Take one look at Ross Kemp and what do you see? Not the actor, author, journalist… oh no. He’s Grant Mitchell first and foremost, right?
But long before Kemp was throwing his weight around Walford as one of EastEnders’ hardest villains, he was a household name in a completely different soap.
Anyone remember Graham Lodsworth? That’s the Emmerdale character Ross played from 1986 to 1987.
Shocked? Don’t worry – so were we!
To be fair, he only played Graham, who deserted the army to live with his mum Dolly Skilbeck, in the soap – then known as Emmerdale Farm – for 22 episodes but BBC bosses were… Read the full story