ITV Emmerdale fans in tears as Bob says final goodbye to son Heath after shock 𝕕eath

Emmerdale fans were left heartbroken tonight – as Bob Hope bid a final farewell to son Heath.

Heath Hope was tragically killed in a car accident yesterday when the vehicle that Cathy was driving veered into a stone wall. Whilst Angelica and Cathy escaped with minor cuts and scratches, Heath died in the terrifying collision.

Bob has stayed in the hospital with his son Heath all night after the horror car crash, with Brenda supporting Cathy as she struggles with all that has happened and faced police questioning this evening.

However, fans were left devastated and in tears when Bob bid farewell to Heath in some heartbreaking scenes. He had been told he couldn’t see his son, but Wendy finally managed to get Bob a chance to see Heath.

She told him she had organised for him to go sit with Heath’s body, but warned him someone else would be in the room and that he wouldn’t be able to touch or hug his son as they needed to do a post mortem later on.

Taking to social media, one fan wrote: “Must be the worse thing ever, poor Bob… #emmerdale,” as a second added: “No parent should be denied that right to see their child #Emmerdale GO ON BOB.” A third shared: “Let Bob see his son!! #Emmerdale,” with a fourth writing: “This is terrible that Bob can’t see his own Son #emmerdale.”

Tony Audenshaw – who plays Bob – previously admitted those scenes were some of the hardest he ever had to film.

Speaking to The Mirror and other press, he said: “When you’re doing emotional stuff you can either go inside-out where you dredge up feelings that you’ve had yourself and amplify those’, he said.

Also you can go outside-in where you get upset, it affects your body and the way you feel, the back of your mouth, your eyes. What you can do is rub your eyes, hit your stomach, touch your palate and that sort of gets the emotion going and then you can use a combination of both of those things to build upset. I love working.

“The process of learning comedy and doing comedy is not that different in that you’ve got all the learning and you’ve got the intensity of the day and the pressure of being on set. The difference when you do a story like this is that you’re miserable all day instead of having a laugh all day. The impact of that over a few weeks is more tiring, I think, for actors to do.”