ADAM Thomas has teased the prospect of an exciting Emmerdale comeback as he admitted playing the role of Adam Barton was "a huge part of my life." The Strictly Come Dancing alumni, 36, made his confession on Monday's Lorraine show, before a clip showing his fresh-faced Dales character played out. Show host Lorraine Kelly , 64, told how how the "door was never shut" despite the fact he recently reprised his role on BBC drama Waterloo Road.
As she asked if Adam would ever return to Emmerdale , he giggled and said: "Listen, never say never Lorraine. "Never say never. With Emmerdale it was a huge part of my life.
"I was there eight or nine years, it was a very long time." READ MORE EMMERDALE Adam's character arrived in the Yorkshire-based soap in 2009. He added of the ITV soap: "It's the best job in the world to learn to act.
"It's so quick as well." His much-loved character left the soap in 2018 after confessing to Emma Barton's murder - yet didn't end up in prison. Most read in Soaps At the time, Adam told police that he'd murdered Emma in order to save his mum Moira Dingle - who was the actual culprit - from prison.
Emma actually died after "jumping" from a viaduct in 2017 but it later transpired that Moira had pushed her. Actor Adam's exact exit storyline saw Aaron and Cain break his character out of the prison van on the day of his sentencing. They gave him money and took him to the docks where he boarded a cargo ship that would take him to Amsterdam and then France.
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