Emmerdale fans are likely still reeling from the loss of one of the show’s most iconic characters of recent years. In a dramatic week for the show which saw a helicopter crash into the village, Val Pollard was brutally killed off when a shard of glass in a hall of mirrors fell down on her like the blade of a guillotine.
It was a merciless death for the hilarious character – but the scenes surrounding it which showed her bickering with Diane, finding humour in her unlikely situation and lighting up a cigarette before telling the shard to do its worst were so fitting.
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