Emmerdale announces three special episodes - with huge twists ahead for Robert, April
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Emmerdale will delve deeper into the harrowing storylines of three characters in a series of special episodes this autumn. The standalone episodes will respectively focus on Robert Sugden, April Windsor and Bear Wolf, as they each deal with heartbreaking circumstances.
In recent months, April has been caught up in the world of drug dealing after trying to help her boyfriend Dylan Penders. In order to clear Dylan's debt, villain Ray Walters has been coercing April into completing jobs for him.
The teenager's predicament has caused tension within her family, which escalated when her brother Leo was hospitalised after taking an ecstasy pill that she accidentally dropped. Meanwhile, this week will see April forced into another sickening situation when she is trapped in a hotel room with an associate of Ray's.
The upcoming special episode will pick up with April still at the mercy of the dangerous criminals. Emmerdale will explore the damaged relationship between April and her worried father Marlon, as he fights to save his child and keep his family together.
Elsewhere, the second special episode will give viewers an insight into Robert's recent incarceration, which saw him serving six years after killing rapist Lee Posner, before he was released from prison earlier this year.
Ever since Robert's return, he has been fairly quiet about his time inside, though it was revealed that he was suffering from nightmares and PTSD. However, last month saw the shocking arrival of Robert's secret husband Kev, proving there's more to his prison life than he's willing to let on.
The third special episode will focus on Bear, who was last seen on screen in July when he left the village after an argument with his son Paddy. Bear said he was visiting a friend in Ireland but he was later seen roaming the countryside, while apparently living in his car.
Since then, viewers have been worried about Bear's whereabouts, as the character is gearing up for a huge new storyline.
The upcoming special will reveal what happened during the past one hundred days that Bear has been missing from our screens. Viewers will learn of the sad but common situation that the older generation often become trapped in.
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"We?ve just started filming Christmas," Beth told Inside Soap last week.
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Emmerdale breaks new ground
Lisa Riley, who plays Emmerdale's Mandy Dingle, has promised a "never been done before" storyline on the soap this Christmas.
This looks set to tie in with the ongoing mystery of what's happened to Bear Wolf since he left the village a few months ago.
"Vicky Thomas, who directed [the] big ice [limousine] crash, is directing Christmas Day, so that speaks for itself," Lisa told The Sun.
"It?s going to straggle over the whole of Christmas and into the New Year - it's a storyline that?s never been done before. When we got the script ? we were told months ago ? it?s something really exciting.
"That?s [what's] so good about soaps, we?ve planned loads of things to knock you off kilter. We tackled Paddy?s [mental health] before and that probed people to liken it to what?s happened to Bear.
"Is that the truth? It might be a complete curveball. That's why we?re lucky with our writers - they?re dropping stuff on purpose to knock you off kilter."
Source: Digital Spy