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Emmerdale - Season 55 Episode 8 - Monday 12Th January 2026
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01:00If you could trim the hedges on the south field, then Lewis will sort the feeding and the bedding.
01:07Yeah, it's decent of him to step in.
01:09Oh, that'll be him now.
01:14Morning. I'm DC Stewart. Is Moira dingling?
01:19Yes. That's me.
01:21Hello. I wondered if we could ask a few questions about Celia Daniels.
01:25Er, no, no, I can't, no.
01:27Oh, I'm afraid it's important.
01:29Well, so is picking up my husband from hospital. He's just been discharged after being shot.
01:33I take it you work here too?
01:35Yeah, I'm Robert Sugden, part owner.
01:37Right, okay. Are all staff in today because I'll need to speak to everyone?
01:43Er, Ross and Matty are in later. Max's just got out of hospital.
01:47I know Victoria's got the day off. She's part owner too, but more of a silent one.
01:52Well, I'll need her contact details.
01:54She doesn't know anything that I can't tell you.
01:56I even saw. I will need to speak to her directly.
01:58I'll give her a call and tell her to come up.
02:00Any idea how long you'll be?
02:01No, sorry. I'm not rushing him, but once he's home, I'll answer anything you want.
02:07Well, I'll probably need to speak to your husband too.
02:09I'm sure he'll have a few things to say.
02:12Excuse me.
02:22Thanks.
02:29Gangarn happy.
02:31I wonder if they're getting paid for standing around.
02:33How long is this going to take?
02:35Can't put a clock on it, Mr Milligan. Sorry.
02:38Drugs again.
02:39You entered this place a few months back and you didn't find anything.
02:42Is this, um, is this anything to do with that Celia?
02:47These are for those two.
02:48Mm-hmm.
02:49And the others are on the way.
02:50Okay, thanks.
02:50Uh, I'll need the driver logs too, please.
02:55This is going to cost us a fortune.
02:56Yeah, tell me about it.
02:57I've got no choice to have one.
02:59It's like the van you drove you a day.
03:02Yeah.
03:03Not going to find anything, are they?
03:05Like the ton of cocaine I picked up off Pablo.
03:10Okay, secure the area.
03:12We're going to need a full cordon and get Socko here immediately.
03:19We have a deceased male.
03:20Have either of you ever visited Celia's farm?
03:25Not me.
03:26Not me neither.
03:27Honestly, we had no idea what was going on up there.
03:30Well, we understand that Moira and her husband did go up to the farm the day after a very public argument in the Woolpack pub on December the 18th.
03:40Well, I wasn't in the pub, but I did hear that Moira was upset.
03:44Well, by all accounts, she was so upset that she slapped Celia.
03:47Do you know what they fell out about?
03:48Well, I think it was a mix-up over invoices.
03:52Well, she didn't give you any details.
03:53Does that not strike you as unusual?
03:57No, because the poultry deals were their own side project.
04:00Only Moira signed off the contracts.
04:03And plus, she probably didn't want us to worry.
04:06The farm's had some financial problems recently, hasn't it?
04:10Do you mean the slurry leak?
04:11Mm.
04:11Well, the local water was contaminated, so the water company fined Moira, and our investment into the farm helped pay for it.
04:19Completely?
04:21There wasn't any money to spare?
04:22No.
04:23Which is why Moira took the deals with Celia to help keep the place afloat.
04:28She must have been desperate to stop the farm from going under again.
04:31Well, wouldn't you have been?
04:32I mean, yeah, yeah, she was terrified.
04:34She nearly lost everything.
04:36This farm is her life.
04:38How desperate do you think Moira was?
04:42Look, I know how this could look if you didn't know Moira, but she wouldn't risk it all.
04:46Not on something dodgy.
04:47Not knowingly.
04:48We all want this farm to work, and we're proud of how it runs.
04:51There's nothing hidden here.
04:52No secrets waiting to come out.
04:54We're all above board.
04:56Especially Moira.
05:01About half one, quarter two.
05:05Did you happen to notice Mr Walter's car?
05:07A black 4x4, park no buy?
05:10I can't say I did, no.
05:13And once you parked at the village hall, where did you go?
05:15To Laurel's house.
05:17I wanted to borrow a bike lock off Arthur.
05:19That's Laurel's son.
05:21Oh, I mean, I was there for, what, around half an hour?
05:24Lots of arounds and abouts here.
05:27Well, I wasn't checking the time every minute.
05:29So, then you set off to go to Manchester?
05:33Yeah.
05:34Well, I had that job to do.
05:35And then I also knew that the bike shop shut at five o'clock, so...
05:39Well, I didn't get very far, though, because the road was gridlocked because of the crash.
05:44So, well, I parked the van in a lay-by and I got a taxi home.
05:50I mean, you can check with the cab firm.
05:52We will.
05:53So, then you went back the following day, picked up the van and drove it straight here?
05:58Yeah.
05:59The CCTV will back me up.
06:01For everything that happened at the depot, yes.
06:03So, who else has keys to the vans?
06:07Well, there's...
06:08There's two keys for each vehicle.
06:12Spares are kept in that lockbox there.
06:15But the other key for that van...
06:19Went missing a while back.
06:20Did you not report that?
06:22Oh, waste your time.
06:24Look, stuff goes missing from time to time.
06:26It's never usually a big deal.
06:28Until now.
06:31So, the van was never left unlocked, either outside the village hall or in the lay-by?
06:36No, of course not.
06:37For insurer's purposes.
06:38And it was still locked when you went back the following day?
06:42Yeah.
06:43So, here's the problem, Mr Sharma.
06:46A dead body ends up in your locked vehicle and you had the only available key.
06:50But if you'd think I'd hide a dead body in me own van, at me own depot, I mean...
06:56Well, that's just insane.
06:57Sorry to interrupt.
06:58You're wanted.
07:00Right.
07:00OK, the depot is a crime scene until further notice. I'll need a list of all staff, please.
07:07Is that it?
07:09We'll be in touch again. Please don't leave town.
07:12Is there anything you need to tell me?
07:19Like what, exactly?
07:20Well, you were the last person driving that van and suddenly there's a body in there.
07:24It's freaking me out.
07:25Yeah, well, me too.
07:27But I can assure you, one million percent, it had nothing to do with me.
07:30I'm a lot of things, Caleb.
07:34But I'm no killer.
07:36Well, someone is.
07:38Nothing like a police investigation to increase profits, eh?
07:42Oh, no, I'm the house.
07:43Your needs greater than mine.
07:44Oh, thanks.
07:45Hey, erm, I just thought you'd want to know, a body's been found up at the depot.
07:56In one of the vans, the police said, er, they haven't identified it yet, but they're talking
08:01like it's that ray bug.
08:06Sorry, er, I didn't see it, er.
08:08Er, did they know what happened to him?
08:10He was wrapped in tarpaulin, so...
08:12He was killed?
08:13Honestly, I'm fine.
08:15Sorry, did they mention if anybody else was involved?
08:19Like, Celia?
08:21No, sorry.
08:23She'll still be out there, Paddy, just like your dad is.
08:26You all right, Dylan?
08:28I don't know.
08:30Are you?
08:31It doesn't make sense.
08:32How did he end up dead?
08:35Hey!
08:36How are ya?
08:38Still breathing.
08:39You guys done?
08:40Yeah, I think so.
08:41Well, I need to go anyway, but, erm, I'll see you all later.
08:47Hey.
08:47Hey.
08:48How'd it go?
08:49Wasn't too hard on you, was it?
08:50No.
08:51No, not really.
08:52Will you be okay?
08:54Well, I'm gonna have to be.
08:55We're tough as farm girls, though, aren't we?
08:57Hmm.
08:58Thanks for coming.
09:02Right, so come on then, let's get this over with.
09:04I just wait for DS Walsh to arrive.
09:08Hello again.
09:09I'm leading this investigation.
09:12Oh, you'd be better off looking for Cedar or that Ray bloke, instead of coming in here
09:15hassling in some people.
09:16We are still looking for her.
09:18But not him.
09:19Seeing as you found his body at the depot, wrapped and stuffed in the back of a van.
09:23What?
09:23My brother owns the depot.
09:25Well, we can't confirm anything.
09:26We haven't formally identified the body yet.
09:28So, Mrs Stingall, I think it's best if we get started with some questions, okay?
09:32But it is murder.
09:34The matter we're investigating is extremely serious, far more than routine.
09:39Every single detail counts, and we are relying on you to be entirely honest.
09:44Omissions, or half-truths, could land you in real trouble.
09:56So, even though she tried to con you, you still ended up in business together.
10:03How did that happen?
10:04Well, she was working for the Tates at home farm, and they were trying to get me to sell
10:09up.
10:10Then she double-crossed Kim and Joe, and came clean to me about it.
10:15So I thought maybe I could trust her after all.
10:17Stupid, really.
10:19Right, and then she started offering joint contracts.
10:22Yeah, she wanted to use my name and reputation.
10:25She had good contacts, so it was a win-win.
10:28And did you win a lot?
10:31Well, we were doing all right, yeah.
10:33You didn't question where the money came from?
10:35No.
10:36We had no reason to.
10:39Why do you think Celia was so keen to tie herself to your farm?
10:43I'm trying to work that out for myself.
10:47I suppose she was wanting to use my business as a cover, and it was on its last legs.
10:52That was an easy target.
10:53Just before Christmas, you attacked Celia in the Woolpack pub.
10:57Why?
10:57It wasn't an attack.
10:59I slapped her.
11:00I know I shouldn't have, but I was furious.
11:03I'd seen that she'd used my signature and was fiddling invoices.
11:08And I panicked, because I thought she was going to drag my reputation down with hers.
11:11But I severed all ties with her after that.
11:13And do you often resort to violence?
11:15No, I just lost control.
11:18I massively regretted it.
11:20Why didn't you report that, the fiddling invoices?
11:23Because she was trying to buy my silence.
11:26She told me to take the money and carry on.
11:28I said no, and I know I should have reported her.
11:31But the truth is, I wanted rid.
11:35She was trouble, and I didn't know how far she was going to take things.
11:39I know I've made mistakes.
11:40But other than the contract, I am not part of her sick operation.
11:44You're fine.
11:49You sure?
11:50Well, he wasn't the love of my life.
11:52He's gone.
11:53I'll get over it.
11:54It seems like you already have.
11:56We're not even positive it's him yet.
11:57Dead or alive, Ray wasn't the man I thought he was.
12:00So there's no point grieving over somebody that, you know, you don't really care about.
12:04But you need to let something out, some emotion.
12:06Oh, Nicola, please stop going on about it.
12:08My head's so full.
12:09You've got customers anyway.
12:11This conversation isn't over.
12:14This is for me.
12:15You okay?
12:16Oh, God, you gave me a job.
12:18I was just talking to myself.
12:19Why are you not at work?
12:21I've called in sick.
12:22Well, again, you can't keep taking sickies.
12:24You've got a job.
12:25That's not right.
12:26Well, after what you've done, you don't get to lecture me about what's right and wrong.
12:31Arthur, you should know that Ray's body's been found.
12:40And I will dig out any copies of my contracts and paperwork.
12:43Would that help?
12:44There might be something in there to help you find Celia.
12:47Or Bear, even.
12:48That would be useful.
12:50Yeah, and I'm happy to come down to the station and answer more questions.
12:53Whenever.
12:54Appreciated.
12:55We'll be in touch.
12:57Thanks again.
12:57Bye.
12:58Right, you.
13:06Bed rest.
13:07You've had a day and a half.
13:08Hmm.
13:09Says you.
13:10You did well.
13:11Hmm.
13:12Did I?
13:13I thought she was judging every single word.
13:15Well, it's just how they all look.
13:17Well.
13:18Let's just hope that's the end of it, eh?
13:20We've got enough to think about waiting for your biopsy results.
13:23I am going to dust off my dancing shoes when we find where his grave is.
13:29The horrors he put our April and Dylan through.
13:31I know.
13:32It beggars belief.
13:33They're just kids.
13:35They're so easily led, and those monsters took full advantage of that.
13:40Not just kids, though, is it?
13:41I can't believe that I fell for Celia's act myself.
13:44You're not the only one.
13:45They have smashed my family to bits.
13:49Oh, luck done in when she heard.
13:51Played everyone.
13:53Proper stitched you all up.
13:58One have you had?
13:59Oh, just the one.
14:01But I doubt this will be my last.
14:03Is Mayra talking to them now?
14:06Oh, she's got so much going on.
14:08She'll be fine.
14:09Oh, hopefully.
14:10But what you said to the police about her is true.
14:12She loves that farm.
14:14She wouldn't be stupid enough to throw it all away like that.
14:17Well, whatever's happened,
14:18Moira's the victim, not the villain.
14:21If anyone's responsible for this mess,
14:23it'll probably be that of Celia.
14:25She'll have bumped her son off, done her on her,
14:27and left Moira tangled up in her.
14:29So Ray is dead?
14:30Yeah.
14:31Well, it's not confirmed yet, but...
14:33Yeah.
14:34I probably should have started with that bit.
14:36This is crazy!
14:38Yeah, tell me about it.
14:40Look, I'm going to go to the toilet.
14:42I'll get us a drink and we'll have a proper chat, yeah?
14:44Yeah.
14:44You're singing Moira's praises now.
15:12That's not going to help us, is it?
15:15I'm not letting her go down for something she didn't do.
15:17Moira Dingle, drug baron and slave driver,
15:20she's going to get a slap on the wrist and that's it.
15:23Remember the plan.
15:25She needs no choice but to sell us that farm.
15:27Why are you helping her?
15:29You're making it harder for me.
15:30This was meant to be a tax fiddle for farmhands' wages.
15:34Now she's neck deep in people trafficking, drugs, and now murder.
15:38Are we absolutely certain that he was murdered?
15:40Well, seeing as they found his body wrapped up in the back of a van,
15:43I'd say, yeah, they're pretty damn sure.
15:45That's weird.
15:46What exactly did you see when you went up to Celia's farm?
15:50Well, I wasn't greeted with a corpse and I didn't murder him,
15:54if that's what you're thinking.
15:55I'm sure the police would be very interested to know
15:57that you were up at the farm the day before the farm raised body.
16:00I'm sure the police would be a lot more interested
16:01in watching a video of your sister stab John in the neck.
16:07Yeah.
16:08So, now that you're back in your little box,
16:11have the police found the evidence that you stashed yet?
16:15They're just questioning her.
16:16Let's hope they find it.
16:19What happens if they never search?
16:21And what if they search and they never find anything?
16:22Don't even think about moving those ID cards.
16:26We had a plan.
16:29Stick to it.
16:29Do you think Celia did it then ran off?
16:40Listen,
16:41you're gonna have to speak to me before the police do.
16:44I'm worried about you, Dylan.
16:46I just can't get my head around it, alright?
16:50And I know I shouldn't care, it's just...
16:52No, you shouldn't.
16:54He was evil.
16:57He didn't stand a chance.
16:59What do you mean?
17:01With a mum like that, this...
17:02This all could have been different, alright?
17:05He didn't deserve to be killed.
17:10Dylan.
17:11Mate.
17:15You okay, love?
17:18Yeah.
17:18I'm fine, just...
17:20I'm worried about him.
17:21I'd better...
17:22Let me know if we can help, yeah?
17:29It's horrible seeing him like this.
17:32I know, poor kid.
17:34It's gonna take him time to get his head around being groomed and controlled, isn't it?
17:38Unpicking it all.
17:39But we can help, right?
17:40Yeah, of course.
17:43I hate to say it, but...
17:44I'm glad Ray's gone.
17:49Me too.
17:49I mean, he must have had a hundred enemies.
17:53Yeah, I suppose.
17:54Anyway, um...
17:55Leo was angling for a takeaway before.
17:57Smart kid.
17:59I can't really face cooking, so...
18:01Maybe I'll get your mum to make us a takeout from the pub.
18:04Staff discount.
18:05Clever.
18:07Right, I won't be long.
18:08I won't be long.
18:39Joe Tate?
18:40Yeah.
18:42Come in.
18:42Thanks.
18:45I'm DS Walsh.
18:46This is DC Stewart.
18:47We'd like to ask you some questions relating to Celia Daniels.
18:51Okay.
18:52Can I ask why?
18:53Well, we believe you were the landlord to Celia and her son, Ray Walters.
18:57Yeah, that's right.
18:59Well, technically my step-grandmother, she owns the estate and I just helped run the place.
19:06Yeah, they rented a property.
19:09Modern slavery.
19:10Horrible business.
19:11Hmm.
19:12I mean, I'll answer any questions you have.
19:13Unfortunately, I won't be much help.
19:15I didn't really know Celia very well.
19:17You should probably speak to...
19:19Ooh.
19:20Have you spoken to Moira Dingle?
19:22Yeah, she was very, um, involved.
19:26Why the emphasis on the word involved?
19:29Ah.
19:30Probably shouldn't have said anything.
19:31Just listening to rumours.
19:33What rumours?
19:34Just that things weren't necessarily above board, you know?
19:38We looked into it as landlords.
19:40We didn't find anything, unfortunately.
19:42We all just know that they were thick as thieves.
19:45Thieves?
19:46It's a saying.
19:46You know, like, no smoke without fire.
19:51Coffee.
19:52Coffee?
19:52Coffee.
19:53Thanks.
19:54Please.
19:54What are you thinking?
20:13I'm thinking, when we get back, we should put a request in for a search warrant.
20:21Won't hurt to surprise Moira Dingle tomorrow.
20:33Have you asked how long it's going to take?
20:37Can you?
20:37The less I have to do with them, the better.
20:42They'll be dining out if they start digging into my past.
20:45Well, if you haven't done anything wrong, you've got nothing to worry about.
20:48There's no if about it.
20:50It has to be Celia.
20:52Now, Ray's dead, and she's gone missing.
20:55It is the only thing that makes sense.
20:57Even though none of this really makes any sense.
21:00Yeah, I'm not so sure.
21:01How would Celia get her body into one of our vans?
21:06I reckon it's someone closer to home.
21:07Oh, come on.
21:09Good.
21:25Just zoom.
21:28There.
21:29There.
21:30All right.
21:31All right.
21:34Good.
21:36All right.
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