{"id":37215,"date":"2025-04-20T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=37215"},"modified":"2025-05-30T10:35:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T09:35:06","slug":"characters-emmerdale-should-bring-back-from-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/characters-emmerdale-should-bring-back-from-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"8 characters Emmerdale should bring back from the dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a soap that\u2019s been on air for over fifty years, Emmerdale has seen many characters come and go in its time \u2013 many of them suffering horrible deaths. However, this is a world in which Kim Tate once faked her death in one of its most iconic scenes, setting quite the precedent.<\/p>

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Ghosts too! Emmerdale has a surprising history of the undead haunting its residents, from the ghost of Christmas Val to spooky Tricia Dingle, tragic Holly Barton, and a menacing Emma Barton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, with rumours spiralling that one monster still lives (we\u2019d rather he stayed dead, to be honest), while another may have also faked her death, here are our picks of the Emmerdale legends past we\u2019d like to return from beyond the grave\u2026 whether it makes sense or not.<\/p>\n

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1. Viv Windsor \u2013 one of the most regrettable Emmerdale deaths<\/h2>\n

Viv Windsor<\/a> was one of the soap\u2019s most iconic figures, killed off in one of its more controversial twists. As a fire broke out in the Post Office she was killed in the subsequent explosion, along with lover Terry Woods. The soap hasn\u2019t been the same since.<\/p>\n

Leicestershire Live<\/a> have reported a striking new fan theory \u2013 with some wondering whether Viv might have faked her own death, possibly due to her ex-husband Reg Dawson\u2019s history with the criminal underworld.<\/p>

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