Emmerdale announces special episode in shake-up as Belle and Tom’s dramatic final domestic abuse scenes are set to air

EMMERDALE has announced a peculiar occurrence arsenic Tom and Bell's home maltreatment storyline comes to an end.

Soap bosses person confirmed his long-running reign of panic volition yet travel to an extremity adjacent month.

Over the past twelvemonth fans person watched Tom torment and maltreatment Belle earlier she yet near him.

Belle - who is played by Eden Taylor-Draper - has precocious near the colony to get assistance for her intelligence wellness pursuing the ordeal.

But she volition yet study Tom to the constabulary conscionable arsenic the villagers commencement to fishy Tom isn't arsenic guiltless arsenic helium seems.

The storyline volition yet culminate successful a 1 hr peculiar programme that volition perceive from real-life voices from survivors of home abuse.

Explaining the peculiar episode, Emmerdale shaper Laura Shaw said: “When we archetypal embarked connected this travel we knew we wanted to amusement home abuse, coercive power and manipulation successful each its guises.

"The privilege we person on a drama specified as Emmerdale is being capable to amusement the world of a situation similar Belle's over a longer play of clip to authentically bespeak what truthful galore radical spell done successful existent beingness on a daily basis."

She continued: “We knew from the outset that Belle would request immoderate benignant of closure connected Tom and we cognize our Emmerdale audience ever look guardant to our villains getting their comeuppance.

"We don't privation to spoil the result of this communicative and uncover what volition hap to Tom, but needless to say, Belle's going to beryllium in a much amended spot by this Christmas.”

Bosses person not yet revealed erstwhile the peculiar occurrence volition precisely aerial adjacent month.

Lindsay Oliver, the CEO of home maltreatment foundation New Beginnings said:  “When Emmerdale explained they hoped to see the existent beingness testimonies of home maltreatment victims and survivors wrong these scenes we knew it would beryllium the truest mode for them to authentically adjacent this storyline. 

"We person been connected committee with this communicative since 2023 when Emmerdale first approached america astir depicting a cohesive and controlling narration connected the series.

"We are pleased Emmerdale have highlighted and are continuing to showcase this contented close to the end. And we anticipation these last episodes volition proceed to rise consciousness astir home abuse, controlling relationships and the information determination is assistance retired there.”