Charity Tate is to make a shock return to 'Emmerdale'.
Actress Emma Atkins will reprise her role as Charity in the soap later this year, with producers promising she will remain as controversial as ever.
The 33-year-old, who played the role for five years between 2000 and 2005, is the first in a wave of new signings that producers hope will inject a new lease of life into the show.
The announcement comes two months after producers revealed that Jeff Hordley was returning to the soap as Charity's cousin and former lover, Cain Dingle.
Cain reappears in ‘Emmerdale’ in April and Charity is due to return with her five-year-old son Noah in a blaze of glory shortly afterwards, to the shock of her daughter Debbie (Charley Webb).
Digitalspy quotes her as saying: "Charity is a wonderfully complex character and an absolute joy to play. I couldn't resist the opportunity to explore a new era of Charity."
She was last seen on screen fleeing the village with her one-year-old Noah after exacting her revenge on Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) by having a fling with her husband Jimmy King (Nick Miles).
