Emmerdale aired a shock exit on Thursday's episode of the hit ITV soap Emmerdale fans bid farewell to one character on Thursday's episode as an actor bowed out of the ITV soap (Image: ITV)

Emmerdale fans bid farewell to one character on Thursday's episode as an actor bowed out of the ITV soap.

Soap watchers will recall that Kev Townsend, played by Chris Coghill, made his debut in the village earlier this year as the estranged secret husband of Robert Sugden, played by Ryan Hawley.

The duo had married while in prison together and upon Kev's release, he headed to the village to reunite with Robert unaware that his partner's heart belonged to his ex-husband Aaron Dingle, played by Danny Miller.

After trying to keep his marriage to Kev secret, it was eventually revealed and Rober

See Full Page