Emmerdale's Adam on sibling rivalry with Corrie's Ryan

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Emmerdale's Adam Thomas has said he's locked in a 'my-soap's-better-than-your-soap' battle with brother Ryan.

The Emmerdale star plays Adam Barton in the Yorkshire-set soap, while Ryan is across the Pennines in ITV's other soap, Coronation Street, as Jason Grimshaw.

Adam said: "I just think Emmerdale's the best soap. I always have this discussion with our Ryan and he's adamant it's Coronation Street, but I'm adamant it's Emmerdale."

The actor said despite the long-running disagreement, they both appreciate how lucky they are.

He said: "He does his thing, I do my thing and there's no rivalry, just a bit of banter on Twitter."

"We're very lucky to be both brothers in two different soaps, it's not very often you get that. My mum's very proud."

 

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.