Emmerdale Christmas and New Year spoilers: Five flashforwards, a return and eerie Kim twist

There’s so much to unpack from Emmerdale’s Christmas and New Year spoilers.

So much so we’ve split the spoilers up below so viewers know which is which! Both Christmas and New Year is a huge time for the ITV soap, with possible danger ahead, secrets rumbled, and so many twists and turns.

There’s an epic return, discoveries and a shocking storyline teased for one family. A revenge plan could be about to backfire, while there’s grief, a new romance, Coira drama and a character vanishes.

Let’s kick off with the big moment Piper returns to the show, the beloved dog of Belle Dingle. Actress Eden-Taylor Draper has spilled all on the epic comeback to The Mirror, and now spoilers have teased what unfolds.

Belle was led to believe Piper had d.i.e.d after being run over, when she was deliberately injured by Belle’s abusive husband Tom King. It seems Belle’s always been suspicious though, and next week she finally realises Piper never really d.i.e.d.

After digging up her casket and finding only a brick in there, the mission is on to track Piper down. Soon enough there’s a Christmas miracle, and Piper and Belle are reunited.

Elsewhere, Marlon Dingle finds his relationship with troubled teen daughter April “on a knife’s edge” as she continues to spiral. But when Christmas Day arrives, Marlon is in for an almighty shock.

The first of multiple flashforwards will air at Christmas too, with Kim Tate in danger it seems. As Will Taylor continues his plan to destroy her, with Peter encouraging him to go through with their plan – amid a mystery character pulling the strings.

But as Kim goes for a ride on her horse suddenly the horse is seen wandering, with its owner nowhere to be seen – so what has happened to Kim? A flashforward to the future sees eerie Christmas music playing as a Christmas tree lays on the ground and evidence of a struggle surrounds it – but where are Kim and Will?

Finally for Christmas we have Bob Hope at breaking point, and a new romance is teased for a smitten Sarah Sugden and Jacob Gallagher. Now let’s move forward to the first week of January, and New Year.

This is the point where we will see five different flashforwards air in the New Year’s Eve episode, while it remains to be seen who they involve. It’s teased they give a glimpse to the futures of five characters or families.

There’s very little teased about New Year, as it seems the focus will be on those scenes as well as Jacob’s special A&E episode. Big scenes will air, and now new details about the episode have confirmed Jacob struggles when it all goes wrong.