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Emmerdale’s Emma Atkins reveals she draws on her own heartbreak to play Charity

Get ready for some harrowing scenes in this week's Emmerdale

Charity Dingle faces an agonising search to find out what happened to her baby boy in this week’s Emmerdale.

Charity is upset when Harriet brings up the subject of her dead son, and Vanessa overhears.

As Charity goes back over the time when she was being abused by evil copper DI Bails, viewers will see flashbacks that will shed some light on what happened when she discovered she was pregnant.

Viewers can watch Charity’s flashback episode tomorrow (Credit: ITV)

The scenes are bound to be emotional as Charity relives the trauma of being an exploited 14-year-old girl.

Newcomer Mica Proctor plays 14-year-old Charity in the flashbacks, as Charity loses herself in her bad memories.

The scenes are emotional (Credit: ITV)

And Emma Atkins, who plays grown-up Charity, has revealed she uses her own personal experiences to make Charity’s torment feel real.

“I think you always need to come back to the story, and never wander too far into any personal emotion,” Emma warned at a recent Emmerdale press day.

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“But I can pick things that have happened in my past, which I won’t go into because it’s so personal, but loss…

“You only have to have an image in your mind of when somebody passes away or whatever and it can instantly make you feel a certain kind of emotion.”

Vanessa wants to help her girlfriend but will she make things worse? (Credit: ITV)

When Vanessa overhears the conversation between Harriet and Charity, kind-hearted Harriet reveals all to Charity’s girlfriend in the hope that Vanessa can help.

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And she and Vanessa later head off to try to find out what they can about Charity’s tragic past – and her baby boy.

But will their meddling help Charity come to terms with what happened to her, or are they about to make things much worse?

Will Bails get his comeuppance? (Credit: ITV)

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Kerry Barrett
Freelance Soap Writer

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