ITV Emmerdale’s Tom King turns violent in Belle Dingle abuse horror as special episode confirmed
Emmerdale boss Laura Shaw has confirmed the coercive control plot with Tom King and Belle Dingle will turn physical in the coming weeks on the ITV soap, with a specially formatted episode planned
Emmerdale is lining up a special episode of the ITV soap, different to the usual format, amid an abuse storyline escalating.
Belle Dingle and Tom King will take centre-stage in the coming weeks, as fans will see events from their own perspective. Tom has been coercively controlling and manipulating wife Belle for weeks, isolating her while trying to gain full control of her life.
Speaking to The Mirror and other press, Emmerdale’s Producer Laura Shaw has confirmed the storyline is about to escalate as Tom’s abuse turns physical. Tom will turn violent towards Belle, as he continues to hide his actions from those in the village.
With this change in his abuse comes a special episode of the ITV soap, formatted differently to the usual style of episode. With Belle and Tom taking centre stage in the scenes, fans will see how things are different behind closed doors.
With the episode focusing on a dinner party, it seems viewers will see how the couple come across to others, before witnessing what is really happening behind-the-scenes. Teasing the scenes ahead, Laura said: “We’ve seen how their wedding night ended with Belle in tears, and we’ve seen since how Tom started to manipulate Belle and coercively control her.
Emmerdale is lining up a special episode of the ITV soap, different to the usual format, amid an abuse storyline escalating (
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“This long-running storyline has been really carefully researched and it’s going to continue over the next few months. We’ve been given access to real-life stories and spent time with charities like Refuge. What we’ve learnt from them is just how quickly coercive control relationships can turn physical, so that’s what we’ll see happen next with those two.”
Laura also teased some special episodes on the way including one featuring Tom and Belle. She spilled: “With our storylines we’ve been trying to find new and innovative ways to tell the story, so we’ve got a special episode coming up where we step away from our usual Emmerdale format and do things a little bit differently.
“It’s a dinner party mainly focussing on Belle and Tom and Marlon and Rhona, and we’ll see what’s going on in their relationships and through a special way we’ve done it, we’ll be able to see that what you see in public is not necessarily what you see behind closed doors.
“It’s not the only special episode we have got planned this year but I am not allowed to tell you about the others. But there are other special episodes as well that are slightly different.”