ITV Share By Jade Brown Sep 23 2025 By Jade Brown Sep 23 2025 Classic Emmerdale preview: Marlon and Eli have a big showdown and Debbie double crosses her friends Has Marlon put Eli's life in danger? Classic Emmerdale Spoilers Share By Jade Brown Sep 23 2025 By Jade Brown Sep 23 2025 In Classic Emmerdale spoilers for ITV3 this week, there is a big showdown between Eli and Marlon, which leaves one of them clinging onto life by their fingers. Elsewhere, Debbie, Lexi and Chas steal a necklace, but Debbie later double crosses the others and plots to take the money for herself. These episodes originally aired in August and September 2007. Read on to find out more in our Classic Emmerdale preview. Lexi, Debbie and Chas celebrate their heist Classic Emmerdale: Debbie double crosses Lexi and Chas Debbie and Lexi plan their big jewellery heist and Chas reluctantly agrees to join them as she’s worried about Debbie. Chas manages to blag an invite to the party by asking Paul if she can work behind the bar, while Debbie gets her invite after sabotaging Bruce’s car then offering to fix it for him in exchange for an party invite. The girls prepare for their jewellery heist and as the collection is unveiled, the girls decide on a necklace to steal. Debbie distracts Bruce, while Lexi causes a power cut. Chas diverts Rodney by spilling champagne on him. Debbie then grabs the necklace. Rodney, who is in charge of the event, is horrified to discover that the necklace is missing. article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Rodney is sure that the girls are behind the theft but he is unable to prove it. Meanwhile, Debbie tells Lexi that she’s hidden the necklace in a safe. Debbie, Lexi and Chas are eager to find a buyer for their stolen necklace and they approach Eric, who quickly realises that it’s been knocked off. A wily Eric tells Debbie that he’s found a buyer, but he wants 50 per cent of the profits for arranging the sale. Debbie decides to double-cross the others. She tells them she turned down Eric’s offer, but she plots to cut her own deal with Eric and replace the necklace with a fake to keep Chas and Lexi out of the picture. Debbie gets a convincing fake necklace from one of Eric’s contacts and successfully swaps it for the real one. The girls look for a secure hiding place and head to the church, but they’re disturbed by Emily, and Lexi drops it into the communion wine! Rodney accuses Bruce of running a scam Rodney is suspicious when he finds out that Debbie and Lexi have been hanging around the church and he searches the church for signs of the necklace. Emily mentions that the girls had been trying to get their hands on the communion wine and he confiscates the bottle, but he’s shocked when he realises the necklace is a fake. Meanwhile, the girls think the necklace is gone for good when Emily tells them that the wine bottles have been sent for recycling. Rodney tells Matthew that he’s retrieved the missing necklace, but when Matthew learns that it’s a fake, they suspect jewellery salesman Bruce of running a scam. Bruce is furious when Rodney accuses him of selling replica jewellery and he storms over to find Debbie to see what she knows about it. Eli sees Bruce getting physical with Debbie so he steps in and leaves Bruce battered and bleeding. Lexi and Chas learn that the necklace is a fake, but Lexi is suspicious and thinks Debbie knows more than she’s letting on. Lexi later hears Eli saying that he saved Debbie’s neck and she buys him a drink to find out more. Eli admits that he saved Debbie from being attacked by Bruce. Lexi admits her suspicions that Debbie has double-crossed her and Eli agrees to help her find out more. Eli and Marlon scuffle on the carpark roof with devastating consequences (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock) Donna sets Eli up Eli makes more threats to Donna and reminds her that she won’t dare bring him down. Donna is furious when Eli later turns up at Tall Trees Cottage and announces that he’s moving back in. Marlon promises that he will get rid of Eli, but he tells them that he’ll only leave if they pay him off. A miserable Marlon considers giving himself up to the police, but Donna comes up with a plan to get rid of Eli for good. She gives Eli the ‘password’ to a warehouse and tells him to steal whatever he wants. Eli turns up at the warehouse ready to do the robbery and he calls Donna, who gives him a false password to turn off the alarm. Marlon panics when Donna tells him that she’s set up Eli to get him arrested. Marlon is sure that Eli will take him down with him so tells Eli that the police are on the way. Eli manages to do a runner in time. A worried later Donna decides to tell Zak the whole sorry tale to see if he can sort things out. Eli and Marlon have a showdown Zak can’t believe how stupid Marlon has been but he agrees to sort things out. The Dingle patriarch forces Eli to confess to his blackmail, but Eli admits that he never intended to grass up Marlon – he just wanted to make him sweat. Fuming Zak orders Eli to leave the village and Marlon and Donna are relieved that Eli has gone. But the relief is short-lived as Eli later bundles him into a van and ties his hands together. Eli forces Marlon to the edge of a multi-story car park and reveals his long-held resentment towards his brother. Eli admits that he got Lilith off the charges so that he could scupper Marlon’s chance to take her kids. A furious Marlon works his hands free from the ropes and takes a swing at Eli. The brothers fight and Eli throws a punch. Eli slips, topples over the edge and is left clinging by his fingers. Donna arrives and her and Marlon manage to pull Eli up. Eli drives off in the van to see Zak. He tries to convince Zak to let him stay for the night, but Zak disowns him. Eli then breaks into a house and crumples against the wall, crying. Marlon and Donna pledge to fight harder for their marriage, but Donna warns that they won’t be able to go back to normal straightaway. Jonny proposes to Paul in Classic Emmerdale Jonny tries on rings for fun at the jewellery sale, but then he suddenly decides to buy one. He goes for a walk with Paul in the grounds of Home Farm, where he gets down on one knee and proposes! Jonny waits nervously for Paul’s reply. Paul, who is desperate to quash his growing feelings for Gray, says yes. Jonny is delighted, but Paul secretly wonders if he is doing the right thing. Later on, Jonny’s mother Patricia arrives for a quick visit and gives her blessing to her son’s engagement to Paul. Classic Emmerdale: Carl and Grace reunite Carl returns to the village and tells his brothers that he’s over Grace, but he sneaks out to see her. Grace refuses to see him, so Carl deliberately gets arrested for being drunk and disorderly! Grace is furious with Carl’s ruse but when she visits him in his cell, she melts and the pair have passionate sex. She then plays it cool. Later, Grace’s mother has a stroke and dies. Carl tries to get hold of Grace, not knowing that her mum has passed away. He turns up at her flat, but there is no answer. Carl discovers the death notice for Grace’s mum in the paper and he tries to call her again, but a grief-stricken Grace refuses to answer. So Carl hangs around outside the police station in a bid to catch Grace, who is still refusing to see him. Carl later drives to Grace’s flat to confront her and he says he wants them to sort things out. Grace admits that she engineered their first meeting in the bar to try and get information about Tom King’s murder, but now she’s fallen in love with him. Carl feels pleased that he’s back in control. When Grace calls Carl, he’s offhand. She’s confused further when Carl later turns up at her flat with flowers, and she tells him to stop blowing hot and cold. Hilary drives Laurel round the bend Laurel gets a surprise visit from parents Doug and Hilary, but her initial delight at seeing them soon wears off when Hilary starts trying to take charge of baby Daniel. Later, Hilary overhears Emily apologising to Ashley and is suspicious that something is going on between them. Laurel is being driven round the bend by her interfering mum, who even tries to organise one of Ashley’s funerals. Hilary sees Ashley and Emily sharing a hymn sheet at the service and her suspicions are fuelled once again. Laurel is furious with Hilary when her mum tells her that she shouldn’t trust Emily around Ashley. Ashley feels guilty when Laurel tells him of her mum’s ‘ridiculous’ notions. He admits that Emily has the hots for him. Hilary is later cross when Douglas heads off fishing for the day without letting her know. She tells Laurel that Doug doesn’t seem to want to spend any time with her, leading Laurel to wonder whether her parents’ joint retirement may be putting a strain on their marriage. Perdy v Rosemary… again Perdy has a day release from the psychiatric ward. Rosemary makes a show of welcoming her home, while Perdy goes along with Rosemary’s false greeting. Rosemary is disturbed to learn that Perdy will soon be out of hospital permanently. She crushes a malaria tablet and puts it into Perdy’s drink, but Perdy doesn’t drink it. Later in the week, Rosemary is furious that Perdy is back at Mill Cottage for good. She puts another malaria tablet in her drink. But Perdy is aware of her plan and pours the drink into a plastic bottle. She then takes the evidence to the police. Rosemary follows Perdy to the police station. Acting fast, she visits Vaughan. She tells him that Perdy is still delusional and to dismiss any of her claims. Elsewhere in Classic Emmerdale preview Zak and Lisa lecture Belle about planning a party behind their back. Belle is horrified when two of her school friends turn up at Wishing Well Cottage. But she soon realises that her embarrassment is all for nothing as the girls are impressed with the Dingle pigs! Meanwhile Debbie tells the police she doesn’t want Billy charged for stealing the car from the garage. Billy’s relieved. But he knows he is still looking at a month in prison for breaking his probation. Daz feels betrayed by his dad and Billy is crushed when he refuses to speak to him. Elsewhere, Kelly kisses Eli just as a camera flashes. Will Jimmy find out? Share Good to Know Share By Jade Brown Sep 23 2025 By Jade Brown Sep 23 2025 Previous Story Next Story
