IT'S A KNOCKOUT FOR AMELIA IN NEXT WEEK'S EMMERDALE | EMMERDALE SPOILERS

Desperate Dan (not the Dandy character from the 1937 comic that ran for 76 years) but the one in Emmerdale is set to put Amelia Spencer (Daisy Campbell) in harm's way next week in some gripping scenes.

At his wits end about his finances, Dan Spencer (Liam Fox) is still working at Barton and Dingle Automotives when he should be at home convalescing from a herniated disc.  His daughter is visibly conserned when Dan tells her about having to wait for money until Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) gives him his pay packet. 

Dan hates not being able to provide for Amelia.

​Amelia has been Dan's carer in recent weeks as he moved downstairs at Dale Head with his bed and everything in the living room.

Wanting to find more money out of thin air, Amelia decides to sell her expensive handbag to Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) in Café Main Street.  Nicola won't want it but Al Chapman (Michael Wildman) will clock the item and realise it's either similar or identical to the one his credit card was charged for.  How people can know exactly what items charged to their bank account is beyond me (isn't it just amounts and shop locations that are listed?) but we'll go along with the story for the sake of the programme.   

Al will approach Amelia and brand her a theif but Amelia will quickly make herself scarce to avoid any additional questioning by the Home Farm executive but Al isn't keen on letting this one rest so follows her outside but Amelia will eventually manage to get away. 

​Later, Amelia will discuss this incident with Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) who will plead with her to keep her mouth shut about the whole thing and deny any accusation Al throws at her. 

Afterwards, Amelia heads to Barton and Dingle Automotives to check up on her father and remind him to catchup with Cain about wages.  With nothing else to do, Amelia offers to help Dan in the garage.  At first, Dan is hesitant (insurance at work and all that) but quietly pleased as he can do a little less work which would help (he's in pain, remember). 

Working on a vehicle's motor engine, Amelia tries to secure a battery to the car but the apparatus holding the bonet open slips and sandwiches Amelia inside the engine causing her to fall to the ground in agony.

Dan attempts to help but his back goes into a spasm and before anyone knows it there are a pair of Spencers on the ground.

These scenes air Monday 26 October 2020 during episode 8871.

​Emmerdale continues weekday evenings on ITV/STV.