Emmerdale actress Lorraine Chase is suing adventure company TNR Coaching Ltd over an accident she suffered on Channel 5 reality show Carry on Barging in 2016

Emmerdale star Lorraine Chase is suing for £100,000 over a reality TV accident she says ended her panto career.

She was starring with Debbie McGee, Simon Callow and Nigel Havers in Channel 5’s in Channel 5’s “Carry on Barging” in 2016 when she hurt her back abseiling.

Lorraine, 69, blames her instructor from adventure company TNR Coaching Ltd for letting out the rope too far and causing her to fall.

But the company says Lorraine had ignored her instructions.

Barrister David White told Central London county court that the accident wrecked Lorraine’s career in panto.

She struck a rock ledge whilst falling at the site in Wales, causing injuries to her neck and back, and has since retired.