ITV Share By Kerry Barrett May 26 2025 By Kerry Barrett May 26 2025 Classic Emmerdale preview for this week: A mystery mourner at Tom's funeral reveals a HUGE secret and Val's daughter arrives There's a lot of bad blood between Val and her daughter Sharon! Classic Emmerdale Spoilers Share By Kerry Barrett May 26 2025 By Kerry Barrett May 26 2025 There’s no happy family reunion when Val’s daughter arrives in Classic Emmerdale this week. Old wounds are reopened and Val makes a fool of herself! Meanwhile a mystery mourner at Tom King’s funeral causes a stir when there’s some huge secrets revealed, and Belle smashes her entrance exam. Jamie’s struggling Jamie struggles to raise the funds to pay off his blackmailer even when he empties his bank account. He goes to see Jasmine to ask her to help. She’s astonished when he demands £300. Chas realises something’s up with Jamie and convinces him to tell her what’s up – but instead he asks her for cash, too. Chas tries to calm him down, but Jamie ignores her and heads to the drop-off point with Jasmine. They’re angered – but not entirely surprised – when Debbie shows up demanding the cash. Sharon is NOT pleased to see her mum (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock) Wedding bells in Classic Emmerdale Paul and Diane are surprised to get an invitation to Paul’s half-sister Sharon’s wedding and worry about whether Val’s been invited. They soon find out when Val breezes in, seemingly unaware of her daughter’s impending nuptials. article continues below Read all the latest spoilers Still in the dark about Sharon’s arrival, Val explains to Diane that they’re estranged because Sharon stole from her when she was younger. Meanwhile, Paul comes face to face with his sister and orders her to leave. But Diane’s more calm and encourages Sharon to make it up with her mum. Later Val reads about Sharon’s wedding in a magazine, and she heads off to the hotel. When she finds out that Sharon’s told her husband-to-be that Val’s dead, she starts drinking… Sharon’s furious when she finds her mum, alive and kicking and very drunk at the hotel. She throws her out in front of the paparazzi after revealing the truth about their argument. To make things worse, a hungover Val sees her drunken exploits all over the front page of the Hotten Courier. Diane and Paul are furious to discover the truth about Val. Val tries to make amends with her son, but he won’t budge. She spends a miserable birthday without her kids, while Eric steps in to try to help. Jo wants the farm! Jo and Andy aren’t enjoying living with Paddy and Jo urges Andy to move back into Butler’s. Andy is sympathetic. Later, the pair move in, and Katie’s furious. She leaves in disgust, but later she returns with Chas and Jamie to ruin the lovebirds’ night and wakes Sarah up with loud music. Baby blues for Viv Bob and Viv come home with the twins, and they’re both grateful for Kelly’s support – their rift healed. But even at home, Viv struggles with Heath’s crying and tries to palm the babies off on whoever she can. But her patience runs out when she overhears Bob complaining about her behaviour on the baby monitor. She storms out of the post office. Viv’s got an idea to help though. She suggests to Bob that Emily quit her job at the shop so she can help Viv care for the twins full time. Bob’s wary! And when Viv asks Emily, she’s not keen either, worried about what happened with Sarah. Bob arrives home with a plan to apply for his old job at Naughty Nylons to raise some cash. He practises his sales techniques on Paul, who proves a tricky customer. But later he cancels his interview, and Viv’s delighted. Bob’s thrilled when his brother Eddie shows up and offers him a job – at Naughty Nylons! Belle’s on the up in Classic Emmerdale Mrs Burgess arrives with Belle’s test results and advises that she goes to boarding school! Shadrach fancies Mrs Burgess so he gets dolled up but she leaves before he can woo her. Later in the week, Belle goes to take the exam for her new school, but the girl who shows her round isn’t very enthusiastic. Everyone’s delighted when it’s revealed Belle scored 98% on her entrance exam and she is offered a place at the private school. But their happiness is crushed when Mrs Burgess informs them that she was unable to get a full scholarship for Belle. Billy tries to help Billy finds Victoria having a panic attack and comforts her, worried she’s still feeling the after-effects of the accident. Billy’s shocked to discover Jack had something to do with the accident as well as Kelly. Annoyed, Billy confronts him and Jack admits he wouldn’t be sorry to see Billy get hurt. Billy lashes out then tries to broker a deal with Jack. He tells him that as long as Jack leaves him alone he won’t tell Vic the truth. Andy tells Daz about Billy attacking Jack and warns him to stay away from their dad. Marlon’s in trouble Marlon’s upset to realise he’s forgotten his wedding anniversary. And his day gets worse when he argues with new Woolpack cook Pearl about her unhealthy cuisine. Annoyed by his criticism, Pearl hits Marlon in the face with a pie! A mystery mourner turns up at Tom’s funeral (Credit: ITV/Shutterstock) Tom’s still surprising everyone, even though he’s dead! The police search the landfill site and find the murder weapon. It’s obvious Barraclough thinks one of the Kings is guilty – but which one. She tells Vaughan she’s planning to hold a press conference.The Kings go ahead with funeral preparation without Rosemary, but she’s made her own plans and moved Tom’s body to a different undertaker! Soon they’re all arguing over arrangements. But as the funeral starts everyone’s distracted by a mystery mourner. She is revealed to be Carrie Nicholls – a nurse who cared for Tom’s first wife when she was dying. Meanwhile, Barraclough and Desari keep an eye on the mourners. The next day, it’s the reading of Tom’s will and everyone’s shocked by what’s revealed – Scarlett Nicholls is a beneficiary. And there’s another shock when they realise Scarlett is Tom’s daughter! Scheming Matthew offers to buy Scarlett’s share on condition Carrie disappears forever. Shadrach ruins Debbie’s plans in Classic Emmerdale Debbie’s first day as boss of her own taxi firm doesn’t go well. But when she finally gets a proper client she’s thrilled. She sends Shadrach off to do the job but it proves a mistake when Shadrach crashes! Terry spends time with TJ Terry enjoys a day out with TJ and his worried friends realise that’s exactly what he needed to shake him out of his low mood. Later, Terry mocks Rodney for being a window-cleaner, but even Terry’s taunts can’t dampen Rodney’s enthusiasm. 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