For weeks it was looking like Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) had turned her back on The Dingles and decided her alegiances were with Jamie Tate (Alexander Lincoln) - even to the point Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) ostracised his half-sister from the family. 

Belle has been conspiring against Jamie Tate after he was responsible for the hit-and-run over Moira Dingle (Natalie J. Robb).  

A number of weeks ago, Belle secretly enlisted the help of her nephew Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter) who conspired to get extra money from The Tates for a business deal at Wiley's Farm where Nate works for Kim Tate.  Unbeknown to both the fictional characters of Emmerdale AND the viewing public, the pair had been concocting devious plans to expose Jamie.  

Cain tracked down Jamie and armed with a baseball bat he wanted to "teach Jamie a lesson" but Belle managed to talk him out of it before doing a double turn on Jamie herself.  It wasn't long before Hotten Police arrived to arrest Jamie in what was quite a gripping Emmerdale tonight (24 September 2020).

Speaking with an Emmerdale representative, Eden Taylor-Draper spoke about the twist and gave a helpful summary of what has just occurred in the Yorkshire Dales. 

Eden Taylor-Draper, said: 

"Over time Belle obviously realised how awful Jamie can be, he did some awful things like not confessing about knocking down Moria, sacking Sam, paying Nate off - just for starters!  So with Nate's help Belle hatched a plan to get more information so she could ultimately go to the police and get him sent down for everything he’s done."

Eden enjoyed making tonight's Emmerdale and went on to say:

​"Yeah I really enjoyed the fact we preserved this twist.  I think so often things obviously get leaked so when it's a twist you don't know about as a viewer it's a real shock."

All this cleverness was planned during COVID-19 Lockdown and the storyline got the Selby actor in a panic as Eden, said:

"I think I was told it was coming up during lockdown actually, I got a call to say 'what you’re reading is Belle faking and not Belle turning against the Dingles!' Initially I was a little panicked that I was going against my family but it was all the twist."

The rest of the conversation is below. 

ITV: So... Belle was playing him along all the time... was it hard for her to do that with all her family believing she had in fact sided with a Tate?

ETD: "I think it was really hard for her yes, in fact I can't imagine being in that position.  Even though she hated Jamie and knew he deserved to pay for what he had done I do think feelings for him are still there which makes it even more complicated.  When Sam got sacked that was horrible for her and she just hopes the Dingles understand why she did it."

ITV: Do you think Belle struggled when Moira confronted her so blatantly...

ETD: "Oh my gosh yes, she was not expecting that, it took her by surprise and made her put her plan into action a lot quicker which is why it was all a bit slap dash before Cain got to him.  Moira really quizzed her and put her on the spot... She did her best to lie but Moira knew and Belle had to act quickly."

ITV: Was it fun to film?

ETD: "Yeah it was so much fun to film!  I loved playing a game against the top game player himself!!"

ITV: So... now Belle has had Jamie arrested do you think that's it or is there more to come?
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ETD: "100% more to come as it is Jamie Tate afterall.  I think Belle would be stupid to think he’d go down easily.  He will have something up his sleeve but maybe something she doesn’t expect... I don't want to give anything away but there is so much more to come."

ITV: Belle stopped Cain beating him up - do you think that was the right thing to do or do you think she may come to regret things?

ETD: "I don't think Cain beating him up would’ve helped anything, Jamie would just get him arrested or something in a cunning way.  I don’t think Belle will regret going to the police but I think she'll regret starting to play games with him now he knows she was pretending all along... It could come back to haunt her..."

ITV: She said Nate helped her... do you think that might help Cain see him in a better light?
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ETD: "I hope so!  Belle wants the family to be strong and there for each other and over time Nate has shown himself to be a good person but there’s so much history there, so I think we’ll have to see."

With more coming up, what else could Emmerdale have up its sleeve going forward? 

Emmerdale is back on ITV/STV at 20:00 tonight and returns at 19:00 tomorrow. 

​Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) eventually turned up back at Emmerdale Village after a rather heavy night in town getting drunk to forget what a lonley time her life has become since Bernice Blackstock's departure in November of 2019.

Initially, Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) and Jai Sharma (Christopher Bisson) railed at Gabby for being out all night but Gabby was quick to remind them that she was an adult.

As Jai was giving her a pep talk, Gabby became rebellious and told him in not so many words that he is a terrible person and that the only reason he got custody of Archie was because Rachel (Archie's mother) is dead.

Laurel warned Gabby to apologise at once but Gabby point blank refused and stormed out of the house. 

Across the village, Leyla Harding (Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi) left Take A Vow with Andrea Tate (Anna Nighingale) discussing how much of a "douchebag" Jamie Tate (Alexander Lincoln) is, Andrea went away leaving Leyla alone until Gabby turned up.

Leyla wanted to do right by Gabby and offered the troubled teen a cup of tea over at her place.  Gabby was delighted at first because somebody was taking an interest in her.  Gabby went to Leyla's then Dr. Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson) arrived wanting to take Leyla out of the afternoon.  Leyla declined because she had just made plans with Gabby but after some sweet-talking by Liam, Leyla's arm was figuratively twisted and she decided to call Gabby off.

Listening in from the doorway, Gabby heard everything and once again she was left feeling "in the way" then wandered off because she was a "massive inconvenience". 

Realising Gabby needs a bit of support, Leyla went after her and more or less apologised for bailing on her.  Leyla soon informed Liam that she would be spending the day with Gabby instead. 

Is there any saving Gabby Thomas?

Emmerdale continues tomorrow at 19:00 on ITV/STV. 

Kirin Kotecha returned in last evening's Emmerdale begging for money and tonight's (Tuesday 15 September 2020) was no different, but there's a catch. 

Kirin (Rish Shah) has been off-grid for a couple years after killing a schoolteacher in a hit-and-run.  

In recent months, Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) has been on a mission to adopt the son of her fiancée Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) and to do that, she needs signed permission from Johnny's dad who happens to be Kirin.

Charity was having a conversation with Priya Kotecha (Fiona Wade), Kirin appeared in the background and Charity was visibly shocked.

Charity was quick to ask Kirin for his approval but he had other ideas.

Kirin refused to let Charity adopt Johnny at first but his desperation for money got the better of him.  He demanded £15,000 from Charity in exchange for Johnny.

​Emmerdale fans took to Twitter to express their opinions on the matter.

Emmerdale continues tomorrow at 19:00 on ITV/STV. 

Since arriving in Walford, on-screen, Frankie Lewis (Rose Ayling Ellis) has been somewhat of a mystery character.  Not much was known about her apart from she's deaf and the reason behind her insertion was to assist the already established Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) as he went through his own battle with deafness.

Tonight's (Monday 14 Septemeber 2020) episode, viewers learnt of Frankie's troubled past as her backstory was explored.  Frankie's brother tragically died at a fairly young age. 

Frankie has been employed by Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) to work at The Albert under the management of Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White).  When Frankie arrived for her shift, she and Tina had a conversation which revealed Frankie's brother's death.  Frankie, a keen photographer, had a digital camera with her.  Tina looked through the pictures to find images of a child (Frankie's brother) who looks remarkably like Tina's youngest sibling, Oliver Carter (Harry Farr). 

After their shift at The Albert, Tina took Frankie to The Queen Vic where they met with Tina's family.  Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) and Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) exhanged plesantries while Oliver sat quietly at the table with his parents.  Oliver gave Frankie a smile and the reaction on her face was almost euphoric.

As Linda & Mick teased Tina about maybe having a crush on Frankie, Frankie was sitting with Oliver and told him about her brother.  Frankie's mannerisms were somewhat obsessive over the young boy. 

Later, as Mick, Tina & Linda played football with Oliver on Bridge Street, EastEnders fans saw Frankie taking photograph after photograph after photograph of The Carters - more specifically Oliver.

Since Frankie seemingly obsesses over her dead brother and the fact Oliver looks a dead ringer to the deceased sibling.

As the BBC have previously revealed that Oliver Carter is to depart Tony Holland & Julia Smith's programme in the coming weeks, is this his exit storyline?  Will Frankie abduct Oliver to replace her brother? 

Only time will tell.

EastEnders continues tomorrow at 19:35 on BBC One. 

Since EastEnders returned to BBC One after CoronaVirus shut down production, the abused Chantelle Atkins (Jessica Plummer) has put the wheels-in-motion to divorce her abuser Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith) and take their children with her. 

Trying to disguise her departure from Gray by making out it was a last minute holiday arranged by Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley) & Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths), Chantelle had her suitcase packed full of her kids' things.  All ready to make her move until Gray found out things weren't quite right with the whole arrangement. 

Asking Mia Atkins (Mahalia Malcolm) about what she knew of the holiday, Gray was told by the girl that she knew about it for days thus meaning it was never a spur of the moment deal from Karen & Mitch. 

At the Doof Doof of tonight's (Monday 14 September 2020) episode written by Pete Lawson, Gray was seen delivering another emotional blow to Chantelle by informing her he'd unpacked their children's things and made it out like he was giving Chantelle a well deserved break from the family. 

As Mia & Mackenzie Atkins (Isaac Lemonius) waved from the upstairs windows, Chantelle's world - and plans - crumbled around her.  

Visibly upset, Chantelle had no choice but to go with her parents on holiday and leave her kids behind.  

Pete Lawson will continue the story tomorrow as EastEnders rolls on. 

David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd) has begun to be a little suspicious of local businessman Ray Crosby (Mark Frost). 

In last week's episodes, viewers saw David's back garden suffer a strange sinkhole and it was revealed to the eagle-eyed watchers that Ray had something to do with it which has remained unbeknown to David and The Platts.

The Platts were told to move out as their home was deemed unsuitable and with nowhere to live, Ray stepped-in to offer them a room at one of his hotels in Manchester. 

In one of tonight's (Monday 14 September 2020) episodes, David visited Ray at Viaduct Bistro to thank him for the generous hospitality.

Having a conversation, David asked what Ray was getting out of this arrangement.  Ray reminded him of the trouble he had with Michelle Connor.  Ray went on to explain that he wants people to see that he is a nice man despite what others may think and hopes his gesture towards The Platts will garner more customers to his Mawdesley Street restaurant. 

David became skeptical and couldn't believe his ears, but with Ray being the one responsible for the mess in David's garden, why is Ray being so nice to The Platts all of a sudden?

Coronation Street continues this Wednesday on ITV/STV. 

Since Harriet Finch (Katherine Dow Blyton) dropped a bombshell on her fiancé, he was nowhere to be seen and after spending the night away from Woodbine Cottage, he returned. 

Immediately, Will Taylor (Dean Andrews) told his family that he has only gone back to pick up his stuff. 

Dawn Taylor (Olivia Bromley) soon reminded her dad if he went then it wouldn't look good in front of the Social Workers in relation to her son living with them.

This was enough for Will to change his mind about leaving.

In the closing moments of tonight's (Monday 14 September 2020) episode, Will decided to remain at Woodbine Cottage for his family but reiterrated to Harriet that their relationship is over.

Emmerdale continues tomorrow at 19:00 on ITV/STV. 

To help out with the dire circumstances that is CoronaVirus, Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) organised a clothes swap for the villagers.

Originally, the event was to happen at the Village Hall but since mice have invaded the facility, Nicola was fuming at the local Reverend for not realising what's going on.  

Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) approached Nicola to say he dropped off some clothing but she was quick to explain that rodents had taken residents and now the clothes swap would be at the cafe. 

It's been a trying time for Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) as he lives life a completely deaf man but in tonight's (Tuesday 08 September 2020) episode he was given a smidgen of hope. 

At a local medical facility near to Walford, Ben was accompanied by his Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) & Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) as he waited patiently for his appointment time with Dr. Laghari​ (Ezra Faroque Khan).

Soon enough he was called in for an evaluation to see how his operation went.  At first it would appear things weren't working but a guardian angel arrived in the form of PC Callum Highway (Tony Clay), who is of course Ben's boyfriend, and suddenly a miracle occurred. 

Stood at the door was Callum (who arrived late due to work commitments).  Ben turned from Dr. Laghari to see Callum who was asking how everything was.

Ben told his lover that it didn't work but upon Dr. Laghari making more minor adjustments, Ben turned his back (to look at his surgeon) on Callum.

As Callum was still speaking and the adjustment was made, Ben suddenly heard his partner talking and was given the best glimmer of hope in months. 

EastEnders continues on BBC One at 19:35 (Thursday 10 September 2020). 

It's been a tough lockdown for Chantelle with Gray heightening his domestic abuse.  Tonight (Tuesday 08 September 2020) took a turn for the worse at number 1 Albert Square. 

When Chantelle Atkins (Jessica Plummer) was out of the house discussing her financial arrangements with Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol), Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith) was working-from-home on the laptop where he came across something alarming - a popup featuring an advert for Divorce Lawyers.  To irk Gray's suspicions even more he checked the Internet history to find it was wiped clean.  Chantelle's conspiring was exposed. 

Soon, Chantelle arrived back claiming she was at a client but Grey picked apart her "slutty" attire and more or less accusing his wife of cheating on him.  To make matters worse, Gray stuck the proverbial knife in and declared he wants a divorce.  Gray went on further to explain he'll be taking Mackenzie Atkins (Isaac Lemonis) & Mia Atkins (Mahalia Malcolm) away, too, basically denying Chantelle access.

Chantelle locked herself in the bathroom and went for a bath.  She thought she would be safe until Gray came and unlocked the bathroom snib from the other side of the door - much to Chantelle's horror.

Gray proceeded to taunt his wife with more evil games and then - in his most sinister move yet - made Chantelle hold her breath underwater for a dangeous amount of time making her "prove" she still loves him.  

Pulling herself together, Chantelle manages to escape the house where she sees Kheerat, again.  Because Chantelle told Kheerat earlier that she was divorcing Gray, Kheerat told her he would get the money to her in a couple of weeks.  To the worry of the abused woman, she told Kheerat a couple of weeks would just be too long as she plans on leaving tomorrow. 

Kheerat would have got the money to Chantelle sooner if it weren't for Suki Kaur Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) keeping tabs on the family's finances.

​EastEnders continues on BBC One at 19:35 (Thursday 10 Septemeber 2020).