The soaps all pull out the stops over Christmas and New Year, with major storylines culminating – just as new ones open up.
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And in Emmerdale, viewers will get a glimpse of what’s to come for five different big storylines in 2025.
On New Year’s Eve, a 30-minute episode airs at 7.45pm and it will tease multiple moments in the future.
Fans will be left to try and figure out when those moments occur and what part they play in the respective character’s lives.
While details remain tightly under wraps at the moment, die-hard Emmerdale fans will definitely not want to miss it.
Meanwhile, the Christmas episodes are set to focus on Home Farm, and will feature another flashforward.
A surprise visit from Peter ‘Pete’ Barton (Anthony Quinlan) at the Home Farm makes Will (Dean Andrews) uncomfortable and piles on the pressure for their Christmas Day plans.
A happy Kim (Claire King) sets off from the stables on a Christmas Eve ride.
But, soon in the fields, Kim’s horse wanders alone… and her rider is nowhere to be seen.
What has happened to Kim? Has Will gone ahead with his plans?
In a flash forward, at Home Farm, eerie Christmas music plays as a Christmas tree lays on the ground and evidence of a struggle surrounds it.
Emmerdale reveals Will Taylor’s revenge plot against estranged wife Kim Tate
But, what events have led to this dramatic scene?
The couple have been playing each other off against the other for months after their marriage imploded.
But has things gone too far this time
Kim Tate’s biggest Emmerdale storylines
First appearing in 1989, Kim Tate (Claire King) is an iconic Emmerdale character. Here’s a look at some of her biggest storylines over the years.
MARRIAGE TO FRANK TATE
Kim has been married three times in the soap, but her first, volatile pairing was with Frank Tate (Norman Bowler)
They were an on-screen partnership for almost a decade – including divorcing and remarrying.
However, Frank ultimately suffered a fatal heart attack, brought on by Kim’s return to the village after being presumed dead.
During the marriage, Kim had affairs with Neil Kincaid (Brian Deacon) and Dave Glover (Ian Kelsey).
FAKING HER OWN DEATH
Kim disappeared from the village in February 1997. A few days later, Frank identified a woman found dead at the wheel of her car as Kim.
However, everyone was in for a shock after Kim revealed she was still alive – and the full extent of her plan.
While she’d fled to the Caribbean, Kim had paid a lookalike prostitute to drive her car around the village to fool people into thinking she was still there. It was, in fact, her body that Frank previously identified.
JAMES’ KIDNAPPING
Kim’s business partnership with Lord Alex Oakwell (Rupam Maxwell), resulted in the death of Linda Fowler (Tonicha Jeronimo), in a car crash.
As an act of revenge, Linda’s mother Jan (Roberta Kerr) kidnapped Kim’s son James.
DEPARTURE
After a decade of causing chaos, Kim left Emmerdale in 1999 as she fled in a helicopter with her son James and £190,000 of Chris Tate’s money.
LATER MARRIAGES
Upon Kim’s return in 2018, she was first revealed to be married to Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough).
However, he was later killed off in a whodunnit storyline.
