ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, is stepping up its bid to become Britians best loved soap. Soap bosses are planning to air more stunts to make the show exciting, beginning next week with the huge fire at Jack Sugdens house.

Stuart St Paul is the show’s stunt co-ordinator and he knows his stuff having worked on Hollywood blockbusters such as Aliens and Superman and James Bond films.

He told the Daily Star: “I am ­planning a movie-style stunt every five months, which is unusual for a soap opera.”