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Emmerdale: Discussion Thread

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Well and truly the end of an era... That farmhouse kitchen remains the set I most associate with Emmerdale, and with Annie. It always felt so safe and familiar and it has such a prominent place in my childhood memories. I remember watching Emmerdale Farm alongside my mother when I was just 4-5 years old. It was her favourite show on tv and I used to lie under the sofa table and watch it together with her. I didn't understand English and I could barely read so I had no idea what was happening, but I remember loving the theme music.

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    Oh My god. The younger cast of Emmerdale are the nicest, most friendliest and down to earth people I got to meet at the British Soap Awards!

    jacob‘s actor came straight to me and I was so nervous. I asked him for a picture and he was completely in charge!

    Noah‘s actor and the actress of Sarah Sugden‘s actress were so kind to me. Even got pictures. She was a bit upset coz that one women tried to block me from getting close to her but she still made that picture work! 
     

    i got  two actresses of ED to take my iPhone to make a picture with me. Amy Walsh (Tracy) took 4 whole pictures with me and my mother with my phone. I asked Rosie Bentham (Gabby) for a picture and gave her my phone and she was totally down for it lol 

    im still so hyped and excited that two actresses of ED and two of Corrie got m phone in their hands and made a picture with me. I’m sorr for writing so much. But It was just something special 

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    Update on Malandra Burrows and her fight against breast cancer:

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    'The prognosis changes all the time': Emmerdale's Malandra Burrows fights back tears as she provides an update on her breast cancer journey - and says Ant and Dec have given her fighting inspiration

    Malandra Burrows has revealed her breast cancer prognosis 'changes all the time.' 

    The actress, 56, who played Kathy Glover on Emmerdale from 1985-2005 on and off, was diagnosed with stage three cancer in February - a month after finding a lump.

    During a candid interview on Wednesday's Lorraine, the former soap star provided an update on where she is at on her cancer journey - and revealed how Ant and Dec have given her fighting inspiration. 

    'I've had 3 major ops, so I've just got through those. The prognosis changes all the time, so I was due to have chemo next but that changed, so now I'm having radiotherapy.
     
    'You've just got to take it day by day. 1 in 7 women are going to get this, I implore every lady out there to check yourself. It's a moment out your life to save your life,' she urged. 

    Malandra recently revealed she believes her dog saved her life by inadvertently alerting her to a lump in her breast that led to her cancer diagnosis. Shedding more light to Lorraine, 62, she recalled: 'It was so bizarre, we were watching a movie together and she wanted to lie on my chest - she'd never done that before, nuzzling headbutting me. I get emotional talking about it. 

    'She swiped me so hard with her head, it really hurt, so I checked myself and thought that she'd bruised me, and I found a lump. I thought it was a swollen gland but it didn't go away. My GP said come in straight away, and that was the start of my little C journey.' 

    Malandra, who has also dabbled in the music industry, admitted she feels 'blessed' because she had no symptoms, but 'dreads' to think where she would be now without the interaction with her dog.  'I'm so thankful to her I really am,' she said.   

    Elsewhere, Malandra revealed her time on I'm A Celebrity in 2006 has given her the confidence to fight.  She recalled the moment she told the Macmillan nurse who confirmed her diagnosis: 'I've been in the jungle with Ant and Dec, I can do anything. I'm going to fight this. And that's what I'm going to do. Being in the jungle, the things they put me through, served me good.'   

    Doctors have said that the cancer may have been sparked by the menopause.
    Malandra, who has previously lost friends to breast cancer, said she was meant to have a routine mammogram back in 2020 that was cancelled due to the pandemic.  She now believes the cancer may have been spotted earlier had her appointment gone ahead.

    Malandra won the role of Kathy Bates on Emmerdale just three months after she left drama school.She became one of the soap's longest running characters, appearing from 1985 to 2001 and returning briefly in 2005. 

     

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10804609/Emmerdales-Melandra-Burrows-says-breast-cancer-prognosis-changes-time.html

    Oops, that was apparently from last year.... :ph34r:

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    @I Am A Swede Very sad to hear about Meg. I think we all knew she hadn't been doing well, as I think otherwise Pearl would have had a proper exit, but I'm sorry to hear she's gone. She was such a warm, funny actress, and even though she had many other roles (including many Victoria Wood productions), Pearl is where I knew her best. Of the wonderful trio of "oldies" Emmerdale had in Betty, Pearl and Edna, Pearl was often written as the flightiest, making the same mistakes over and over, but she had a good heart, and you always cared about her. I remember how much she resented Edna, knowing Len had only ever really loved her, and how their friendship won out anyway. I miss those types of nuanced relationships on soaps, but I know they're never coming back, and I should just be glad for what we had. 

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    I miss that trio: Betty, Pearl and Edna, sitting in the Woolpack and offering hilarious commentary on everything going on in the village. Three distinctive personalities, brought beautifully to life by Paula, Shirley and Meg.  :wub:  Now sadly they're all gone... :(

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    3 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

    Am i the only one not being upset about this? He was annoying anyway. Nothing against the actor ofc

    I thought Rishi was a likeable character and he brought a lot of continuity to the show given that he'd been there for over a decade. He wasn't a favorite of mine, but if the show is getting rid of long term characters he wouldn't have been first on my list. 

    With that said, there are some fans out there at places like Digital Spy that trashed Rishi for years and are now very upset he's gone, so I think it's a lesson for people to appreciate some of these characters while they have them.

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    On 7/29/2023 at 3:10 AM, DRW50 said:

    I thought Rishi was a likeable character and he brought a lot of continuity to the show given that he'd been there for over a decade. He wasn't a favorite of mine, but if the show is getting rid of long term characters he wouldn't have been first on my list.

    Not on mine either. There are so many other options.... Zak, Marlon, Sam, Paddy, Cain..... :P

    On 7/29/2023 at 3:10 AM, DRW50 said:

    With that said, there are some fans out there at places like Digital Spy that trashed Rishi for years and are now very upset he's gone, so I think it's a lesson for people to appreciate some of these characters while they have them.

    I think that's very common. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.

    But I'm sure TPTB will give them some never-before-heard-of Dingle relative to ease their pain.... <_<

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    10 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

    Because Bernice is leaving the show soon

    I've seen those rumours too, but has it been confirmed that she's leaving?

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