THINGS are going from bad to worse for Charles Anderson as the vicar struggles to cope with his father’s death.
Charles returns to Emmerdale next week but his temper immediately gets the best of him and he attacks another villager.
Victor Anderson was found dead in St Mary’s Church in recent scenes of the ITV soap, just as he was trying to run away from the police when he was accused of stealing Rishi Sharma’s necklace.
It later transpired that his own son Charles (portrayed by Kevin Mathurin) had framed him for the theft of the family heirloom in an attempt to get him away from his mother Claudette.
Since then, the vicar has been feeling more guilty than ever and decided to leave the eponymous village.
This also left Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) in a tricky situation as she’s the only one to know all about Charles’ dark secret.
Coming up next week, Manpreet and Ethan Anderson (Emile John) both take the day off to help reluctant Claudette (Flo Wilson) with funeral planning.
Manpreet does her best to encourage Claudette, and there is a moment of genuine affection between them as they agree to push through to the funeral.
The following day, struggling with the weight of the secret, Manpreet leaves Charles a voicemail, begging him to return to the village.
Charles arrives home, unable to run any longer.
After some attempts to build up to the truth, Claudette singing Charles’ virtues means he can’t bring himself to tell her and instead guiltily slinks out.
Troubled to see Charles drinking so liberally in the Woolpack, Tom King (James Chase) watches as a black cloud descends over him.
The hunk tries to sympathise with Charles, unknowingly riling him up more.
Charles lashes out and Tom retorts, but he soon finds himself pinned to the bar by Charles, to the shock of all onlookers.
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After threats and placations all around, the arrival of Charles’ family finally snaps him out of his rage to release Tom.
As Charles flees, his family are concerned.
Catching up to him, Manpreet begs Charles to tell the truth but will she be able to get through to him?
Emmerdale airs weeknights from 7.30pm on ITV.
