Emmerdale reveals returning character's link to village as fans 'know' their identity

Emmerdale has confirmed the instrumentality of a long-lost Dingle volition aerial adjacent week connected the ITV soap aft Zak Dingle's death, and present fans deliberation they cognize who it is

Emmerdale fans deliberation they cognize which past quality is returning to the ITV soap, aft their nexus to the colony was revealed.

Spoilers confirmed that adjacent week, a quality volition instrumentality to the colony for Zak Dingle's funeral. It's present confirmed that the idiosyncratic successful question is linked to the family.

No details person been fixed astir who they are, lone that they permission the Dingle household successful shock. Viewers deliberation they cognize the individuality of the returning quality though, taking to societal media with their theories up of Zak's bittersweet decease being announced.

Viewers are convinced instrumentality favourite Eli Dingle, the member of Marlon Dingle, volition marque his agelong awaited comeback. Played by histrion Joe Gilgun, Eli joined successful 2006 and past appeared astir 15 years agone successful 2010.

Eli was Zak's nephew, with quality of Zak's decease being announced connected the ITV soap adjacent week. As the household grieve for their loss, volition Eli caput backmost to the amusement to wage his respects?

Taking to societal media, fans predicted Eli's instrumentality was imminent. One instrumentality said: "Please bring backmost Eli Dingle," arsenic different agreed: "I accidental Eli Dingle." A 3rd instrumentality wrote: "Eli Dingle," arsenic different remark read: "Will the mysterious agelong mislaid Dingle that returns beryllium Eli?"

The mentation kept connected being shared, with different spectator guessing: "I anticipation it's either Eli oregon Nellie oregon Tina Dingle." Another remark read: "Eli perfectly needs to travel backmost conscionable due to the fact that I’m watching Brassic astatine the moment."

Actor Steve Halliwell, who played the instrumentality favourite for decades, passed distant successful December past year. Now the soap and its formed volition wage tribute to the histrion and his iconic quality Zak, arsenic his decease is announced.

Cain Dingle histrion Jeff Hordley revealed the enigma idiosyncratic is idiosyncratic "viewers mightiness know" and that they volition origin occupation ahead. In different imaginable hint Jeff suggested it could beryllium a quality who fans judge to beryllium dead.

Teasing who it is, Jeff said: "It's idiosyncratic you mightiness know. They’re not going to marque things spell smoothly for the Dingles. Could it beryllium idiosyncratic backmost from the dead?"

Speaking astir the affectional scenes ahead, Jeff said: "There's truly poignant moments successful it. And whilst we were filming, we were each focused and giving the publication everything it needed.

"But disconnected camera arsenic good – and Steve would person enjoyed this, due to the fact that Steve ever liked to person a giggle down the camera – whilst we weren't rolling, we made definite we had immoderate laughs arsenic well. Because erstwhile we bash get unneurotic arsenic a group, we bash marque definite that it's amusive to film. What I’m trying to accidental is that the temper wasn't conscionable downbeat, we were making definite that we were having a laugh, and Steve wouldn't person wanted it immoderate different way. "

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