![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/soaps-most-jaw-dropping-comebacks/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Soaps-most-jaw-dropping-comebacks-from-EastEnders-icon-to-Emmerdale-villain.jpg&description=Over the years a number of soap favourites have returned to our screens in dramatic comebacks on EastEnders, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Neighbours It is a truth universally acknowledged that just because a character has been killed off in a soap opera, it doesn't mean they are gone for good. From Eastenders to Emmerdale, actors will come and go and then come and go once more, with some of our favourite stars leaving the show for years before bursting back onto the scene in truly dramatic fashion, be it a faked death, a witness protection scheme or some kind of hallucination. There have been so many returns of stars over time, but we've picked out a few of the most jaw-dropping and unexpected comebacks on soaps. Here's a look at our picks... Dirty Den is an EastEnders legend and the original landlord of The Queen Vic pub in Albert Square. Having been a leading man on the soap from 1985 to 1989, his villainous character was supposedly killed off after being ambushed on his way to court and shot from behind a bunch of flowers by a member of The Firm, a criminal organisation he'd gotten involved with. His body fell into the water and had to be identified by his adopted daughter Sharon and she confirmed it was him. But 14 years later in 2003, he made a shocking comeback, returning from the dead and stepping out from the shadows and into nightclub Angie's Den to say "Hello, Princess" to Sharon. Viewers were gobsmacked to discover that Den had fled to Spain and had been hiding out there all these years. The character went on to cause havoc for two more years on the show before his character was killed off for good on February 18, 2005 during the soap's 20th anniversary episode. His second wife Chrissie teamed up with Sam and Zoe to get revenge on Den, with Zoe hitting him over the head with a dog doorstop, before he was fatally bludgeoned to death by Chrissie. Kathy was one of the original cast members of EastEnders, joining the show from its first episode){kind=link}
Over the years a number of soap favourites have returned to our screens in dramatic comebacks on EastEnders, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Neighbours
It is a truth universally acknowledged that just because a character has been killed off in a soap opera, it doesn’t mean they are gone for good.
From Eastenders to Emmerdale, actors will come and go and then come and go once more, with some of our favourite stars leaving the show for years before bursting back onto the scene in truly dramatic fashion, be it a faked death, a witness protection scheme or some kind of hallucination.
There have been so many returns of stars over time, but we’ve picked out a few of the most jaw-dropping and unexpected comebacks on soaps. Here’s a look at our picks…
Dirty Den is an EastEnders legend and the original landlord of The Queen Vic pub in Albert Square. Having been a leading man on the soap from 1985 to 1989, his villainous character was supposedly killed off after being ambushed on his way to court and shot from behind a bunch of flowers by a member of The Firm, a criminal organisation he’d gotten involved with.