EMMERDALE has a shocking murder coming “soon” after boss John Whiston accidentally revealed the news during a live television interview.
The ITV head of continuing drama – who oversees both Coronation Street and Emmerdale – was speaking on Sky News yesterday when he let slip about the storyline.
He said: “In terms of all of the normal stuff that goes on in soaps people kissing each other or murdering each other, we’ll have to socially distance murders I think.
“And we did actually have one coming up in Emmerdale quite soon.”
But who will die?
It’s safe to say that fans haven’t been overly enamoured with the evil police detective.
He’s tricked and terrified Will Taylor into dealing drugs, blackmailed Cain Dingle and Billy Fletcher into the same and now he’s bedding the local Vicar – all while running a criminal empire and being an actual police officer.
If anyone deserves to be murdered in soapland it’s DI Malone – and let’s face it – it would be one funeral with plenty of social distance.
Which would be more than could be said for the ever-growing list of suspects who would gladly line up to kill him.
The village hypocrite is in love with a Tate and for that she must burn, according to some fans anyway.
They are convinced she will be murdered for daring to love a married man – but mainly Kim Tate’s son.
Rest in pieces?
Fans are convinced she’s faking her death after she decided to do a disappearing act on cheating husband Jamie.
She exposed his affair and then fled with their daughter, leaving Jamie fearing the worst – and the police investigating.
So it would be very awkward if Andrea were to be actually murdered while in the middle of faking her own death.
And there would be a long list of people wanting her dead – Jamie, Kim, Belle…
For a Vicar Harriet isn’t much one for the good book.
If she’s not romping in the vestry with a bent copper who has more blood on his hands than King Herod, then she’s romping in the vestry with the local thug.
And if she’s not doing that then she’s romping in the back of a car in a lay by with a man who not five minutes before was trying to kill her.
On her new dark path, Harriet’s involved herself in a massive criminal conspiracy with only her (now wonky) dog collar to protect her.
She’s in danger of being murdered – or doing the murdering.
If his wife Andrea doesn’t get murdered, and his lover Belle doesn’t get get murdered then chances are Jamie’s getting murdered.
The adulterous vet started out with such high morals but two years into village life and he’s romping with a Dingle in a stable and covering up a murder.
So is it time for Jamie to die – and how would Kim react to losing her only son?
She’s already nearly killed Dan Spencer with her dodgy vegan mayonnaise – leaving him paralysed.
His daughter Amelia has been egging her shop out of revenge but eggs can soon turn to knives in soapland and Amelia could extract the ultimate revenge.
