In an exclusive interview with soap site digital spy Emmerdale executive producer Gavin Blyth commented on Holly Barton's (Sophie Powles) upcoming drug addiction storyline.
Apparently Holly's drug storyline starts spiralling out of control towards the end of the year…My FAVORITE line from that statement was "we didn't want to do a 3 week storyline" Hummm I wonder if any USA soaps heard that and maybe might listen for a change? Nah that will never happen.
"It does. This is a serious, true story about cocaine and heroin. What I didn't want to do was to run a three-week storyline which sees an addition, discovery and cure in such a short space of time - that's not what happens in real life. Holly's a young girl living a teenage life and her addiction becomes severe. Social use turns to addiction and the real story behind this is how parents in 2010 cope - or not - with this sort of situation and then how they deal with it. It's a trying journey for John and Moira – and all the family. We're working very, very closely with drugs counsellors and ex-drug users to ensure that everything's right."
With all of this news about Emmerdale it sure seems like this once struggling iTV soap might be getting back into the groove of things. Are you looking forward to Holly's drug storyline?
