Inside Emmerdale's Lesley Dunlop and Chris Chittel’s marriage from on-set romance to wedding joy
We know them best for playing fan favourite couple Brenda Walker and Eric Pollard on Emmerdale, but one thing many viewers may not know, is that actors Lesley Dunlop and Chris Chittel are also a couple in real life too. Romance originally blossomed for the couple after the pair crossed paths while filming back in 2008, when Lesley first joined the cast of the iconic ITV soap as shopkeeper Brenda.This week, Erica and Brenda's solid romance faced its greatest test yet, when Eric brutally dumped Brenda, as he sought to protect her from his heartbreaking Parkinson's disease diagnosis.