Emmerdale star to join BBC soap months after being axed from ITV show
A star of Emmerdale has switched from ITV to BBC in her latest move with the 21-year-old actress set to take on a role in another long-running soap
A former Emmerdale star is set for their on-screen return to a rival channel. It comes months after their exit from the ITV soap.
Daisy Campbell is recognisable for her role as Amelia Spencer on the Yorkshire-based soap. However, she is switching channels this weekend and will appear on the BBC's Casualty.
The 21-year-old actress will make an appearance on the long-running medical soap in a guest role capacity. The surprising news will see Daisy play the part of Georgina Birch on the show. However, little is known of her role with details being tightly guarded until the day of the episodes.
The latest role is her first big-screen appearance since her Emmerdale exit last year. She had been in the village for 13 years, but her character was axed after all relatives and connections were also gone.
Speaking ahead of her exit last year, she insisted the move wasn't her choice. In a chat with us last October, she said the shock decision wouldn't have been the one she had wanted.
Daisy, who was just eight when she joined the hit soap as Amelia, admitted she had been secretly struggling since she was called into a covert meeting and told her last scenes would air just before Christmas.
She explained: "It wasn't my choice to leave Emmerdale and it was a shock at first. Being in Emmerdale is all I have ever known. I've spent the whole of my childhood growing up in the soap and it felt daunting.'
She went on: "Once they explained, I totally got it. "Amelia isn't part of the Dingles, her dad has left, Samson has gone now and she doesn't have any family.
"There is nowhere to take Amelia and I understand that. I feel incredibly lucky to have been in the soap for 13 years and to have been handed so many opportunities at such a young age."
Speaking about how co-stars and friends, Rosie Bentham, Katie Hill, and Jack Downham, were the only ones to know about her exit in the build-up, she said: "They were upset for me but so supportive. I didn't tell the rest of the cast my news initially as I wanted the time to process everything. I needed time to grieve the part of Amelia."
And she admitted producers took the decision out of her hands, but said they "done me a favour". She added: "I would never have left if they hadn't decided there was no longer anywhere to take Amelia.
'I am glad it was their choice and not mine. I see it as a big positive now because it is such a great chance to push myself, start a new chapter away from Emmerdale and take on hopefully some new parts. I am really excited about what lies ahead."
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