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Emmerdale 17th October 2025
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01:00I can't live without you, but this world will keep turning if you do.
01:09Would you even want me looking like a zombie?
01:14Would you even want me, want me, want me?
01:21Ooh, check out the shading on that horn.
01:30You really have a talent when it comes to drawing unicorns.
01:33It's Clemmie's.
01:34I know.
01:35I was, um...
01:37How was she?
01:40Kim's taking her to York for the day.
01:42Ooh, York.
01:43That's historical, educational.
01:46I wish I was you.
01:49What do you mean?
01:50Well, everything's so simple, isn't it?
01:53Brushing things aside.
01:55Moving on.
01:56Well, I've, uh, never been one to dwell on things.
01:59I'm talking about how you were with me yesterday.
02:02Just admit it, Joe.
02:03You're ashamed of me.
02:04You're ashamed of my past.
02:05Okay, yeah, yeah.
02:05I do.
02:06I bury my head in the sand.
02:07I do.
02:08Um...
02:10But that is not because I'm ashamed of you.
02:15I can't begin to imagine what it was like.
02:20Tell me.
02:21We can talk about it.
02:23We can...
02:24You'd be repulsed.
02:28By the world.
02:30By everyone else.
02:32Never you.
02:44I was still at school.
02:46Fifteen.
02:47I'd been in and out of care for years.
02:50I was just desperate to stand on my own two feet.
02:53And that's when I met Alex.
02:54Time to graft, puppet.
02:57Don't call me that.
02:59I'm sensing...
03:00Tetchy.
03:02My gran calls me it.
03:03Yeah.
03:04Yeah.
03:04Give anyone the ick.
03:06Let's stick with Flossie then, eh?
03:08Is this what you call dressing nice?
03:10Sus.
03:12Hmm.
03:15Is that it?
03:17Quality.
03:18Not quantity.
03:19Valuable client.
03:20Likes the personal touch.
03:22He'll expect you to stick around for...
03:26Well...
03:27Glass of Pinot.
03:28No.
03:29I don't drink that.
03:30Smells of cat weed.
03:32Mejito.
03:33Alka-pop.
03:34You won't judge.
03:35I need this to go right, kid.
03:39Reputation is everything.
03:42Yeah.
03:43He seemed nice.
03:47He helped me out.
03:49Money and food.
03:52But then he got more into drugs.
03:54And slowly, things shifted.
03:57He started saying I had to do things.
04:00To pay my way.
04:01Oh.
04:08Hi.
04:11Jimmy left some socks in the drawer.
04:14Oh, right.
04:15Well, I didn't notice.
04:16I'll go and have a look.
04:17Look, I know we're not officially speaking, but...
04:20I don't open it, Laurel.
04:27Oh, you silly cow.
04:28Come on, sit down.
04:29Come on.
04:31How's the house?
04:37Moist.
04:39Smells like mouldy mushroom soup.
04:43Gonna turn it on?
04:47Let's do it together.
04:50The first time it happened...
04:53I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
04:58Alex had a mate.
05:01That he thought could get me some work.
05:05I didn't even twig what kind of work he was meaning until I got there.
05:07And he...
05:09He forced you to?
05:13Alex did.
05:14Not his mate.
05:17Who, I soon realised, wasn't even his mate at all.
05:20Was just some random bloke who got what he wanted and then chucked Alex 20 quid.
05:25And Alex was laughing about it, just so made up, straight out to score.
05:39Are you wondering why I stuck around?
05:40I had nowhere else to go.
05:42I had nowhere else to go.
05:43I had no one to turn to.
05:44I just...
05:45I felt trapped.
05:50Like I owed him something.
05:52It's so stupid.
05:55It's so weak.
05:56I just...
05:58And he was so sorry.
06:02Afterwards.
06:05He said he loved me.
06:08And then he offered me more drugs to help me forget.
06:13Which it did, obviously.
06:15And he got you hooked?
06:16I would give anything to go back and tell that gullible...
06:22Scared?
06:23Vulnerable?
06:25Overtrusting?
06:26Child.
06:28Just...
06:29Not to do it.
06:33To walk away.
06:35Turn back.
06:37Run.
06:38Get help.
06:40But that's not how life works, is it?
06:46Can I help you, love?
06:53Er, Rhea sent me.
06:56Oh.
06:58Come in.
07:08I wasn't sure who to expect.
07:11Well, you're a new face.
07:14What do you make of him?
07:16What, Rhea?
07:17Er...
07:18Yeah, he's all right.
07:21He's a right div.
07:29He sent this for...
07:30For you.
07:32Ta.
07:33I've just come from the meeting from hell.
07:36Who'd be a school inspector, eh?
07:41Gotcha.
07:41Ha, ha.
07:46I bet I hated school even more than you do.
07:51Er, did.
07:53I'm...
07:53I'm not there anymore.
07:56Right.
07:58Well,
07:58you still do good.
08:01I did.
08:04Well, I suppose we better road test this.
08:08Ray's usually good for quality, but...
08:09Trust no one, eh?
08:11What's that, love?
08:17Is it because I mentioned school?
08:20Secret's safe.
08:22Chill.
08:23Have a drink.
08:24Can I use your toilet, actually?
08:26Of course.
08:30Charge you 50p, though.
08:31What in the Lord's name?
08:52I can't switch it off.
09:02What is it?
09:03With one of those, erm, pop-up video things.
09:06It's a wall to make it go.
09:07Oh, no, it's gone.
09:13Oh, that was disgusting.
09:15It just appeared.
09:16I mean, I didn't go looking for it, and it was there.
09:19This is what we're up against?
09:21That's what a young lad's expecting of his future sex life.
09:24God help us.
09:26Hang on.
09:28It came up on this page.
09:29Look, he follows him.
09:30Oh, yeah, I've heard of him.
09:32He's some muscle man guru type.
09:34The terrible things they're saying about women and girls.
09:37Look.
09:37A woman's place in the home, I bet it's still the bedroom.
09:40What?
09:40What is this, the Dark Ages?
09:42No.
09:43You're not telling me this is the kind of stuff lads buy into these days.
09:47He's got over 100,000 followers.
09:50Yeah, but Carl's got his own brain, surely.
09:53We've taught him respect.
09:55Especially after...
09:57Tom.
09:59I had no idea.
10:00...that you were so young.
10:04Prostitution at 15.
10:08I wasn't a prostitute.
10:12I was under the age of consent.
10:14I was raped.
10:17Groomed.
10:18Coerced.
10:20Did you go to the police?
10:25After that first guy, I just wanted...
10:28...oblivion.
10:30And then the heroine took over and Alex's world became my world and it wasn't an easy place to leave.
10:41Young girls like me, they went missing all the time.
10:44Tell the police and you might turn up dead.
10:50So, everything okay?
10:51If you'd tried it, you'd know.
10:53My boyfriend would dump me if I did drugs.
10:54My boyfriend would dump me if I did drugs.
10:55My boyfriend would dump me if I did drugs.
10:56Circle of trust.
10:58What happens here stays here.
11:00Yeah, well, he'd be able to tell.
11:02Because it'd be the first time he'd seen you smile.
11:04Sorry.
11:05What I mean is lads nowadays, they think they can tell lassies what they can and can't do.
11:13Dylan's not like that.
11:14I'm glad to hear it.
11:17Shame he's not here.
11:20Supposed to be four of my pals coming for a sesh.
11:23And they've blown me out.
11:25Every single one.
11:28Shame.
11:29Come on.
11:32Let your hair down.
11:34Not gonna let me party on me own, are ya?
11:37I can't.
11:38I'm on duty.
11:40This is your duty.
11:42So Ray told me.
11:44And what exactly has Ray told you?
11:49I quite like the innocent act.
11:51One life.
11:54Get you in the mood.
11:57I reckon we're gonna have a bit of a laugh, you and me.
12:21Sorry, I have no mixes.
12:33Locker's always better than neat, I think.
12:36Hits the spot.
12:42Still seem uptight though.
12:43I'm fine.
12:46You are bonny lass.
12:51I bet you'd look nice even without all that slap.
12:57I'm fairly plain.
12:58No.
13:01I call you natural.
13:03You're pretty.
13:05From what I can see of you.
13:12Carrying a lot of tension in those shoulders though, love.
13:16I'm really not.
13:18I might look like I'd be clumsy but...
13:21I'd give a decent neck rub.
13:24Hmm?
13:25Come here.
13:27No, I thought you were gonna line up for me.
13:30It's my turn.
13:32That's the vodka talking.
13:37Couple of drinks in.
13:39And you can't resist temptation.
13:42I'm the same.
13:44Where you going?
13:45Sit back down.
13:47You haven't done what I paid for!
13:49Yeah!
13:53I kept trying to leave Alex.
13:55Back and forth.
13:56Back and forth.
13:58Until I ended up sleeping on the streets.
14:01Full blown addict.
14:04But I met Beth.
14:06Clemmie's mum.
14:08And was she...
14:10In the same situation as you?
14:12She saved my life, you know.
14:15Some guy was trying to shove me in his van.
14:17And she took off her shoe and she wagged him.
14:20And we just legged it.
14:22I mean, she was fierce.
14:23She was the kind of mate you wanted on the streets.
14:26Until she wasn't my mate.
14:29She slept with Alex.
14:31Oh.
14:32Yeah, we both had terrible taste in men.
14:37But then...
14:39Clemmie.
14:40That's a good thing, right?
14:42Yeah.
14:43I mean, she's here now.
14:44You did that.
14:45You've broken the cycle.
14:47But the thing she's seen...
14:49It's just...
14:51Her idea of what is a normal, healthy relationship is tainted.
14:55I know, I know.
14:56And I just wanted to protect her from that.
15:00It just shows that any child can be exploited.
15:04Even the ones you see every day.
15:06That you pick up from school.
15:08And that you tuck into bed at night.
15:10The only thing we can do is teach them what's right and what's wrong.
15:26I know you're angry, but it's not my fault.
15:28It's not my fault.
15:31Your poor face.
15:33It's red raw.
15:42Where's your grandad?
15:44He's out.
15:46Why don't we get you home anyway though, eh?
15:48Come on.
15:59You were right to report it.
16:02Oh, you're sick, Laurel.
16:04Sick and ashamed of myself mainly.
16:06Well, it wasn't your fault.
16:07Well, of course it was.
16:09He's only had the phone a few weeks and has already poisoned his brain.
16:13Spends hours on it.
16:15They all do.
16:17When Angel first came home,
16:20I swore life had changed.
16:22That we'd do more family things.
16:24Then work, school, those damn things.
16:28They all get in the way.
16:30Not like when we were kids, eh?
16:33When I was a kid,
16:35I used to kiss a signed pencil drawing of George Michael.
16:38And eat too many e-numbers.
16:39That was as risky as it got.
16:41That was more of a Morton Harkett fan myself.
16:44I wish it was 1987 again, Laurel.
16:45We're out of our depths.
16:47No, we're not. We're not.
16:49Because knowledge is power.
16:50And we can be each other's eyes and ears, can't we?
16:53Yeah.
16:55Limit screen time.
16:56Block stuff.
16:57Dangerous stuff they can access.
16:58And any whispers,
17:00we can tip one another off.
17:03You're an amazing mum, you know that.
17:05And you are an amazing friend.
17:09Mostly.
17:11Can I move back in?
17:12No.
17:17Sorry.
17:19Just needed a minute.
17:20Kim rang.
17:21She's on her way back.
17:23Good.
17:25Do you know what you need?
17:27Pizza.
17:29Let's go out, all of us.
17:31Yeah, the kids would like that.
17:33I'll just sort out my face.
17:35Hey.
17:37Everything that Clemmie has been through has been...
17:43But we can help her through that.
17:45No one was ever there to do that for you.
17:48But we can shield her.
17:50And Lucas.
17:51We really can.
17:59Better?
18:17That Tim's a clown.
18:19He would never have hurt you.
18:21He wanted me to do coke with him.
18:23He undid his belt and I thought that he was going to force me to...
18:25You have a special talent when it comes to dealing with men.
18:28It's a rare gift.
18:29Rare's going to go off his nut.
18:31I know he is.
18:32I'll talk to him.
18:34He listens to his mother.
18:37You...
18:38You're his mum?
18:40I am.
18:41For my sins.
18:44You know...
18:46You're like me.
18:48I hate change.
18:50I hate trying new things.
18:52But it's unavoidable.
18:53It's part of life.
18:55I suppose.
18:57I bet when you first met Ray,
18:59you couldn't have imagined you'd be able to handle him the way you do now.
19:03It'll be the same for our customers.
19:04I don't want to see Tim again.
19:06Pussycat compared to some.
19:09But...
19:10He tried to get me to...
19:11Feel important.
19:13If you had fluffed up his ego a bit, you'd still be sat here now.
19:17But with a big chunk of that debt paid off.
19:20I wouldn't do what he was asking.
19:23Except you have no choice.
19:25And it's quick and easy money.
19:27No shame in that, is there?
19:34I'll talk to Ray and Tim, smooth things over,
19:37and we'll just write today off.
19:40Have you told Dylan?
19:42No.
19:43Good.
19:44Him and Ray are getting along so well.
19:47Don't see him tonight.
19:49Wait till you've calmed down a bit.
19:50No point in him thinking there's been some big drama, is there?
19:55Text him.
19:57Now.
19:58Good girl.
20:14It's better this way.
20:16Keep the peace.
20:18Keep trouble from your door.
20:21Protect your loved ones.
20:28You ready?
20:49Two minutes.
20:50No rush.
20:53You look great.
20:55Hardly.
20:57I love you, Dawn.
21:00I do.
21:03Oh, shut up, you soppy git.
21:07I know I always say it.
21:10But I mean it.
21:14You don't see me differently now.
21:18I do.
21:20I see you.
21:22Stronger.
21:24More amazing than ever before.
21:29No, I'm just lucky.
21:32So many kids aren't.
21:34They're trapped.
21:36And desperate.
21:38Through no fault of their own.
21:39And it's still happening now.
21:40Every single day.
21:43They just need the strength to escape.
21:45Because the help is out there.
21:47If they can find the courage to reach out.
21:51And if you've been affected by issues raised in tonight's programme, you can visit itv.com slash advice for support information.
22:07Coming up next, Betsy falls foul of a power struggle in Colonnation Street.
22:11In Colonnation Street.
22:12So, I'm here to go.
22:13I'm.
22:15Yeah, I'm here to go.
22:17Go on.
22:18That's it.
22:19I'm here to go.
22:21In Colonnation Street.
22:23And I know I can't.
22:25It's the way I can find it.
22:26It's the way I can find it.
22:27And I know I can find it.
22:29Maybe.
22:30My life can find it.
22:31And I know I can find it once.
22:33It's the way I can find it.
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