Women I spoke to who were 20 years down the line, and living ostensibly happy lives, still hyper alert. As an actor, one of the things she found most useful was their description of the physical effect as a “sort of attack on the central nervous system, how you think you’ve got through something and then something will trigger you, and you have a very physical reaction – Helen’s hands shaking, things like that. “I’ve been going back over some of those meetings,” she says. What happens when come back into people’s lives? I think it’s important that we realistically examine the long-term effects of something that Helen has been through.”Īt the time of the original coercive control storyline, Patikas was helped by organisations such as Women’s Aid and Refuge, and spoke to survivors. “This is a part two that’s really important. She knows only a month in advance what will happen to Helen. When we speak over Zoom, shes eyeing “a big stack of scripts, which I can’t wait to have a look at”. Louiza Patikas has played Helen, Ambridge’s organic cheesemaker and mother of two, for more than 20 years. I think we wanted to explore what the ramifications of what she went through are six, seven years on.” I think the interesting thing about Helen, and her family, is she has moved on successfully – but it’s not like she can forget what happened, it’s part of her DNA now.
“You don’t want to waste great characters, but the important thing for me is that it’s unfinished business. You want to bank your treasure, you don’t want to kill it off.” When Howe became editor, one of the first things he talked to the production team about was bringing Rob back – the evil industrial dairy farmer would have returned earlier, were it not for Covid – so his comeback has been five years in the planning. “I do remember having a conversation with Sean and he talked about that. Howe was involved in the decision not to kill Rob off on that horrible night at Blossom Hill Cottage (it is, of course, women who are far more likely to be killed by an abusive partner). Helen has moved on – but it’s not like she can forget what happened, it’s part of her DNA now We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Īfter newsletter promotion It’s unfinished business. For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties.
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