Emmerdale spoilers: Massive new Moira story as her life is at risk after secret from the past explodes

As we approach the festive season, all of the soaps are ramping up the excitement in an effort to keep us entertained as we digest our turkey and mince pies, and of course Emmerdale is no exception.

The show’s producer Laura Shaw has been teasing about what’s to come over Christmas and into the new year, and, while some of it is a continuation of long-running storylines such as the Charity (Emma Atkins)/Mackenzie (Lawrence Robb)/Chloe (Jessie Elland) triangle (which is set to ‘reach a bit more of a crescendo’), there is a brand new arc for fan favourite Moira (Natalie J Robb)

‘Moira is going to make a big confession to one of the villagers,’ the producer told Metro.co.uk.

‘It’s a secret from her past that she’s going to reveal. She does it in a way to try to help the person that she’s talking to, but how is that person going to react when they find out Moira’s deepest, darkest secret?’

Well, consider us properly intrigued by that. If Moira is trying to help someone by sharing an experience from her past, the secret that she’s going to tell will very much depend on the person she’s talking to and there are too many variations to even speculate about.

We know that a huge secret in Moira’s past is that she murdered Emma Barton (Gillian Kearney). She pushed Emma off a bridge after Emma goaded her over the death of her daughter Holly (Sophie Powles). Moira’s son Adam (Adam Thomas) took the blame for the killing and went on the run.

Could this be what Moira dredges up from her past? Or will it be something that we currently have no idea of?

It’s not going to be something trivial, that’s for certain. Laura told us that Moira is taking a huge risk in confiding the secret to this other person.

‘If they blow it, it could threaten Moira’s whole life,’ she warned.

Elsewhere, there’ll also be a new element in this story as Chloe’s dad finally arrives on the scene. ‘The repercussions of that are going to be long-lasting into the new year and beyond,’ Laura told us.

Another storyline which has already got underway is Rhona (Zoe Henry) being rocked by the discovery that her frozen embryos have been stolen and there’s a new baby in the world – Ivy – who shares Rhona’s DNA.

‘We’ll see Rhona pushed to breaking point and she’s forced to make a really risky decision that threatens to affect her whole family and possibly change the dynamics of their family,’ Laura predicted.

There’ll also be massive repercussions stemming from Tracy (Amy Walsh) and Caleb (William Ash)’s attraction to each other, which we’ve seen the beginnings of when they kissed.

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