The first of Emmerdale’s special lockdown episodes airs tonight, and Sam and Lydia Dingle (James Hooton and Karen Blick) take centre stage.
The latest episode of the ITV soap ended on a huge cliffhanger, as Andrea Tate’s (Anna Nightingale) fate was revealed, but viewers are going to have to wait a little bit longer to find out what she’s got up her sleeve.
With Emmerdale having been forced to halt production back in March amid the coronavirus pandemic, the remaining episodes have been rationed out at three a week in order to ensure the soap remained on air for as long as possible.
However, production was able to resume several weeks back, and — with the soap running out of episodes — a series of lockdown specials were produced, which allow for viewers to see how their favourite characters are coping in isolation.
Tonight’s instalment focuses on Sam and Lydia, who are both spending lockdown on their own, as Samson (Sam Hall) is stuck on his school trip, and they’ve turfed both Mandy (Lisa Riley) and Vinny (Bradley Johnson) out.
Sam is seemingly overprotective of Lydia and won’t allow her to leave the house, as he’s concerned about something.
However, Lydia gets fed up with the same old tea every night, and thus decides to do a click-and-collect, but when Sam learns what’s she’s done, he is absolutely fuming.
In fact, he’s so fuming that he snaps at Lydia, and they end up going to bed on bad terms.
However, it’s not long before the real reason as to why Sam is being so overprotective comes to light — but will he be able to make Lydia see his way of thinking?
On the special episode, actress Karen Blick said: ‘I feel it has given us great insight into Lydia and Sam and we’ve had the space to explore the dynamics between these two characters.’
Emmerdale continues Monday 8 June at 7pm on ITV.
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