Former Emmerdale star John Middleton has warned the ITV soap risks being axed - as it aims for a "young fickle audience".
John - who played Ashley Thomas in the ITV soap until 2017 when he exited in a devastating dementia storyline - has opened up about his thoughts about the soap as it celebrates its 50th anniversary.
He warned that bosses would have to be "very careful" if they were going to focus on more stunts like Brookside did before its demise in the early 2000s.
