{"id":453696,"date":"2026-02-07T03:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/453696\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T03:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T03:03:14","slug":"emmerdale-confirms-new-special-episode-for-three-traumatised-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/453696\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale confirms new special episode for three traumatised characters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale spoilers<\/a> follow.<\/p>\n

Emmerdale airs another special standalone episode next week \u2013 as April Windsor, Dylan Penders and Bear Wolf all take centre stage following their recent ordeals. Will some honest conversations help them to get closure?<\/p>\n

Show bosses have announced that the episode airing on Friday 13 February<\/a> focuses on the three victims of exploitation and modern slavery crimes, as they each wonder how they can move on with their lives.<\/p>\n

In emotional scenes, April confides in her stepmum Rhona Goskirk, Dylan talks to his new father figure Paddy Dingle, while Bear speaks to his counsellor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

April admits that she thinks she deserves to be punished for the crimes she committed while under the control of Ray Walters and Celia Daniels. Rhona points out that April was a victim of manipulation, but the teen can’t see it that way yet.<\/p>\n

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Related: Emmerdale reveals major throwback in Robert’s fight against Joe<\/a><\/p>\n

Dylan tells Paddy that he wants to leave the village<\/a>, fearing that he’s “cursed” after the events of the past year.<\/p>\n

Bear also struggles with his guilt over killing Ray, but how much will he share with his counsellor?<\/p>\n

Fans can get a first look at this 13 February episode in the video below.<\/p>\n

Related: Emmerdale star confirms long-term aftermath of Cain’s diagnosis this week<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a separate clip from Monday 9 February shows Cain Dingle cross the line in his desperate efforts to save his wife Moira from a long prison sentence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cain manhandles Bear, wanting him to go to the police station and clear Moira’s name. Dylan interrupts the tense showdown and quickly sends Cain packing.<\/p>\n

Related: Emmerdale star confirms emotional two-hander episode for show legends with 30-year friendship<\/a><\/p>\n

Finally, a clip from Wednesday 11 February shows Joe Tate issue his final ultimatum to the Sugdens and Aaron Dingle.<\/p>\n

Joe warns that he wants all signatures on the Butler’s Farm paperwork in six hours’ time \u2013 including Moira’s. If they don’t comply with selling up, Joe will hand over the incriminating footage showing Victoria killing her brother John<\/a>…<\/p>\n

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read more Emmerdale spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers, from Robert\u2019s feud with Joe in Emmerdale, to Carl\u2019s dangerous new plan in Coronation Street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emmerdale spoilers follow. Emmerdale airs another special standalone episode next week \u2013 as April Windsor, Dylan Penders and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[205154,872,212351,874,88,2245,212350,209868,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-453696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-collection-latest-news","9":"tag-content-type-news","10":"tag-contentid-2241c293-a575-46be-9e74-92fcddbc3bf4","11":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-locale-gb","14":"tag-shorttitle-emmerdale-confirms-new-special-episode-airing-soon","15":"tag-subsection-emmerdale","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}