Emmerdale stars have offered support to Rebecca Sarker as she gets set to embark on a new TV show.
We’ve previously reported Rebecca Sarker, 47, who plays Manpreet Sharma in Emmerdale, will be appearing in new ITV contest The Games. It will see celebs trained by some of the UK's top coaches to take on a host of challenges.
The Games will be hosted by Holly Willoughby and Freddie Flintoff. Former footballers Alex Scott and Chris Kamara, a former Leeds United star, will be reporter and commentator respectively.
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Rebecca will be joined in the contest by Coronation Street stars Colson Smith and Ryan Thomas. Others taking part will include presenter Olivia Attwood, influencer and model Phoenix Brown and ex-Strictly Come Dancing pro Kevin Clifton.
The celebs will continue to battle it out in an attempt to rack up as many medals as they can. As the leaderboard takes shape with each night, the series will conclude with a final showdown in which one male champion and one female champion will be crowned.
Rebecca ptook to Instagram to show the progress she’s been making training for the new programme. You can see her post below.
Ahead of The Games airing, Rebecca’s Emmerdale co-stars have shown their colleague lots of love online. Priya actress Fiona Wade said: "You’re amazing!! (fire emojis)." to which Rebecca replied: "My darling xx".
Paige Sandhu, who plays Rebecca's evil on-screen sister Meena said: "Holy smoke shows." and Kevin Mathurin, who plays Charles on the show said: "You look amazing! Missing you."
Ash Palmisciano who plays Matty Barton said: "You are amazing! Can't wait to see you smash this xx." Pete Barton star Anthony Quinlan said: "Good luck!"
Other celebrities on The Games will be pop star Max George, Chelcee Grimes, Harry Potter actor Josh Herdman, model Christine McGuiness, newsreader Lucrezia and TV star Wes Nelson.
The Games is due to air this Spring. We’ll bring you more about the new series when we have further details.
