{"id":54799,"date":"2024-07-16T01:01:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T23:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2066671"},"modified":"2024-07-16T07:59:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T05:59:09","slug":"emmerdale-stars-tease-terrifying-flashback-week-in-tom-king-storyline","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/emmerdale-stars-tease-terrifying-flashback-week-in-tom-king-storyline\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale stars tease terrifying flashback week in Tom King storyline"},"content":{"rendered":"

“If somebody hurt his little sister, I think there’s no saying what Cain would do.” <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 16 July 2024 at 23:01 PM<\/p>

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This article includes discussion of domestic abuse, including coercive control, that some readers may find distressing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Emmerdale<\/a> stars Emma Atkins and Jeff Hordley have revealed what we can expect as their alter egos Charity and Cain Dingle close in on Tom King\u2019s (James Chase) reign of terror over wife Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper).<\/p>\n

Next week, Charity is alarmed to hear about abusive Tom\u2019s job interview in Wales, and the couple\u2019s abrupt exit from the village.<\/p>\n

Charity cannot shake her fears that Belle is in danger, telling Cain that Tom reminds her of Mark Bails (Rocky Marshall)<\/a>, the police detective who abused Charity sexually, physically and psychologically when she was a teenager.<\/p>\n

A look around the Kings\u2019 marital home reveals controlling Tom\u2019s surveillance of Belle, and Cain and Charity soon find an address for a Welsh cottage.<\/p>\n

As the pair set off to find Belle, Hordley and Atkins told RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other media that we\u2019re in for a frightening time, as the characters arrive to find a sight akin to a horror film.<\/p>\n

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Belle and Tom in Emmerdale.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cWe immediately fear for her safety, because why wouldn\u2019t we? We know that she\u2019s gone away and she\u2019s missing. There\u2019s no one in the house when we get there, we see blood. We immediately assume Belle is in real trouble,\u201d warned Atkins.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played it for real, we played it [as], of course, whose is [the blood], is it Belle\u2019s or Tom\u2019s?\u201d<\/p>\n

Picking up the story, Hordley explained: \u201c[Tom\u2019s] really clever at the way he operates, and he\u2019s masking everything that\u2019s going on really, really well. So we\u2026 I<\/em> don\u2019t have a clue. I was going to say more about what happens in the cottage, but I\u2019m not going to!\u201d<\/p>\n

After Charity and Cain\u2019s chilling discovery, Emmerdale will take viewers back to the beginning of the week, where Belle is excited to be in Wales for what she believes is a holiday \u2013 but she can\u2019t believe she\u2019s \u2018lost\u2019 her phone.<\/p>

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Tom\u2019s manipulative behaviour continues<\/a>, and Belle hears Tom arranging to rent the cottage for a further six months. Before long, the trip turns into a terrifying ordeal for Belle.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll just have to wait and see what transpires, but Hordley went on to discuss just how far Cain would go to protect Belle against Tom \u2013 as is the great wish of the audience.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf somebody hurt his little sister in particular, I think there\u2019s no saying what Cain would do,\u201d he shared. \u201cI think it was almost inevitable that there\u2019s going to be a time where Cain\u2019s going to get wind of what\u2019s been going on.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s always interesting now that Cain, this once not-very-liked by the viewers [character], shall we say, when I first joined, [they] now see him as this kind of hero [to] fly in and save the day for other people \u2013 but in a not very nice way!\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cain and Charity find a trashed a bloodied cottage with no Belle in sight.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Asked what it was like filming these episodes, Atkins was quick to relay her joy at working with long-time co-star Hordley. \u201cIt was brilliant! I just want to say, working with Jeff again was just magic. I haven\u2019t worked with him in quite a while, and we just seem to have this effortless chemistry when we get together because we know each other, we know our history.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur characters just somehow really work well together. And it\u2019s great that we\u2019re not a couple, but we come together, we\u2019re good in a crisis. We trust each other, and I love the fact that Cain does listen to Charity. I just loved it!\u201d<\/p>\n

Hordley teased that these dark episodes are also sprinkled with lighter moments based on Cain and Charity\u2019s strong bond. \u201cThe writers write really well for us, they understand the history of the two characters.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo as well as there being a serious element to it, there\u2019s also clever little lines and likeness within these kind of heavy-ish scenes. There\u2019s bits where Charity\u2019s kind of sniping at him, and he\u2019s sniping at her, and it was really fun to do,\u201d he enthused.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen, of course, there\u2019s that Dingle family mentality of having Belle at the core of this, Cain\u2019s little sister,\u201d said Atkins, \u201cand the level of care there makes it even more authentic when we go and work out what\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emmerdale airs these scenes from Monday 22nd July.<\/p>\n

Emmerdale has been working with Refuge for the Tom and Belle storyline. You can access free and confidential support from Refuge\u2019s 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247 and digital support via live chat Monday-Friday 3-10pm via\u202fnationaldahelpline.org.uk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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