Katherine Dow Blyton ‘It's the longest I've been home in years'

Why Emmerdale vicar Katherine Dow Blyton is hot under the collar…

- RICHARD ARNOLD

How’ve you been, old pal?

Despite everything, being back at home in London for so long was quite a novelty. It’s the longest I’ve been home for seven years, which was nice.

Your dog Dexter must have been delighted…

Dexter was great – my partner Jason was like, ‘Are you still here?!’ The boyfriend took a bit more getting used to it. We learned the best way was to meet for meal times then stay apart as much as possible, which was quite healthy. But we saw each other a lot because we were always eating.

I hear he’s been whipping you into shape?