Charity Dingle Tate Sharma (Emma Atkins)

[sarah c]

no Charity has to be the queen bitch in control - thats where the character excels?

[Perdita]

Emmerdale schemer Charity Macey will persuade her daughter Debbie Dingle to cover for her next week as her abortion lie looks set to be exposed.

Megan (Gaynor Faye) is left stunned when she finally learns that Charity (Emma Atkins) had a termination earlier in the year, rather than suffering a miscarriage as she has been claiming.

With her son Robbie firmly on board, the pair then attempt to persuade Declan (Jason Merrells) that Charity has been lying to him all this time.

Although Declan initially appears reluctant to believe them, their talk starts to unnerve him and he makes a call to his solicitor, enquiring about their pre-nup agreement.

Later, he sends Charity into a panic when he asks her to accompany him to the abortion clinic to prove she didn't terminate their unborn baby.

Charity is rattled when Megan informs her Declan has been asking questions and is having doubts.
© ITV
Charity is rattled by Megan

Charity knows she needs to think creatively to throw Declan off the scent but will she manage to?
© ITV
Charity tries to throw Declan off the scent

Feeling trapped and unable to see a way out, an increasingly worried Charity realises she needs to think creatively if she wants to throw Declan off the scent.

After trying and failing to persuade Chas to pretend it was her who had the abortion, Charity then heads over to ask Debbie (Charley Webb) the same favour.

Once at Debbie's, Charity wastes little time in telling her daughter that she lied about having a miscarriage, explaining she in fact had a secret abortion.

While Debbie is lost for words over her mother's deceit, Charity then drops the bombshell that she has told Declan it was Debbie who had the abortion instead.

Charity then begs a disgusted Debbie to cover for her to Declan, but what will Debbie decide to do?

Charity goes to see her daughter and wastes little time in telling her she lied about having a miscarriage
© ITV
Charity goes to see her daughter

Will Debbie cover for Charity?
© ITV
Will Debbie cover for Charity?

Emmerdale airs these scenes next week on ITV.

[kiwigirl]

Saw that coming, Debbie lying for her mother. Pete will find out somehow and then what? Debbie should come clean and drop Charity right in it. And the whole truth should come out about the fire and Declan and Cherity go to prison.

[Perdita]

Emmerdale star Emma Atkins has told Digital Spy that she is looking forward to the moment that her character Charity Macey finally gets her comeuppance.

Charity comes dangerously close to having her deception exposed in tonight's tense double bill of episodes (September 4) as her arch-nemesis Megan (Gaynor Faye) discovers that she lied about suffering a miscarriage.

Megan's son Robbie (Jamie Shelton) uncovers the secret when he spots an abortion clinic among the previously-stored addresses on Charity's sat-nav system.

Although Charity's husband Declan (Jason Merrells) is reluctant to believe the worst of her, the game could be up as Megan and Robbie become determined to secure further proof.

Speaking to Digital Spy about the storyline, Atkins explained: "I absolutely love playing Charity when she's at her worst, because that's when she's at her best - but obviously that comes with consequences.

"Charity is building lie upon lie, and that obviously has to come out at some point. As an actress, I know that will eventually unveil itself, so it's exciting because I know the writers have a lot more in store for me to play. I feel very lucky that they have given me that opportunity."

Discussing whether Charity can be redeemed, she continued: "A lot of the things that Charity does seem quite evil, but in the past she's always managed to redeem herself again in the eyes of her family.

"She's quite a shameless woman with no scruples, as she's willing to betray and hurt people to get her own way. It's not a particularly good way to live your life, but somehow she manages to redeem herself.

"I think the writers have Charity behave badly, but then they drop her to the very bottom so she has to work her way back up again and gain people's trusts back. Whether she can do that this time, I don't know."

With Charity aware that Megan will stop at nothing to destroy her, she even begs her daughter Debbie (Charley Webb) to cover for her by claiming that she was the one who had the termination.

Atkins continued: "Charity is onto the fact that Megan is now digging for dirt on her. She's mortified when the sat-nav situation first crops up, so she gets herself into quite a state of desperation.

"The awful thing is that she's got to a point of no return, so it doesn't matter who she's going to hurt next. As far as she's concerned, she's just got to stop Declan from finding out, or otherwise her life and her marriage are over.

"Even betraying Debbie now is of no great importance to her. That's what is so awful about Charity - she is beyond caring at that point. She'll deal with that when it needs to be dealt with, but she's deluded and I think she even begins to believe her own lies!"

Emmerdale continues tonight (September 4) at 7pm and 8pm on ITV.

[TaintedLove]

So if Charity claims that it was Debbie who had a termination, then who would the Father be as Debbie wasn`t even dating anyone at the time.
Hurry up Karma.... it`s long overdue for Charity.

[lizann]

love her or hate her charity is a great character excellently played by emma who always comes out on top

[tammyy2j]

Emma Atkins has spoken to Digital Spy about filming this week's dramatic episodes, admitting that they were "unpleasant" but "brilliant" to work on.

The actress's character Charity Macey looks set to face a terrifying ordeal over the next few days, as her vengeful husband Declan (Jason Merrells) plans to kill her while they are on holiday at a remote cottage.

Declan has already tried to poison Charity after discovering that she secretly aborted their baby and then lied about suffering a miscarriage.

Atkins told Digital Spy of this week's storyline: "It's been fun and intense to film. At times it's been horrible and quite unpleasant, but also brilliant. We've had to go to places that aren't particularly pleasant in one's emotional state of mind, but it's been necessary for the journey that Charity and Declan have both gone on.

"It's been an arduous task and a brilliant one, but I was screwed after one of the filming days in particular - I was ready for a bath and bed! But it was so rewarding at the same time.

"We've filmed most of it in chronological order, which has been an absolute godsend. It's quite a minefield of madness when you know that you've got to film all of these emotions, so for it to be in chronological order helps us enormously."

The dramatic events surrounding Charity and Declan follow a year of bad behaviour from both of them, but it seems that they are about to get their comeuppance in one way or another.

Discussing the viewer response to Charity's antics, Atkins explained: "I get a lot of comments about Charity betraying Sam, and how could you ever do that to your own family? But the beauty of this story is that the audience will get to see Charity's comeuppance.

"From a moral point of view, she's got to have that - there's got to be a judgement day for what she did. She did a hell of a big thing by sending Jai's child away, but she did it because she was hell-bent on vengeance because he'd had his sordid one-night stand with Rachel on the factory floor.

"Sam ended up in the firing line and she absolutely destroyed his happiness to get the money for the Home Farm fire. There's got to be a comeuppance for that."

[Perdita]

Emmerdale schemer Charity Macey faces further turmoil next week as she becomes fearful that her unstable husband Declan will make a shock return.

Charity (Emma Atkins) narrowly escaped with her life this week when Declan (Jason Merrells) lured her away to a remote cottage and tried to kill her, wanting revenge following her lies and betrayal.

The explosive week of episodes led to Declan and Robbie Lawson both plunging into a lake following a violent showdown for the Maceys, but only Robbie's dead body was recovered from the water in the aftermath.

With Declan's sister Megan convinced that he is still alive, Charity is left terrified and she fears that he could turn up at any moment to get his final revenge.

Feeling unsafe at Home Farm, Charity decides that she needs some protection and it's Sam Dingle who comes to her aid as he becomes her guard at the mansion.

Sam insists that he owes Charity because of how often she has helped him. However, Charity is wracked with guilt as she knows that she doesn't deserve Sam's help after destroying his happiness with Rachel Breckle at the start of the year.

An Emmerdale source told Digital Spy: "As Megan grieves for Robbie, Charity's main concern is Declan and the possibility that he could come back. Should she be worried?"

Emmerdale airs these scenes on Monday (September 29) at 7pm on ITV.

[heydrich39]

Really hope he does

[Perdita]

So do I ...