A handy trick up a lot of soap producer's sleeves these days is to bring back some classic characters from way back when to stir things up once more.

Emmerdale is doing just that with the return of Kim Tate (Claire King), almost twenty years after she left the role.

Kim was quite the divil back in the day, doing everything from attempted murder to faking her own death during her decade on the soap. The last we saw of her she was making a run for a helicopter after trying to kill her stepson and she hasn't been seen since.

Well on Emmerdale that is. More recently she played the role of Erica Holroyd on Coronation Street from 2014 to 2017.

King couldn't be happier to be returning to her original soap home saying: "As a Yorkshire lass myself, I'm absolutely thrilled to be back in Yorkshire for a fun-filled cameo, once again reaping havoc in the Dales!"

Emmerdale producer Kate Brooks said: "Kim Tate is such a hurricane of a character, notorious for wreaking havoc wherever she goes.

"Kim's explosive return shakes the very foundations of the village as she swaggers back into Home Farm, leaving a devastating trail of destruction in her wake.

"We are delighted to welcome Claire back to the show; an actor exuding charisma and ebullience. It is testament to Claire's immense talent that her portrayal of such an iconic soap villain is so convincing.

"We are all absolutely thrilled that she's filling Kim Tate's designer shoes once again."

It's all set to kick off when Kim shows up at the masquerade ball in October take a look at a teaser Emmerdale dropped last night:

 

 

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