Soap fans have taken a trip down memory lane to a time when Emmerdale'S William As had a guest role Kroningsstraat.
The actor, best known for his role as the estranged half-brother of Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley). Caleb Milliganjoined the ITV soap in 2022.
He had a major role in that Waterlooweg as Deputy Chief Chris Mead, who had an affair with his boss's teenage daughter.
He also has some links with Corrie his great-nephew Peter Ash plays Paul Foreman – and even two stints on the Manchester show itself.
In August 1987, he played a youngster named Spike who attended a charity street party, but returned fifteen years later as Johnny James, a criminal who held four street favorites at gunpoint.
The episode in question has received a lot of attention on social media in the past day, after a soap fan posted an image of Will in 2002.
The first tweet referenced the roles of Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally and Sheryl Lee Ralph in an upcoming comedy, The Fabulous Four.
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Soap superfan Chris replied with a photo of Johnny James pointing a gun at Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire), Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox), Blanche hunt (Maggie Jones) and Betty Williams (Betty Driver).
The episode saw the four women head out for a quiet day in the country to celebrate Rita's 70th birthday, but it wasn't long before they encountered Johnny, who was on the run from the police following a raid on a rural post. office.
Johnny said he was out of gas and had to go to the hospital to see his mother who had just been brought in.
The women fell for his story and gave him a lift, but panicked when they noticed the stolen money bulging out of his bag and starting to skid across the road before coming to a stop.
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After pulling out a gun in an attempt to hijack the car, Emily froze in the backseat, remembering the time her husband Ernest (Stephen Hancock) was murdered by armed robbers in Baldwin's Casuals office in 1978.
Johnny was about to drive away with her when Rita grabbed the ignition key and started hitting him with the car door and her purse.
Luckily the police weren't far behind and he was arrested, while the ladies arrived at the police station to give their statements.
Ahh, nice memories.
Realizing that the behavior is remarkably similar to Will's Dales alter ego, one viewer replied: 'That Caleb! Always planning to do no good!'
Legendary screenwriter Daran Little added: “People of Twitter. I wrote this episode and would like a high quality jpeg of this photo for my office wall. Does anyone have any help?'
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