Emmerdale viewers left in shock after major character dies during explosive week of episodes

K.J. Yossman As BBC Studios gears up for its annual showcase, where it introduces its upcoming hot projects to international buyers, U.K.-based Jonathan Blyth, BBC Studios’ director of comedy, and Kelly Miller, BBC Studios’ Los Angeles-based senior VP of scripted strategy, sat down with Variety to discuss what’s on their comedy slate, working with streamers and the biggest challenges they’re currently facing.What do you look for in a comedy?Kelly Miller (KM): It’s all about authentic storytelling, that lived-in experience, a talent who has something to say. Those are the comedies and the shows that are most resonant with audiences around the world, but particularly here in the U.S.Jonathan Blyth (JB): Talent is very much at the heart — front and centre.

The Tinder Swindler subject Shimon Hayut has said the women in the Netflix documentary “weren’t conned”.Hayut, who also went by the alias Simon Leviev in the recent film, recently spoke to Inside Edition about the allegations levelled against him by several women who met him on Tinder.The first part of the interview aired yesterday (February 21) with a second part due to be released today (February 22), also featuring Hayut’s girlfriend Kate Konlin.“I’m not this monster,” Hayut said of the claims of The Tinder Swindler. “I was just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder.”The Netflix documentary alleges that Hayut convinced women he was the son and heir of diamond mogul Lev Leviev, before reportedly conning them out of millions of dollars.“They weren’t conned and they weren’t threatened,” Hayut said of the women featured in the doc, and said of the claims he was the son of Leviev: “No I am not, and I never presented myself [as such].”He went on to say he didn’t “feel bad” for the women who accused him as the allegatiosn were false, and said he is “a legit businessman” in terms of justifying his current lavish lifestyle.Hayut added: “I want to clear my name, I want to say to the world, this is not true.”Victims Cecilie Fjellhøy, Ayleen Koeleman and Pernilla Sjoholm recently set up a GoFundMe page to raise money to repay their debts after being conned.“You’re probably here because you’ve heard about our story, and we appreciate you taking the time to search and find this page,” they wrote.“The past few days have been a whirlwind, and we three (Ayleen, Pernilla and Cecilie) have been completely shocked and floored by the flood of compassion and support from everyone.

Pale Waves have announced new dates for their shows in Dublin and Belfast.

Prominent Australian TV Executive and philanthropist Neil Balnaves has died aged 77 in a boating accident, his foundation has said.

America’s Got Talent judges have paid tribute to series star Jane Marczewski, who died on Sunday 19 February after being diagnosed with cancer. She was 31.

The Mysterious Girl singer celebrated Valentine's with wife Emily last week. Writing in his New magazine column Peter said : "Valentine’s for us is all about time together, we got each other a few little bits but the most special for me was the card Emily got me. " Peter added: "As part of this beautiful card, was hidden 12 things you love about your partner and she hid each one in different locations, and I had to find them.

Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson has recently revealed she is returning to the soap.

A lad pointed a BB gun at a college student who had a ‘silly’ argument with his girlfriend before firing at him.

Rio Ferdinand has praised Manchester United starlet Anthony Elanga for seizing the initiative during his early days with the first-team squad.

Chris Sutton believes Manchester City could regret signing Jack Grealish rather than Harry Kane last summer by the end of the season.

The much awaited all-British heavyweight championship fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte has now been confirmed with Whyte signing his contract.

Oti Mabuse has announced she is leaving Strictly Come Dancing after seven years.

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EMMERDALE fans likely had their eyes glued to their screens tonight as the soap waved goodbye to character Paul Ashdale. But actor Reece Dinsdale was not among those tuning in to watch the horrific crash scene due to struggling with body dysmorphia.

EMMERDALE fans are overjoyed after abusive dad Paul Ashdale died - finally putting an end to his storyline. The gambling addict - who is played by actor Reece Dinsdale in the ITV soap - died on his wedding day after being hit by Jimmy King’s van, crushed under a falling barn beam and caught up in an explosion.

EMMERDALE fans are still reeling from tonight's shocking episode, but despite that they couldn't help but notice a major gaffe. The major episode saw Paul Ashdale die on his wedding day after being hit by Jimmy King’s van, crushed under a falling barn beam and caught up in an explosion.

Reece Dinsdale has been involved in some dark storylines since joining Emmerdale as character Paul Ashdale in April 2020.The soap star turned up in the Yorkshire Dales as the former boyfriend of Mandy Dingle and the real father of Vinny Dingle, who was raised by Mandy when Paul left them. And Emmerdale fans were left shocked on Thursday night when the soap villain met his grisly death in a huge barn explosion.

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Nothing gets us going quite like a disastrous week in soap land - and how better to kick off a week like that than with a dramatic flash forward of a 999 call? Monday’s episode of Emmerdale did just that. Considering this is the week that fan favourite Mandy Dingle (played by Lisa Riley) is set to marry Paul Ashdale (played Reece Dinsdale), we couldn’t help wondering whether her much-anticipated wedding is set to end in tragedy.

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