EMMERDALE has signed up a Hollyoaks star for a guest role in a major storyline – and it’s bad news for Graham Foster.

The ITV soap recently stunned fans by revealing that Graham was alive, six years after being seemingly murdered in the show.

He was seen in the Corriedale crossover event after being caught up the car crash pile-up with a woman captive in his van.

She was bound and gagged and fled when Graham got caught up in the car crash pile-up.

Corrie fans know the woman is Shona Platt’s sister Jodie but it hasn’t been revealed how she is connected to Graham.

His former surrogate son Joe Tate thought he spotted Graham in the hospital after they were both taken there – rightly as it turns out.

And now he’s hired a private detective to discover what really happened to Graham and she’s a familiar face.

Former Hollyoaks star Vera Chok has joined the soap for a guest stint as investigator Summer.

Vera played Honour Chen-Williams in the Channel 4 soap for two years between 2021 and 2023.

She will appear in a small number of episodes over this week as Graham’s return to the land of the living is revealed.

The details of how Graham survived his apparent murder have been kept a closely-guarded secret, but soap boss Laura Shaw has confirmed he is back full-time.

“A familiar face is returning to the village full-time!” she said.

“None other than Graham Foster will make a sensational comeback.

“His return will have massive repercussions for both Kim, with whom he shares a complex love and hate relationship, and Rhona, who was about to run away with him.

“Graham will explain exactly what happened six years ago when he was ‘killed’, but the question will be whether Joe can ever forgive his father-figure for allowing him to believe he was dead.”