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Charlie Hardwick eager to revive Emmerdale’s Val Pollard

She's been AWOL since last year...

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Emmerdale star Charlie Hardwick has revealed she wants to resurrect Val Pollard – and we’re all for it!

The character of Val was hugely popular, appearing from 2004 to 2015, when actress Charlie announced she was leaving the ITV soap.

Val Pollard
Oh Val, we miss you! (Credit: ITV)

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Viewers were then left heartbroken when Val was killed off on 6 August 2015, in the huge Summer Fate storyline.

The feisty redhead was never going to go quietly… No, her death was as dramatic as her life!

A helicopter crashed into the village and a shard of glass fell on Val, just moments after an emotional reconciliation with her sister Diane.

Val Pollard RIP
Val tempted fate by planning to fake her own death (Credit: ITV)

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However, some fans have always hoped that Val might return – after all, she WAS planning to fake her own death in order to escape a prison sentence…

And fans are not alone in hoping she returns one day – actress Charlie wants it, too!

Speaking to HELLO! recently, she revealed she “would love” to return to Emmerdale…

She said: “I kind of thought at the end of Emmerdale that my dance was done, but no, that little bit came back when I was on Emmerdale last Christmas.”

Val Pollard in Emmerdale
Coolest. Funeral. Attire. Ever. (Credit: ITV)

She added: “I thought, ‘You know what? I like this’. If you pitch the story, I would be there in a shot.”

Since her death, Val had made several appearances as a ghost.

Firstly to Eric convincing him she was really dead, and then on a videotape describing her final wishes.

More recently, she appeared as a ghost again in Robert Sugden’s special Christmas Day episode in 2017.

Has Val really gone for good? (Credit: ITV)

Charlie’s former co-star Matthew Wolfenden – aka on-screen stepson David Metcalfe – has previously hinted that Val’s return was definitely possible.

He has said: “I think the whole show misses her. Emmerdaleneeds a character like Val. But have they really killed her off?

“[…] We never saw Val’s body; just a body bag being carried away, and Val was planning on faking her own death! We’ll see.”

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Helen Fear
TV Editor

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