Two Emmerdale legends have hit out ‘sensationalist’ storylines and stunts advising bosses to be cautious.
As fans know, Emmerdale has just celebrated its 50th anniversary with some major storylines which have concluded with a number of deaths in the village. John Middleton, who played Ashley Thomas until 2017, has appealed to soap bosses to be ‘very careful’ and not follow the route Channel 4 soap Brookside went down before it was axed.
Speaking to the Soap from The Box podcast, John said: "You have to be very careful, and I think it's the big mistake that Brookside went down, they went for stunt after stunt after stunt.