Formerly of Brookside fame, actor John McArdle has signed up to join the cast of Emmerdale it's been revealed this morning (March 24), in the role of "down-to-earth" plumber Ronnie Hale.
John McArdle / Credit: ITV
Teases for his first storyline explain: "When Chrissie (Louise Marwood) comes across an old love letter from Ronnie, she instantly suspects he could be her biological father but it's not until there's the excuse of a leak at Home Farm that she decides to call him.
"With Ronnie unaware of Chrissie's true agenda, will she establish the truth?"
Having already started filming earlier this month, John will first appear on screens from mid-April.
He says: "I am really pleased to be joining the cast of Emmerdale. The standard of the show is equal to anything I have worked on before and I am really happy to become part of that.
Emmerdale series producer Iain MacLeod adds: "I am thrilled to welcome an actor of John's pedigree to the show. And in Ronnie, we have a character that will unearth every painful fragment of love and loss buried in the White family's past - with the odd unexploded bomb thrown in for good measure!"
Emmerdale appears on ITV Monday to Friday at 7pm, with an extra episode every Thursday at 8pm.
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