I think it would be brilliant if Annie came back for a few episodes, it would tie off the old Sugden story in a way but I don't think that's ever going to happen. I reckon Robert should definitely come back.
This might make me unpopular for saying this, but couldn't ITV have left the tribute caption until after the Emmerdale theme and foresake a few seconds of trailers?
I'm sure with previous deaths of soap actors they did this, the only one I can think of is when Bryan Mosley died, a tribute caption came up after the end credits of Coronation Street.
Mind you, at least the ECP wasn't used to promote anything else, and the announcer's tone was solemn and appropriate. Did STV or UTV do similar things?