Emmerdale's Lisa Riley has praised her Dales co-stars for their "brilliant" acting as they take on a "gripping" storyline.

The actress made her Emmerdale debut as Mandy Dingle back in 1995 and has become quite the Dales icon over her many years in the village.

Celebrating her 30th anniversary on the ITV soap recently, Lisa shared: "A few months later my agent rang me and said they wanted me back for a siege episode. Here I am sat with you 30 years later. The memories go on and on.

"When there’s a lot of drama I always say ‘Mandy you can take a breath and be a bit silly from all the drama’. Working with Dominic after all these years, Dominic putting up with me, Mandy and Paddy when I came back everyone said ‘when are they going to put them back together’.

"I cannot go anywhere witho

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