Some of Emmerdale's biggest stars have come together to celebrate Mark Charnock's 25 years on the ITV soap.
Mark has played Marlon Dingle on the programme for a quarter of a century and some of the Dales' biggest stars including Michelle Hardwick and Rebecca Sarker - took Mark out for dinner to celebrate the huge milestone.
Michelle Hardwick - who plays Vanessa Woodfield on the ITV soap - took to Twitter on Saturday to share a photograph of her sitting down alongside Mark as well as their co-stars including Rebecca Sarker, who plays Manpreet Sharma, Steve Halliwell (Zak Dingle), Bradley Johnson (Vinny Dingle) and Lisa Riley, who plays Mandy Dingle. Paddy Dingle, played by Dominic Brunt, was in attendance too.
"Celebrating 25 years of Marlon Dingle with good food and even better company #workfamily," Michelle wrote alongside the snap.
Marlon's 25 years on the show comes after he and Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) lost the Woolpack pub - with it now under some very surprising new owners, Ryan Stocks (James Moore) and Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins).
Hinting at a more "modern" set-up, the duo teased The Woolpack would be as it was when it is refurbished.
James said: "I think Ryan may want to modernise the Woolpack and create more of a youthful vibe to the pub. As we know he is a computer wiz and I expect he will have good ideas for promoting the pub on social media et cetera. The pub is undergoing a large refurbishment at the moment and I can’t wait to see the changes they make."
Explaining that there was more in store for the pub, he added: "I think the pub will operate as normal to begin with but I imagine Ryan would have some very good ideas about changing the vibe and energy in the pub and bring a modern touch to the space."
"They manage to maintain that country pub style, with a modern twist, using a really vibrant velvet upholstery in wonderful autumnal colours. The new snug area is my favourite," she revealed.
"During the design process, Ryan rightly points out the pub is also in need of wheelchair access and suggests one section of the bar be lowered in order to cater for everyone."
