producers teased.

"I think we probably held back some of our big ideas while Covid was so prominent in our lives because we didn’t know what we could achieve.

"But Super Soap Week has really shown us what we can do."

They added: "And as brilliant as stunts are - we’ve got to have the stories to back up those stunts. We can blow up anything but if there’s no story behind it - what’s the point?

It comes after bosses teased what fans could expect from 2022, before detailing big stuff for the 50th (ITV)

"Our focus at the moment is to really build those stories so when we get to our Golden Month of Celebration, we’ve got secrets that the viewers are desperate to be revealed."

There will also be some huge emotional storylines for the soap's biggest characters.

"But at the heart of it, the best loved characters in our show are really going to be tested in some big emotional stories. It’s really key to us that whatever happens in the 50th - the fallout is huge. This will continue and take us into 2023," they added.

Got any theories or thoughts on the storyline? Let us know in the comments section below.

Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.

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