‘Can’t wait to get back’: Emmerdale star confirms return later in the year just weeks after exit
Actress Rebecca Bakes has confirmed she will return to Emmerdale as Angelica King.
At the start of the year, Angelica, Heath and Cathy (Gabrielle Dowling) stole a car with the intention of getting to a New Year’s party. However, on the way, Angelica replaced Cathy as driver and ended up crashing into a wall, with the injuries being enough to kill Heath.
In the aftermath, a desperate Nicola (Nicola Wheeler) and Jimmy (Nick Miles) tried to prevent Angelica from facing time behind bars, but eventually accepted they didn’t have a choice but to prepare to say goodbye to their daughter.
Recently, Nicola, Jimmy and Angelica made their way to the sentencing and discovered Angelica would be sent to a secure children’s home for eight months.
Back at home, as word reached the villagers, Cathy, Wendy (Susan Cookson), Brenda (Lesley Dunlop) and Bob (Tony Maudsley) discussed the fact Angelica had been sent to a home all the way in Bristol, meaning travelling to see her will be difficult.
While Angelica has left the village for eight long months, actress Rebecca Bakes has already teased the return of her character.
Posting on her Instagram stories shortly after her departure episode aired, Rebecca said: ‘Had an amazing time filming this storyline can’t wait to get back to it’.
As it stands, we currently don’t know the full details of Angelica’s returning scenes. It’s possible she could be released early, or be involved in scenes where Jimmy and Nicola visit her, or we could be waiting until the Autumn before we see her again.
In Angel’s absence, the family aren’t set to cope very well, as actress Nicola Wheeler revealed.
Angelica was sentenced to eight months (Picture: ITV)
‘Initially Nicola lashes out because she can’t cope, she doesn’t know how to cope. Jimmy gives her a stern talking-to and says, “Look, this is what it is, we have to deal with it.”‘
‘And looking to the future I would just say what is to come? What is Angel going to be like when she leaves the place? That’s the big question, isn’t it?
‘For eight months of her life Nicola and Jimmy don’t really have any control or influence on her at all. That, I think, is probably quite crushing for a parent. For every parent who’d been in this situation, the fact that they are literally handing their child over. And that’s what they’re doing.’
