Anita Turner
She left the role after it was reported that her leadership on the soap had resulted in cast morale dropping, as well as being criticised for the controversial sacking of a child actor.Turner initially worked as a script editor for the ITV soap operaEmmerdale and held that role for three years.[2][3] She quickly "made her mark by axing characters and changing storylines", and later that year, it was reported by Digital Spy that cast morale was down since Turner had become the series producer.[4] She also received criticism for firing a child actor, Benjamin Shooter, who portrayed Samson Dingle, for crying on set.Shooter's mother felt that her son had been treated like a "prop" and criticised Turner for allowing her young child to be in "horrifying scenes" including armed robber Sam Dingle (James Hooton) turning himself in to the police.