{"id":36344,"date":"2025-04-08T16:16:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=36344"},"modified":"2025-04-08T16:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:16:17","slug":"heres-why-natalie-anderson-returned-alicia-emmerdale-instead-joining-rival-soap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/heres-why-natalie-anderson-returned-alicia-emmerdale-instead-joining-rival-soap\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s why Natalie Anderson should\u2019ve returned to Emmerdale as Alicia instead of joining rival soap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Emmerdale star Natalie Anderson has just made an appearance on rival soap Coronation Street ruling out a return to the Dales as Alicia for the foreseeable future.<\/p>

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With fans desperate for Alicia Gallagher<\/a> to return to Emmerdale village though, here\u2019s why Natalie Anderson should\u2019ve returned to her roots on the farm-based show.<\/p>\n

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1. Emmerdale fans have been desperate for Alicia to return<\/h2>\n

Despite Alicia Gallagher\u2019s last scenes in Emmerdale airing in 2015, fans haven\u2019t been able to forget her.<\/p>\n

With 10 years passing since Alicia upped and left for Portugal, viewers all often calling for the character to return. Alicia was a much-loved character during her five years on the soap and fans would definitely welcome a return<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And it would\u2019ve made perfect sense for Alicia to return for her sister Leyla\u2019s funeral after she died in this year\u2019s limo crash. Leyla and Alicia had a great bond, and the way she missed the funeral due to \u2018a broken leg\u2019 was rather baffling\u2026<\/p>

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