Overview

• Claire King has signed a new long-term contract to continue her role as Kim Tate on Emmerdale.
• ITV executives hail Kim Tate as one of the soap’s most iconic characters.
• Producers have scheduled a multi-episode arc to explore Kim’s origins and reveal the ambition that drives her.
• This next storyline follows Kim and Joe Tate’s recent scheme to fake her drugging and outwit Dr Crowley.
• King originally portrayed Kim from 1989 to 1999 and made a full-time comeback in 2018, anchoring Emmerdale’s flagship plots.