ITV/Shutterstock/Comp Emmerdale Insider Share By Jade Brown Sep 8 2025 By Jade Brown Sep 8 2025 Classic Emmerdale preview: Lexi's secret revealed, Perdy sectioned and Carrie finds out Kelly's lie Rosemary's plan has worked Classic Emmerdale Spoilers Share By Jade Brown Sep 8 2025 By Jade Brown Sep 8 2025 In Classic Emmerdale spoilers for ITV3 this week, Lexi’s secret is revealed, Perdy is committed after Rosemary’s terrible plan and Carrie discovers Kelly’s abortion secret. These episodes originally aired in August 2007. Read on to find out more in our Classic Emmerdale preview. Eli blackmails Lexi over her jail secret (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock) Lexi reveals she was in jail in Mexico Chas and Lexi bond after their night in an abandoned farmhouse and Lexi confides that she spent two years in a Mexican prison for smuggling drugs. When they later return to the village, they are confronted by Mrs MacFarlane and fear for their freedom. However, they’re shocked when she gives them cash as a thank you as she hated her bullying husband! Later, Eli spots a self-drawn tattoo on Lexi and guesses that she’s done time. Eli tries to blackmail her and a furious Lexi assumes that Chas has been gossiping about her. article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Chas confronts Eli and insists that he stop giving Lexi a hard time – but she inadvertently lets slip more information, namely that Lexi was in jail in Mexico. Eli continues his blackmail, but Lexi has had enough and instead of paying him his money, she confesses her jail time to Scarlett. Carrie is furious, while Scarlett is angry with Carrie for trying to hide the truth from her. Rosemary has convinced everyone Perdy is crazy (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock) Perdy is taken to hospital Perdy is confused when Paul visits and points out he saw a small kitten-sized grave in the garden. Gray then sees Perdy’s muddy shoes next to the door and despite her protestations, he accuses her of burying the kitten. Gray calls out the doctor, but Perdy begs him not to let them take her away. Matthew pays Perdy a visit and warns her not to trust Rosemary. Gray gets in and is angry to see Matthew there. Rosemary guesses from Gray’s reaction that Perdy and Matthew have history and she uses the information to try to convince Gray to get rid of Perdy. Rosemary insinuates that Perdy is driving herself mad now that she can no longer have a child and she suggests that Perdy would be better off in hospital. Gray wonders if his mother is right. Later Perdy is stunned when she goes into the attic to find the nursery filled with toys and baby things. Rosemary admits that she is trying to send Perdy round the bend so Perdy locks Rosemary in the attic. Gray and Paul find an hysterical Perdy locked in the attic with Rosemary and he hurries to phone an ambulance. Perdy is dragged kicking and screaming into an ambulance. Perdy insists that Rosemary set her up, but the baby items were bought on Gray’s credit card, which only Perdy has access to. Gray has to watch his wife being taken away (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock) Paul and Gray get close Paul comforts an upset Gray and there’s a charged moment between them. Grayson is hurt when Perdy refuses to see him and he sends Paul to check on her instead. Gray later feels guilty when Paul tells him that Perdy believes Gray and Rosemary are setting her up. Paul hugs a tearful Gray, just as Jonny walks in on them. Jonny feels sidelined by Paul’s close bond with Gray. Scarlett is desperate for Daz’s attention Scarlett’s hurt when she sees Daz kissing Penny. She is desperate to impress Daz so she ropes in Victoria to help her dye her hair a more sophisticated colour. A sneaky Victoria adds extra peroxide to the dye mix and poor Scarlett is left with canary yellow hair! Carrie is furious and she blames Kelly for giving Scarlett money to buy the dye. However, Scarlett is still determined to win over Daz, but Victoria can’t resist winding her up. Victoria lies to Scarlett that Daz is a huge fan of Will Young, Take That and James Blunt and suggests that she make him a compilation CD. Scarlett takes Vic’s advice and later gives Daz the compilation CD. Just as he is listening to it, Victoria turns up with Penny. Victoria tells Penny that Scarlett gave him the CD and Penny accuses Scarlett of trying to steal her man! Scarlett is mortified when Penny and Victoria laugh at her musical tastes, but Daz stands up for Scarlett and has a go at them for bullying her. Kelly is accused by angry Carried (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock) Carrie discovers Kelly’s abortion secret Carrie finds a leaflet from the abortion clinic in Scarlett’s pocket and thinks her daughter must have had an abortion. When Carrie confronts Scarlett, she tries to explain that she just went to the clinic with a friend. But Carrie doesn’t believe her and demands to know who it was. Scarlett finally caves in and confesses it was Kelly. She pleads with her mother not to tell anyone, but Carrie refuses and goes straight to Home Farm to accuse Kelly of being a bad influence. Kelly begs Carrie not to tell Jimmy and she agrees as long as Kelly stays away from Scarlett. Kelly later heads to her modelling job – but the photographer tells her she’s been dropped. She rushes to Pear Tree Cottage to see Jimmy, but only finds Carrie – who tells her the risk she is playing over her selfish abortion. They argue and Kelly slaps Carrie just as Jimmy arrives back. Carrie reports the assault to the police and Kelly is shocked when the police turn up to question her about hitting Carrie. Kelly denies it and is pleased when Jimmy backs up her lie. However, Jimmy insists she has to apologise to Carrie. Kelly is worried that Carrie will tell Jimmy about the abortion so is happy to do that. But Carrie’s not taken in and she warns Kelly that if she ever crosses her again she’ll ruin everything for her. Viv tries her hand at being a parenting expert Viv is angry when she loses her Courier column to a child specialist. She makes the news after an outburst at one of the specialist’s workshops. Viv tells the specialist that her techniques are totally unsuitable for working mothers. Bob hopes that it’s the end of it, but Viv hasn’t finished yet and decides to come up with her own parenting plan to rival the child specialist. She later offers Sam some childrearing advice and she’s ecstatic when Sam tells her that her tips worked. Viv decides she’s going to take the childcare world by storm and tells Emily that she’s going to set up her own session at the playgroup. She later worries that not enough people will turn up to her parenting class, so gets Bob to walk around the village with a sandwich board. A good number of people turn up, but Viv is humiliated when they ridicule her parenting tips. Bob tries to reassure her, but he also hopes she will now let it drop. Pearl and Jamie compete for the postie job Pearl moves back into Jacobs Fold, but the place is ruined by the flood caused by the bailiffs. Betty thinks Pollard should cover the cost of the flood damage. But when Pearl has a word with David, he refuses to pay out. In order to raise some funds, Pearl decides to apply for the job to be a postman. This leaves Jamie feeling nervous about the competition as he was hoping to land the job. Jamie’s glad to have Louise’s support at the interview and tries to psych out Pearl. But despite her nerves, Pearl’s interview goes well. However, it’s Jamie who gets the job. But he feels guilty when Louise reveals she told the interview panel about Pearl’s criminal past. When Pearl receives interview feedback, she believes it was Jamie who alerted the panel about her past and accuses him of dirty tricks. Carl and Grace are caught out (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock) Grace is given an ultimatum over Carl Carl arranges to meet Grace and immediately tries to seduce her. Afterwards, Grace opens up about her job and how it always impacts on her personal life. Carl then warns her not to fall for him. After spending the night with Carl, Grace is horrified that she’s late for an important speech. When it goes wrong, Vaughan lays into her. Feeling low, she meets with Carl again. He tries to reassure her, but she takes little comfort and asks him to just hold her. He’s surprised to see her so vulnerable. When Grace later investigates Carrie’s assault claim, she decides to use the opportunity to question Matthew about Tom’s murder, still intent on proving he’s the killer. Furious, Matthew rings DS Desari to make a complaint about her. As Grace leaves, an opportunistic Carl grabs her for a kiss, but Dasari sees them and gives Grace an ultimatum – end the affair or he’ll tell Vaughan and her career will be over. Grace breaks up with Carl and tells him their relationship was just a bit of fun. Heartbroken, Carl hits the bottle and blurts out to Matthew and Jimmy that he’s been sleeping with Grace. Matthew tells Jimmy to get Carl out of the country, fearful he will say too much and they bundle a comatose Carl into the back of truck bound for Europe. Also in Classic Emmerdale preview Terry is angry when Duke fails to tell him that TJ was involved in a scuffle and school and he tells Louise that he wants his dad to leave the village. Meanwhile, Eli wakes Marlon and Donna up so he can use the loo. When he asks for his own key, Donna agrees – but only if he pays some rent. Eli takes money from Marlon to pay Donna her ‘rent’ and Marlon is powerless to disagree. 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