Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Emmerdale's upcoming mystery storyline surrounding Bear Wolf is set to be a soap first.
Back in July, Bear said goodbye to the village following a number of heated clashes with his son Paddy, who told him he was no longer welcome at Tenant House.
After warning Paddy and his daughter-in-law Mandy that he might never come back, Bear told them that he had arranged to stay with a friend, though this was a lie.
While we already know that where Bear has gone will lead to a big new storyline, Mandy actor Lisa Riley told The Sun what to expect from his return.
Speaking at Wednesday's National Television Awards, Riley said she has read the scripts for Christmas, promising a landmark moment for the soap.
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Asked if she knows where Bear has been, Riley said: "Yeah, because I've read the scripts that are coming up for Christmas.
"Where does that take us? Where's my father-in-law? My father-in-law is somewhere. I'm not going to tell you where he is.
"But I can promise you a lot of drama where he is. And it's going to be a big storyline on the horizon. That's like Laura [Shaw], our producer. That's her baby.
"I can't even give you any clue, because you won't actually get it. I told my other half, Alan, he was like, 'that's never been done. That's never been done before.' That's the truth. It's not been done in a drama."
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The mysterious storyline was first announced back in May, with Emmerdale bosses confirming it was part of a bigger plot.
"The character of Bear, we've got a big storyline coming up for him," said producer Laura Shaw.
"He's going to go off screen for a little while, he's going to go missing. And when he comes back, what you'll see is a very different Bear in a really different situation.
"We're all going to be watching and going, 'What the hell has happened here?' That's going to be really exciting."
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
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