Nicola Wheeler turns furious over Nick Miles' death in 'Emmerdale'

Nicola Wheeler has shared her disbelief at the unexpected death of Jimmy King in Emmerdale.

For those unaware, the British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV showed the death of King, played by Nick Miles.

Wheeler, who spent more than ten years playing his wife Nicole King, expressed her unfiltered feelings in a press conference, stating that she was "absolutely gutted" when she found out about Jimmy’s death behind the wheel after crashing his car.

The 52-year-old English actress articulated, "It was really surreal. It sort of ends, and you go, ‘Oh gosh, that’s it’. We’ll never be Nick and Jimmy again together. I was gutted because I think it’s the institution that Jimmy and Nicola were, where I was sort of like, ‘oh God, that’s over.’”

"Even whilst we were filming it all, it never felt real because we film out of sync. When it came to doing all the scenes where he dies, it was odd. It’s almost like you didn’t want to do it.”

"They were beautifully written scenes, so you want to do them justice but at the same time, you don’t want them to end because then it means this is final,” the Poldark star stated.

Wheeler also revealed that Jimmy will receive "a good funeral,” claiming that a part of her character “will never let Jimmy go.”

It is pertinent to mention that Emmerdale season 55, which premiered on January 1, 2026, airs weekdays on ITV1 at 8pm.