When actress Sally Dexter suggested to her soap bosses that her character, Emmerdale favourite Faith Dingle, should be killed off, she imagined going out in a blaze of glory.
"When we discussed Faith returning to the show, I thought it would be good if she died," reveals the 62 year old, whose character left the Yorkshire Dales in 2019 following a bust-up with her son Cain, before returning in February this year.
"I liked the thought of her saving her children, Cain and Chas, and one idea I had was to have a gunman burst into the pub and for Faith to save them all," Sally explains.