Emmerdale bosses reveal which story the soap wouldn't tackle

Emmerdale producers Jane Hudson and Kate Brooks have identified the one storyline they'll never bring into the soap.

Ahead of the ITV soap's 50th anniversary celebrations this weekend, the pair discussed taboo issues they're interested in covering sometime in the future.

"We haven't covered incest, but we are not doing it," stated Hudson. "A race story will be told very differently now. It's important to tell the contemporary version of a story."

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Brooks added: "Soaps have covered a lot of different issues and genres and our job is to explore stories in different ways. We want to make stories relevant to now."

Further along, her colleague weighed in on which Emmerdale plot has attracted the most attention during their time on staff.

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"Laurel's termination received the most reaction. It was very negative before the episode aired, but then very positive once it had aired," said Hudson.

"People heard we were doing it and slammed us for it without having seen the show. We had some death threats thrown at us too. I remember getting one message saying: 'You are going to hell and so is your child'. But I will not be scared from telling stories."

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Also recalling the reaction, fellow producer Laura Shaw said: "After the episode aired, someone sent me a private message on Instagram and said, 'This happened to me 12 years ago, I have never told anyone and then I walked into my work to find everyone talking about Emmerdale. I admitted for the first time that I had also had a termination'.

"It gave me goosebumps."

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV, and streams on the ITV Hub.