While Kim Tate battles in hospital and the Dingle family reel from April’s secret, Emmerdale has a surprise twist: a famous face will appear in upcoming episodes to shake things up.

According to studio sources, the actor has been a firm favourite with British audiences in another hit series.

His appearance is not just a cameo, but will open up a whole new storyline, intertwined with current drama.

According to the leak, this new character will appear as someone involved in Kim’s accident.

Not the person who stabbed Kim, but present at the scene minutes before the collision. He was the first to discover Kim unconscious and was the one who called the ambulance. But his actions were not entirely out of kindness – as the area’s cameras recorded him talking to a strange man before the accident, creating suspicion that he was involved in something much bigger.

As soon as this news was revealed, the Dales village immediately became in an uproar. People were gossiping, doubting, and speculating about what this mysterious character’s purpose was in appearing at the exact moment Kim was in trouble. Home Farm, already in turmoil internally, now had another stranger come to complicate the situation. Will Taylor was particularly angry, because he believed that the accident was not accidental and the newcomer was an important piece to finding the truth.

Not only stopping at Kim’s case, this character was also introduced to be involved in the April – Rhona – Marlon storyline later. He would become the person who knew April’s secret, from which a dangerous chain of events that no one could have predicted would follow. Emmerdale is preparing to create a major crossover between seemingly unrelated stories: hospitals, crime, blackmail, and now a mysterious new character.