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Emmerdale: Rita, Sue and Bob, Too film star joins cast
He's perhaps best known for his role as an adulterous husband in Bradford film Rita, Sue and Bob, Too.
Now actor George Costigan is heading back to Yorkshire to join the cast of telly soap Emmerdale.
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He will play charismatic self-made businessman Charlie Haynes, who wins the heart of unlucky-in-love Diane Sugden (Elizabeth Estensen).
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Costigan, who will make his Dales debut in March, said today: "I'm really looking forward to joining the show, some of my favourite actors are in Emmerdale and it'll be great to be back in Yorkshire.
"I've never played a long-running character before so I'm also excited about Charlie and hope both myself and the audience enjoy the ride!"
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Rita, Sue and Bob, Too was released in 1986 and quickly won cult status thanks to its hilariously-gritty depiction of life on Bradford's tough Buttershaw estate.
* Former Emmerdale actress Hayley Tamaddon has been announced as one of the contestants on the new series of Dancing on Ice.
Hayley, who played Delilah Dingle on the soap from 2005 to 2007, is in a line-up that also includes Sir Paul McCartney's ex-wife Heather
Mills, and funnyman Bobby Davro.
The celebrity ice-skating competition starts on ITV1 early next year.
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