‘All good things come to an end’ Natalie J Robb admits Emmerdale outcome feels ‘weird’

The business had been struggling for a little while, but Moira was pushed to sell when she learnt about Cain Dingle’s (Jeff Hordley) prostate cancer diagnosis.

It was a decision that broke her heart, but Moira knew it was more important for the family to focus on Cain’s health.

Since then, Cain and his two boys have moved out of Butler’s Farm and into Wishing Well with the rest of the Dingles.

The new tenant farmer up at Moira’s old place is Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley), who is busy trying to get to grips with his role alongside partner Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller).

At the Dingle household, Cain is trying his best to set up a new farm with help from the likes of Sam Dingle (James Hooton) and Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb).

He wants the farm to be up and running ready for Moira to get stuck into when she’s released from prison.

The character is currently behind bars facing a double murder charge, and trafficking crimes that Celia Daniels (Jaye Griffiths) committed.

Moira is totally innocent in this scenario and got framed thanks to Celia’s trickery, but also some cunning work from Joe Tate (Ned Porteous).

‘I think prison makes her a bit harder.

I think the way she presents herself is going to change a bit, because she’s had everything taken away from her’, she said.

‘So the things that she didn’t really bother with she’s going to actually do now.

She will want to feel good about herself.

She’s gonna have a bit of a rebirth in that sense but it’s made her tougher.

‘When she’s out, she’s gonna be around people all of a sudden again and that can feel weird because you’ve just been on your own for ages and you’ve not had the same chain of chaos as you used to have.’
Reflecting on how she’s ready to ’embrace the change’ of working on sets away from Butler’s Farm, Natalie added: ‘It’s a bit of a difference, but the show is going back to the old roots with the Tates, the Dingles and the Sugdens.

There’s a lot of new stories that could come from that.

All good things come to an end.

It does feel a little bit odd but we are producing some good stuff at the minute, so I’m happy with that.’
Natalie remains incredibly busy at the show, and has taken to learning tai chi, the Chinese martial art, to switch her mind off after a busy day of filming.

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‘It is a bit like Groundhog Day.

I’ve recently started tai chi with an app on my phone, because I practically live at the ITV studios at the moment so I can’t do any classes.

I have felt a difference with it.

I do it for 15 minutes a day and I have noticed a difference in my sleeping.

‘It’s very calming and I’ve been doing it at night because I’ve not got time in the morning to be honest with you.’
As she pondered over the importance in Emmerdale shining a light on mental health struggles, Natalie added: ‘Everybody goes through it.

Even the way that we work, for example, you can get tired and that can cause a strain on your mental health, because you’re trying to keep up with things.

There’s so many different levels of it.

It was always brushed under the carpet.

‘People didn’t know until mental health was kind of brought up to the forefront and started to be talked about, which is important.

With anything like cancer as well, the main thing is keeping that mental health right.

It’s never going to be a good thing if the mind goes, because then it’s not going to work with the body.

‘The mind and body work so hand-in-hand together.

All these issues need to be raised, it’s very important, because the world’s not an easy place to live in now, unfortunately.

‘It’s not what it was when I was growing up, that’s for sure.

It’s important these shows stop people being afraid to speak out.’