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"Emmerdale&amp;#039;s Alan Turner gets a touching send-off in tonight&amp;#039;s episode (October 30) as the village gathers together for his funeral. Victoria Sugden has carefully planned the emotional day, which begins when a procession of motorbikes arrives with Alan&amp;#039;s coffin in a fitting tribute to him. There are also some surprise guests for the occasion as Katie Macey returns to the village unexpectedly and Alan&amp;#039;s daughter Steph Stokes shows up too, handcuffed to a prison guard.  Emmerdale bosses have come up with this storyline to mark the real-life passing of actor Richard Thorp, who died in May at the age of 81. He had played Turner for over 30 years and was the ITV soap&amp;#039;s longest-serving cast member. Lorraine Chase, who plays Steph, said of tonight&amp;#039;s episode: &amp;quot;They have given him a terrific send-off. When I saw those bikers and I saw his coffin, it gave us all a bit of a tear. &amp;quot;He would have loved everything about it. It would have been right up his street. It would have been right up his street as Richard Thorp, let alone Alan Turner! &amp;quot;It was more than fitting. It was very emotional. He would have been so pleased and I&amp;#039;m sure he is pleased.&amp;quot; Emmerdale airs tonight at 7pm on ITV. &amp;gt; Read our spoiler for tonight&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Emmerdale&amp;#039; episode &amp;gt; Read more &amp;#039;Emmerdale&amp;#039; spoilers and news Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - press play below to watch Amie Parker-Williams reveal gossip on Will&amp;#039;s Hollyoaks exit, Todd&amp;#039;s Coronation Street return, an Emmerdale pregnancy story and two families in trouble on EastEnders.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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