{"id":51722,"date":"2026-01-16T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=51722"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:05:42","slug":"praise-charlotte-bellamy-career-best-performance-baby-daniel-death-bafta-worthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/classic-emmerdale\/praise-charlotte-bellamy-career-best-performance-baby-daniel-death-bafta-worthy\/","title":{"rendered":" Praise for Charlotte Bellamy in ‘career best’ performance over baby Daniel death: ‘BAFTA worthy’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heartbreaking scenes have aired in Classic Emmerdale on ITV3 this week as Laurel and Ashley Thomas<\/a> (Charlotte Bellamy and John Middleton) have seen their seven-month-old son Daniel die from cot death.<\/p>

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Charlotte in particular has been praised for giving a \u201ccareer best\u201d performance, with many lamenting the fact she didn\u2019t win a BAFTA for it.<\/p>\n

And in present-day Emmerdale Laurel is embroiled in a murder plot being a prime suspect in \u2018who killed Ray\u2019.<\/a> It means actress Charlotte is once again bringing the emotion to the screen.<\/p>\n

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Laurel was distraught when she lost baby Daniel in Emmerdale (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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What happened to baby Daniel in Emmerdale?<\/h2>\n

In 2007, Laurel gave birth to her first child with Ashley, a son named Daniel. In the hospital she met Melanie Doland, who had also given birth to a baby boy.<\/p>\n

The family settled into life with a newborn, but devastation hit when Laurel discovered Daniel dead in his cot. She had left him crying as suggested by her mother, but when she went to check on him, she found him not breathing.<\/p>

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