Emmerdale’s Michelle Hardwick opens up on Greatest Showman themed proposal to girlfriend Kate Brooks

Emmerdale star Michelle Hardwick has opened up on her romantic proposal to show producer Kate Brooks.

Hardwick, who played Vanessa Woodfield on the soap, unveiled the news in December that she is set to tie the knot to Brooks after popping the question in “no ordinary” way.

Opening up about the special moment, Hardwick explained that the proposal took place during a fake special screening of The Greatest Showman.

She told Loose Women: “I hired out a small local cinema and I'd said to Kate to keep the date free. I said there was a special screening of The Greatest Showman at the cinema.

"A few of my school friends were there dotted around and I'd hired a flash mob of The Greatest Showman and I did all the, 'I don't know what's going on here.'"

She then stood at the front of the cinema with a microphone, explaining to Brooks: "I just said, 'So, Kate, you're not here to see a film.'"

Hardwick even involved the couple’s dog Fred, who then walked out in front of the camera wearing a jumper with the words, “mummy, please say yes.”

When quizzed on if she was concerned about being shot down, the actress said: “We had spoken about it. She said she didn't take it in until two days later."

Discussing the pair’s upcoming wedding plans, Hardwick revealed: “We're not going to do a big wedding.

“We're just going to go abroad, just the two of us, and then come home and have a big party.”

The pair announced their engagement in a sweet Instagram snap, last year, showing the couple in high-spirts as they sipped on champagne.