Former Emmerdale actress Deena Payne has hit out at producers for not giving her character Viv a legacy.
The actress, who starred in the soap for eighteen years, admitted that she feels betrayed by writers for not allowing Viv to be buried in the village.
Speaking to The Scotsman Payne said: "The thing that disappointed me most was that she wasn't given a grave in the graveyard - her body was just sent down South.
"That's what made me really sad, the fact that I'd put all that involvement into the history of Emmerdale and yet don't have a little placard."
Payne added that she does miss playing the part of Viv on the hit TV soap saying: "As much as she was different to me, she exorcised a certain part of me."
