The family gathers together

Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) recently found himself keeping more secrets from partner Moira Barton (Natalie J Robb) in Emmerdale.

As Cain and Caleb (William Ash) continued their sneaking around, we eventually discovered they were holding someone hostage in an abandoned farmhouse.

And at the start of Super Soap Week, that person was confirmed to be Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller), who is spiralling after trouble in Italy and the death of sister Liv (Isobel Steele).

Elsewhere, Mandy (Lisa Riley), Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper) and Sam (James Hooton) have been supporting Lydia (Karen Blick) in the aftermath of her rape.

Despite the Dingle clan being chaotic, sometimes violent and usually up to no good, the past few weeks have taught us that family continues to be incredibly important to them all.

In upcoming scenes of the ITV soap, the strong bond the Dingles have will be highlighted in an instalment that just focuses on this family.

Jeff Hordley, who has played Cain since 2000, has been reflecting on what it was like to film with all of his co-stars over the course of some very busy days.

‘It was about 6 or 7 days of being together. It was intense, it was chaotic, it was funny but it was ultimately brilliant. I think it’s a really exciting few episodes that we’ve got coming up there’, he said.

‘We’ve got Gary Williams, who’s a fantastic director, bringing all of this particular story together and you just know it’s going to be great. He’s just a really fantastic director.’

Joining Jeff for the chat was William Ash, who has played Caleb Milligan for nearly a year.

‘They’re interesting scenes when everyone’s involved!’, he laughed.

‘The scripts for that were, I think, particularly good. Sometimes you can never tell on the page but once we started playing all those scenes with everyone…

Cain and Caleb now work well together (Picture: ITV)

‘There was a nice balance there when we were doing it. It was hard work but also there was quite a lot of humour in between scenes and stuff, with everyone. We were playing a lot of games and stuff.’

Pondering over the current difficult dynamic between Cain and Moira and whether they’ll get back on track, Jeff said:

‘I would have thought so, but it’s a difficult one because of what happened last year with the whole Al thing. We’re always on shaky ground when Cain starts to lie to Moira again, but sometimes needs must. I think they’ll be fine. I don’t envisage any major upset. But I think to be able to tell stories he needs to keep his DNA intact so there will be the odd…

Aaron is back after Liv’s death (Picture: ITV)

‘As long as it’s not a big thing like an affair, that would be the end. As long as it’s just a little white lie it’ll be fine. In Cain’s chopped logic he’s doing this for Aaron. Everything that Cain does, ultimately in his mind is always for the good of the family.’

As Aaron’s returning storyline kicks off, William has also spoke about the relationship between Caleb and his new nephew.

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‘Caleb and Aaron really brush up against each other in a bad way’, he explained.

‘Because Caleb’s also now got what was his house as well. There’s a lot of conflict there. And Caleb is quite protective of Chas and seeing how Aaron behaves towards her, Caleb takes an immediate dislike to him.

‘I think he says something along the lines of “You don’t want me as your enemy.” I think Caleb’s quite happy for him to be like that, but he’ll have a problem with Caleb if he carries on…’

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Life is never boring if you’re a Dingle.