THEY say we all have our 15 minutes of fame, but a Cross Hills woman might have paid a painful price for hers.

Mum-of-two Pat Leighton, 54, of Airedale View, fractured her ankle in three places while out walking - and her rescue was filmed for a new ITV series entitled The Real Emmerdale.

Mrs Leighton was on a leisurely stroll with her husband, Philip, 56, at the Valley of Desolation in Bolton Abbey when she caught her left foot between the path and a boulder.

"I screamed in pain. I managed to get my foot out, but when I looked down I could see a bone was sticking out of my ankle," she said.

Mr Leighton ran off to get help and came across two walkers a few hundred yards from where he had left his wife.

They telephoned for an ambulance, but when paramedics arrived an hour later they could not stretcher Mrs Leighton to the van because of the difficult terrain.

Eventually, members of the Grassington-based Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association (UWFRA) were called out.

An expert team of around 10 rescuers cleared a path to negotiate Mrs Leighton across a narrow bridge and stream to get to the ambulance.

She was taken to Steeton's Airedale Hospital, where she discovered she had dislocated and fractured her ankle in three places. Her calf was put in plaster.

What she hadn't realised was a film crew from Grassington's Cheeky Monkey Films had been filming at the time of her rescue as part of a series which it hopes will feature on ITV next month.

Mr Leighton gave permission for his wife to be filmed during the rescue, and now the couple are eager to know whether it has been included in the series.

"I didn't know about the filming, I was totally unaware of what was going on," said Mrs Leighton, who is a consultant for Skipton Financial Services.

She added: "I think I cried for two days. I would just like to say a big thank you to the rescue team and ambulance crew - they were absolutely fantastic.

"I am a bit apprehensive about the programme. Hopefully it won't show too much of me. I don't think I stopped crying!"

Mrs Leighton has had her leg in plaster for six weeks, but is hoping it will be removed next week.