As vicar’s niece Jasmine Thomas, young actress Jenna-Louise Coleman has seen her character go through more emotional upheavals than most of us have to face in a lifetime. But even she was taken aback when Emmerdale producers unveiled her latest storyline.
In the hour-long special which airs tonight, she batters her boyfriend to death after he tries to rape her: “I was quite shocked but immediately thought, ‘Yes!’ But I was very nervous before I filmed it,” she reveals.
In the ITV1 show, the rookie reporter has been dating corrupt cop Shane Doyle but when he discovers her ransacking his flat and finding drugs – incriminating evidence of his crimes – the unhinged officer pins her down and tries to rape her.
