Emmerdale confirms return of major icon in Christmas Day twist As you would expect from the most dramatic village in the Yorkshire Dales, the Christmas Day episode of Emmerdale is set to feature mystery, suspense, heartache – and a joyful reunion.
On Christmas Eve his daughter April (Amelia Flanagan), reeling from the discovery that Marlon kept the details of her mother Donna (Verity Rushworth)’s death from her, gets totally drunk, leading to a massive argument between them.
April has repaired it and written on the bottom, ‘Things that are broken can always be mended.’ Touched by this gesture, Marlon heads up to his daughter’s room to make peace with her – and discovers that she’s missing.
‘There’s that moment that I can only imagine, that blank space where she’s supposed to be on that day of all days,’ Mark Charnock told us.
Plus Christmas dinner at Wishing Well, where all is not entirely merry and bright among some of the Dingles.
