Cain 'looking forward' to 'Emmerdale' return

Emmerdale actor Jeff Hordley has revealed his excitement to be returning to the ITV soap.

In January, producers announced the 38-year-old's comeback to the Yorkshire-based serial drama as bad boy Cain Dingle.

Next week, Hordley returns to the soap's set in Leeds where he begins filming for his reappearance in the village, which is due to air at the end of April.

Speaking of his return, he told The Citizen: "I always said I wanted to keep the part open. That's why Cain wasn't killed off. I'm really looking forward to going back.

"It'll be great to see my old friends and Cain was such a great character to play. Filming starts next week, the same week my current play opens. It's going to be brilliant - tiring, but brilliant."

"I've not played a bad guy like him since I left. My other roles haven't been that sort of character at all. The only one with a hint of evil is my current part in The Caretaker."

Hordley appears in Nobel Prize-winning writer Harold Pinter's play The Caretaker at the Bolton Octagon from next week, in which he plays a builder called Mick.

He added: "The stage roles have all been a real test for me and I hope to continue them, filming permitting, when I'm back in Emmerdale."

Hordley will continue filming with Emmerdale during the day and performing at the theatre in the evenings.

Cain's return to Yorkshire is scheduled to air the week commencing April 28. Kitty McGeever's first scenes as blind character Lizzie Lakely are also planned for the same week.