Emmerdale summer spoilers: Caleb’s revenge on Joe, stunt horror and two arrivals

It’s set to be a big summer on Emmerdale, with all kinds of twists and turns teased.

There’s romance, revenge plans and eve a huge stunt. It’s also teased two iconic families will see new arrivals join them in the village, while it’s not clear if they are new or old characters.

New storylines are set to kick off, while old ones will take new directions. Lives will be “changed forever” by one “bombshell” event over the summer.

We’ll be seeing the return of a ‘villain’ and what that means for more than one character too. Emmerdale producer Laura Shaw dropped all the gossip, and even teased spoilers beyond summer as well.

Caleb’s revenge on Joe

Speaking to Inside Soap Magazine, Laura confirmed Caleb would finally seek payback after Joe stole his kidney. She said: “We have a story com­ing up at the depot with Caleb try­ing to get his groove back, which leads to some prob­lems up there.

“Going for­ward, we’ll reach a point where Caleb begins to see an oppor­tun­ity to get Joe back. He’s not for­got­ten that Joe stole his kid­ney, and an oppor­tun­ity will present itself in the sum­mer that means Caleb and Ruby are work­ing together to get the ulti­mate revenge on Joe.”

New love for Ross

Ross Barton is set for an unexpected romance with Laurel Thomas! Laura shared to the publication: “Well, fun­nily enough, we know he loves an older woman, so there’s going to be a little dal­li­ance between Ross and Laurel!

“But what we’re also see­ing is Gabby begin­ning to become a little bit smit­ten with Ross – so we’ll see how she reacts when she finds out that the other woman in Ross’ life is Gabby’s step­mother!”

Summer stunt

Laura confirmed a big stunt was on the way. She said: “We have a big sum­mer planned with a stunt that we’re going to start shoot­ing in a couple of weeks, which is going to be a big peak for us. It’s going to drop a big, massive bomb­shell on the vil­lage that is going to change lives forever, put it that way!”

New arrivals

Laura told the publication: “Well as I said about build­ing the clans, I’ve been try­ing to do the same with the Sug­dens as well as the Tates. “Obvi­ously, Isa­bel [Hodgins, who plays Vic­toria] is on mater­nity leave at the moment, but Sarah’s mar­ried Jacob.

“He’s taken the Sug­den name, and what I want to do over the course of the next few months is remind every­one that Sarah’s also a Sug­den. But, to answer your ques­tion yes, there’s going to be a couple of arrivals to strengthen both the Tate and Sug­den clans.”

Kev’s return

Laura also cleared up Kev’s intentions for the village when he returns. She said: “When he returns, he’s very much back for Lewis and it’s going to be about build­ing a father-and-son rela­tion­ship between them and build­ing on the Bar­ton fam­ily as well.

“Robert and Aaron are happy, and Kev will kind of leave that alone. The door is closed between Robert and Kev, cer­tainly for the fore­see­able future.”

Beyond summer

Laura also teased we will finally find out who Graham Foster is working with, and who is targeting Kim Tate, but this might be after summer. Laura said: “You won’t find out who that is for a little while! Kim and Gra­ham are always going to be one of those couples where there’s a fine line between love and hate.

“So, while they are plot­ting against each other, there’s still deep love and under­stand­ing between them, and they will always have that. Hope­fully, through this story, we’ll see them com­ing out of it stronger than ever before.”