Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor Draper)

[Perdita]

Priya Sharma will unwittingly encourage the possible new relationship.

​Emmerdale teen Belle Dingle will play with fire when she meets a very unlikely new love interest next week.

Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper) will set her sights on local doctor Jermaine Bailey when he treats her following a minor accident at the sweet factory.

It all starts when Belle cuts her hand on some broken glass while at work and needs to have her injury looked at.

Keen to impress the handsome GP, Belle can't resist making out to Bailey that she's much older and has a bigger role in the business.

Dr Bailey is fooled by Belle's lies and soon goes above and beyond the call of duty by driving her back to work.

Belle flirts with Doctor Bailey
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Belle is smitten with Dr Bailey
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As there's clearly an attraction between the pair, Belle is confident that it'll lead to more and later confides in Priya Sharma (Fiona Wade) by revealing that she's met an older guy.

With Belle playing down the age difference, Priya unwittingly encourages the controversial new romance by telling her to go on a date and have some fun.

But is Belle asking for a whole world of trouble by getting involved with Doctor Bailey? Fans will soon start to learn much more about the already-established character, who's played by Micah Balfour.

Fans know that Bailey works with Emma Barton and he was previously set up on a date with her - and we reckon he could be jumping from the frying pan into the fire if he moves from Emma to Belle!

Digital Spy

[lizann]

he isn't blind he can see she is very young

[Telly Watcher]

Belle Dingle will make a scandalous decision next week as she pursues a relationship with a married man.

Belle is about to start growing closer to local doctor Jermaine Bailey after he treats her following a minor accident at the sweet factory.

Belle lies about her age in order to be in with a chance with the older guy, but it quickly becomes apparent that she's not the only one keeping secrets.

When Belle suffers another convenient medical emergency in the form of a rash next week, she heads to the doctors but is stunned to learn that Doctor Bailey (Micah Balfour) is actually married.


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Belle goes to the doctors

Doctor Bailey is mortified when he realises that his secret is out and desperately tries to talk Belle round - now extremely keen to keep seeing her.

Eden Taylor-Draper, who plays Belle, revealed: "At first there's a few kisses between them when she thinks he's single. Then she goes to the doctors to see her own doctor, Dr Cavanagh, because she has a rash. She's in the waiting room when she overhears Dr Bailey asking if his wife has called.

"Obviously given the situation with Joanie, Zak and Lisa, it puts Belle off completely. She says to him: 'This is disgusting, you need to stay away from me. My dad's ruined my life by having an affair, I'm not going to be that woman'. So she does have morals about that."

But not for long! When Zak and Joanie's relationship takes another surprising turn, Lisa is full of bitterness and resentment. This causes her to share some advice with Belle which could send the impressionable teen down completely the wrong track.


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Belle is shocked to learn that Dr Bailey is married

Taylor-Draper added: "Lisa basically says: 'Don't go looking for love, it doesn't exist and you'd be a fool to think you'll ever find it'. So Belle just thinks: 'Well, screw it, I will be the other woman'. So she tells Bailey she doesn't care and that's how it develops from there."

Belle seals her new fling with Bailey as they kiss at the doctors surgery, but will she live to regret embarking down this risky new path?

Emmerdale airs these scenes on Thursday, April 7 and Friday, April 8 at 7pm on ITV.

By Daniel Kilkelly, Digital Spy
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emme...er-is-married/

[rossfan]

Is the actor who plays the doctor on recurring basis? I had completely forgotten about the character.

[alan45]

We knew it was bound to happen – before Belle Dingle’s affair with Dr Bailey has even got started properly, there is already big trouble on the horizon.
As Belle and the unfaithful GP get to grips with each other – even going as far as a heated liaison in the surgery – things will spiral out of control, especially when Cain Dingle gets involved. And, further down the line, Belle will come face to face with Mrs Bailey – leading to what could be an almighty showdown.
We recently caught up with actress Eden Taylor-Draper, who seemed to relish the chance for her character to clash with Dr Bailey’s wife.

She told us: ‘I feel like Belle’s got a bit of wit to her, I feel like she’d really bring her down. The wife has the upper hand as she has the man so who knows? Belle’s heart’s in [the affair]. She doesn’t enjoy being this bit on the side. He kind of puts her through the ring of fire and makes her lie and dodge things and that kind of messes with her head as we’ll see as it continues. She does just want to end all of it and be with him, so I think she may encourage him to leave his wife.’

Meanwhile, Belle Dingle [EDEN TAYLOR-DRAPER] skives work to drop in on Dr Bailey [MICAH BALFOUR] in his surgery. Doctor Bailey tries to explain she can't be there but she leans in for a kiss. Meanwhile outside the room Emma explains to David they're running a bit behind but he enters, unaware Belle and Dr Bailey are kissing behind the examination curtain. Doctor Bailey steps out and flustered scrambles through his paperwork, telling a chuffed David his ultrasound came back clear. David is delighted with the result but Doctor Bailey made a worrying error. How will David feel when he finds out?

She also teased violent scenes on the horizon when Cain becomes involved, by revealing that he will ‘steam in’ to the situation. She added: ‘He assumes that Belle’s having an affair with someone that she’s not and decides to steam in – take him and, you know, deal with him in a corner! He finds out and he is not happy at all!’
Yikes! if there’s this much havoc so early on in the passionate romance, who knows how explosive things will get as things progress?

[Telly Watcher]

Emmerdale's Eden Taylor-Draper talks to Metro.co.uk about Belle Dingle’s shock affair and what happens next.

Belle Dingle has gone and gotten herself into a complex situation once more, having fallen for local GP Dr Bailey.

Given that he’s much older and married, it can only end in tears but since when has that stopped an affair spiralling out of control? With Dr Bailey truly infatuated with his younger lover too, they are soon playing with fire.

As they liaise at the surgery, Dr Bailey forgets an appointment with David Metcalfe, who ends up walking in while Belle is hidden behind the examination curtains. And things get even more unprofessional when Dr Bailey ends up giving David the wrong test results, making him think for a day that he has the all clear when he actually has testicular cancer.

We caught up with Eden Taylor-Draper who plays the teenage temptress, to learn more about what’s coming up for Belle in the latest shock affair to rock the village.

It looks like there are plenty of twists ahead…

Is it touch and go when David comes in for his appointment?

So they’re currently on the doctor’s examining table – legs wrapped round and a bit of kissing –and then obviously he comes in. It’s really awkward for Belle to hear as obviously she has grown up with him so to hear he’s got the all clear for testicular cancer – which is great – but not something she wants to overhear. And David’s like ‘oh do you need to check me over again?’ and Bailey is like ‘No! You can go’ I think Bailey, well Jermaine, realises that this can’t be a workplace thing. And she asks ‘Am I going to see you again?’ and he’s like ‘well, it’s up to you’ and it is touch and go there . I think they just need to take it somewhere that isn’t a workplace.

Were you warned about the story beforehand?

It was really good actually, Iain [MacLeod, producer] brought us in for a character conference and it had the storyliners and the scriptwriters and we sat around and discuss Jermaine as a character and for me and Micah [Balfour, who plays Dr Bailey] to get to know Jermaine better and it was said that this is what was going to develop and that it wasn’t known where it was going to end up but this is the journey that we were going to go on. And I was really excited to start it.

Would she have done this if it weren’t for the problems at home?

Yeah I do think that part of this is an escape from her life; she has this man who has status, takes her to nice places, buys her things, makes her feel amazing so I do think that has influence it. He makes her want to do better at her work – she is starting out as trainee manager and she really wants to up her game with him so I can’t imagine this would happen as instantly as it would if it weren’t for the problems at home.

Do you think this is a teenage crush or could it be something more serious?

Yeah, I think, you know, her teenage crush was Kirin as that was her first but no, she has fallen for this guy. For her to go back to him even after she finds out he is married; it’s not done as an excitement thing; she is guilty that she has feelings for this married man but I think it is real what she feels.

So it could continue for a while?

Yeah, I think Jermaine does fall in love with Belle fully and he sees her as something that he can’t let go so yeah, I imagine it’ll carry on.

There will be problems, though, won’t there?

Oh, of course! A million problems. So yeah, the new scripts have shown his wife pop up for a bit so that should be exciting and a problem definitely for Belle and Jermaine.

What has it been like filming the passion scenes and showing this new side to Belle?

Yeah, especially with Micah who – well, I don’t want to say his age just cos it might be mean – but it is weird having to kiss this guy who is my dad’s age but you know, it’s work! It’s fine, we get on really well, it’s not weird – well it is obviously but yeah, it’s fine. We’ve both got to show such passion for each other or else it wouldn’t work as people just wouldn’t believe that there is something there pulling him away from his wife. Yeah, it’s okay, it’s going well.

What do you think about Belle’s situation, do you think she’s crazy for doing this?

Yeah, 100%! If she were my mate I’d be like ‘seriously Belle, come on, like, you’re wasting your life’ but I know how hard it must be for her to be in love and if he is saying that it can work it’s hard to not believe that from the person you love. It’s a difficult situation and I think it’s bound to end in tears.

Does she confide in anyone?

Yeah, Priya, she has gotten close to Priya at the minute as they both work in the office and she is like her number one girl. They have formed a bond and they will discuss what she is going to wear on a date night and she kind of keeps it hidden – she says he’s an older guy but that he’s at university so not that old. But in the end it does come out. In the beginning she does want to confide in someone and Priya is the only one she feels she can turn to.

Emmerdale has had a lot of maneaters – do you think they could be setting up Belle to be the next one and would you like it if they were?

Oh, I’m not sure, I don’t know! Belle as a maneater? I mean, I can imagine it because she’s a Dingle obviously and I think it would be very gripping for me to act out and I’d love to watch it on screen. But especially as I have come in as a child, it would be really weird to watch that progress into this crazy woman but yeah I’d be fine with that. But Belle isn’t a nasty girl – but who knows she might be?

How do you feel about your own family watching this – does that make you feel a bit weird?

Yeah, a little bit! I think, well my dad wouldn’t watch it probably. It doesn’t bother me, it is what it is and I think they understand that. They watched me kill Gemma so if they can deal with that , surely a kiss is fine!

How do you think other teenage girls will react to the storyline?

I think this is quite a current thing. In my own life I know people who are dating older men so it’s quite normal now. It’d be quite nice to feel that on a mutual level and just understand it. I think the marriage thing is different and hopefully, you know, people in that position can see it and maybe reassess things but hopefully it’ll be received well.

Do you think viewers will sympathise with Belle?

Yeah I think they will and I think they’ll sympathise with him as well because he’s not a nasty guy and this isn’t what he does. He’s not a guy who has affairs and cheats on his wife, he’s a genuine nice guy who just happens to be in this position. It’s sad but it can be heartfelt.

We don’t think they’ll sympathise with him…

True, true! I can imagine that.

How might Cain and Zak react?

Cain? Cain’s the main guy in this! He thinks, well, coming up after the week that we’re at, he assumes that I’m having an affair with someone that I’m not and decides to steam in – take him and, you know, deal with him in a corner! He finds out and he is not happy at all. And Zak – Zak’s not really on the scene at the moment and it’s hard for Belle, who is a daddy’s girl as she doesn’t feel like he’s there for her at the moment. It’s an awkward situation so, if anything she’s doing this BECAUSE of him so I don’t think Zak’s really an issue in this but Cain’s the main guy!

Could this make her understand Joanie more?

Oh not at all, she HATES Joanie! Joanie’s like the worst woman in the world which is totally understandable. But yeah, coming up, Belle does get up to nasty things just to get Joanie in a harsh position because she still fully believes that her mum and dad are going to get back together, like right now and she’s pushing for that. And her and Lisa, it does end up in a bit of an argument because she feels like her mum doesn’t care about Zak anymore and she can’t understand why. So no, this won’t make her like Joanie.

So she doesn’t see that this makes her not all that different to Joanie?

Well, she does slightly but she just pushes it to one side and just thinks ‘I’m not like Joanie. This isn’t me.’ But yeah, I feel when she first finds out he’s married, that’s when she sees that connection but later on, that’s when she pushes it aside.

Do you see this as a coming of age story for Belle?

Yeah, definitely. I think it’s definitely something that couldn’t have happened this year or the year before. I feel like she’s grown up a lot, she’s on medication now, she’s not ill any more, she’s okay! So, I feel like she’s ready for it and I think it’s because of her age now.

Does everyone respect you more on set now you’re an adult actor?

To be fair, I don’t feel it’s any different. From the moment you come in, you’re treated like an adult which is great and that’s nice as a kid to not feel patronised, especially when you’re all here to do the same thing at the end of the day. I do feel like it’s different now I’m an adult and I haventt seen people in a while and come in they’ll say ‘whoa, you look a bit older!’ I feel very at ease and at home and I feel very comfortable. I feel very privileged to have come in at the start…

Have you noticed a gradual increase in trust in storylines as time goes on?

Yeah, definitely. They kind of test it out to see how it’s going to be. The trust grows and that’s nice to have that with them and grow with them

If you could pick any man in the village for Belle, who would it be?

E: I’d go for Lachlan cos he’s the same age but he’s a weirdo! He’s involved in this story. I feel like Adam. Adam plays Adam doesn’t he? He’s a nice boy…but he is married. Dammit! I don’t really mind married men though, do I?

Do you think Belle could push for Jermaine to leave his wife?

Yeah, I think she’s in this fully. Her heart’s in it. She doesn’t enjoy being this bit on the side. He kind of puts her through the ring of fire and makes her lie and dodge things and that kind of messes with her head as we’ll see as it continues. She does just want to end all of it and be with him, so yeah, I think she will encourage that.

Could Belle get pregnant?

Oh he haven’t got that far yet but that’s good! I’d love that, it’d be great, a love triangle with a bit added. It’d be enjoyable and fun to watch and who would Bailey pick? That would be really exciting to play out.

When does he find out she is 17?

He basically comes to see Lisa at the Dingles’ because she’s had an angina attack and there’s pictures of me all over the house and he’s like ‘Oh my god, this is Belle’s house’ and she’s like ‘Yeah, my daughter’s at home and she’s 17’ and he’s like ‘wow’. And he kind of runs out and we’re meant to be having date night and I go home and Lisa’s like ‘oh I had such a nice doctor today but then he ran out’ and I’m like ‘Oh my God!’ and I kind of ring him and say ‘er, hi Bailey…!’

So yeah, he finds out and goes mental and says: ‘You’re a child and I’m ending with you’ and she kind of reverses it and says ‘No, I’m ending with you actually because I deserve way more.’ And she’s walking off into the distance to feed the pigs and he just runs up and says: ‘I can’t live without you’ and yeah, everyone’s in love again!

How do you imagine it’ll be when the truth comes out?

I can imagine obviously Joanie is going to have her say but who cares when it’s Joanie? And, yeah, Lisa – she’d really plead with Lisa to be there for her on this. She feels like this is everything her mum didn’t have with Zak so I think that it’d be hard for her to deal with. I feel the Dingles wouldn’t be understanding.

Will someone get beaten up?

That happens fairly early on actually! We like a punch up!

Are you looking forward to a showdown with the wife?

Very much so! I feel like Belle’s got a bit of wit to her, I feel like she’d really bring her down. The wife has the upper hand as she has the man so who knows?

By Duncan Lindsay for Metro.co.uk
http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/05/emmerd...-next-5790330/

[tammyy2j]

I hate this as Belle saw the heartbreak Joanie caused her mother

[lizann]

Is the actor who plays the doctor on recurring basis? I had completely forgotten about the character.

yes forgot about him despite emma still working for him

[lizann]

Is the actor who plays the doctor on recurring basis? I had completely forgotten about the character.

yes forgot about him despite emma still working for him

[lizann]

this relationship for belle is quite disturbing she is so young compared to him don't like it