In next week’s episodes of Emmerdale, Rachel Breckle is set to agree to move in with Sam Dingle’s family at their rundown homestead in order to make room at her cottage for her sister Ali Spencer and her family…

However, it’s a decision that’s set to infuriate Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) who objects to the plan given that it will mean he’ll have less opportunity to visit his son Archie.

The drama begins on Tuesday, May 21 when Ali (Kelli Hollis) and Sam (James Hooton) bicker about the living arrangements, and it all gets too much for little Samson. Read more & comment »

As fans of Emmerdale will know, Charity Sharma (Emma Atkins) now knows that her husband Jai (Chris Bisson) is baby Archie Breckle’s father…

He was of course conceived when Jai and Rachel (Gemma Oaten) had a drunken one-night stand, but after months of keeping Archie’s dad’s identity a secret, the cat was out of the bag last week.

And next week, the fallout from the revelation is set to rock the Sharma family to its core… Read more & comment »

There must be something in the water down in Emmerdale next week – I’m going to vote for steroids leading to roid rage – as both Debbie Dingle and Rachel Breckle turn violent!

Starting with Debbie (Charley Webb) and her frightening act of aggression, it begins when she dupes her aunt Chas (Lucy Pargeter) into getting into a car with her on the pretence that she’ll drive them to a family gathering at Dingle HQ; Zak and Lisa’s house… Read more & comment »

Well, it’s been a very long time coming, but finally, Charity Sharma (Emma Atkins) is set to find out that her husband Jai (Chris Bisson) is the father of Rachel Breckle’s baby, Archie…

The drama begins after Megan Macey (Gaynor Faye) tells Rachel’s sister Ali (Kelli Hollis) that she has to get rid of the stray dog that her son Sean took in, pointing out that it’s in her lease – Ali of course rents the house from Home Farm Estates – that tenants cannot keep pets.

However, when Ruby (Alicya Eyo) points out to Ali that having responsibility for the dog is good for Sean, they come up with a plan; namely to tell Megan that the dog’s gone – and therefore get it out of the house during Megan’s inspection visit – but to secretly keep him… Read more & comment »

In next week’s episodes of Emmerdale, Jai Sharma and his wife Charity – as well as Rachel Breckle and Declan Macey – are about to learn that it’s a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!

As fans of the soap will know, Jai (Chris Bisson) had a one night stand with Rachel Breckle (Gemma Oaten) which resulted in the birth of baby Archie, and recently, his wife Charity (Emma Atkins) had her own one-off passionfest with Declan Macey (Jason Merrells) and everyone involved in the drama is desperately trying to keep their secrets under wraps… Read more & comment »

Fans of Emmerdale will know that Charity Sharma (Emma Atkins) and Declan Macey (Jason Merrells) hopped on the good foot and did the bad thing after finding themselves unable to resist the sexual chemistry between them…

However, in next week’s episodes, we’ll see Declan feeling guilty over the passion he shared with Charity, especially when his wife Katie (Sammy Winward) tells him that she hasn’t, and never would, cheat on him.

But Declan’s sister Megan (Gaynor Faye) smells a rat, and in the episode that airs on Monday, February 25th, we’ll see her quizzing Declan about how Charity managed to talk him into the new deal.

However there’s new romance afoot for Rachel Breckle (Gemma Oaten) and Sam Dingle (James Hooton) after the pair finally confess that they have feelings for each other… Read more & comment »

Fans of Emmerdale will know that Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) has taken himself off to France to lick his wounds over the fact that he can have no contact with his baby son Archie, whose mother is of course Jai’s one night stand partner, Rachel Breckle.

We viewers have of course known about Jai and Rachel’s (Gemma Oaten) drunken night of passion – and the ensuing baby – for months, but so far, Jai’s dad Rishi (Bhasker Patel) is the only other person in the village who knows the truth about who Archie’s dad is.

However, in soap land, it’s only a matter of time before all bad deeds are uncovered, and therefore, Jai’s wife Charity is sure to discover the truth before too long… Read more & comment »

There’s love in the air this Valentine’s Day for Rachel Breckle who, according to the lovely Gemma Oaten – who’s played the role of Rachel since 2011 – has rather much fallen for Sam Dingle!

However, for as much as her parents love young Gabby Thomas (Annelise Manojlovic) she’s proving to be something of a handful as not only does she steal from the Woolpack till this week, she’s also set to be caught drinking at school.

First, of what Gemma’s had to say of Rachel’s feelings for Sam Dingle (James Hooton) she told Soaplife, “Rachel can’t really work how she’s got to the point of liking someone like Sam Dingle! He’s not her type at all.

“So it’s a bit of a shock when Ali and Ruby start getting involved, and Lisa starts questioning what Rachel wants from Sam.” Read more & comment »

Emmerdale star, Chris Bisson, has admitted that the tears he cried for his character, Jai Sharma, for his ill new-born son, Archie, were real!

Fans of the hit ITV soap will know how Jai has just left our screens, escaping the pressures of secret fatherhood for a month in France to try and get his head around the situation.
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Single mum Rachel Breckle (Gemma Oaten) has been getting ever closer to her good friend Sam Dingle (James Hooton) over the last few months, and more so since he proved to be such a help and support when Rachel brought baby Archie home…

However, as Valentine’s Day rolls around, poor Rachel fears that she’s not only made a fool of herself – when she mistakenly thinks a card hidden in Archie’s pram is from Sam – but also that she may have lost Sam’s friendship.

It will turn out that the card was actually put there by Rachel’s niece Amelia and Sam’s little boy Samson, but before she finds that out, Rachel excitedly glams herself up before heading off to see Sam at the Dingles’… Read more & comment »

Fans of Emmerdale will of course know that in last’s night’s episode, Rachel Breckle (Gemma Oaten) finally brought baby Archie home from hospital…

And in some of the closing scenes last night, we saw Jai Sharma looking enviously on as Rachel and her best friend – who’s reportedly set to become more than a mate – Sam Dingle (James Hooton) cooed over the baby, who of course is Jai’s, but he can’t publicly acknowledge that.

However, in forthcoming episodes, Jai’s jealousy over the part Sam is playing in his son’s life is set to overwhelm the factory boss, and he’ll have an angry showdown with Rachel in the pub, during which, she’ll tell him that it’s none of his business who she sees, and will slap him when he’s particularly nasty about Sam… Read more & comment »

For once in her life Charity Sharma is gathering sympathy from Emmerdale fans as she struggles to keep her family together in every possible way.

First of all she has had to support her daughter Debbie (Charley Webb) get through her daughters illness, a pregnancy and then the discovery that her fiancée was having an affair with her aunty.

But, whilst occupied with all that, what Charity wasn’t aware of was the fact that her husband, Jai (Chris Bisson) had gotten cleaner Rachel (Gemma Oaten) pregnant following a one night stand.
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Christmas Day in Emmerdale is going to bring a mixture of joy and sadness to the residents of the village, but of course, one villager hasn’t lived long enough to see Christmas morning roll around!

But elsewhere, Jai Sharma’s (Chris Bisson) overjoyed when Rachel Breckle (Gemma Oaten) allows him to visit their sick son Archie in hospital.

In order to get away, he lies to his wife Charity (Emma Atkins) and says that he’s going to Declan’s (Jason Merrells)for a drink, but of course, he heads right to the premature baby uint when Rachel takes him to Archie, and both are nervous – but happy – when the doctor says they can hold their little boy.

Elsewhere, Alicia (Natalie Anderson) has spent a fortune on a posh watch for David (Matthew Wolfenden) believing that the necklace she found hidden in the freezer was his gift to her.,, Read more & comment »

Emmerdale fans will know that factory boss Jai Sharma faces heartache and worry this Christmas after his baby boy Archie born prematurely and faces a battle to live…

And of course, because – so far anyway – only the mother of the baby Rachel Breckle (Gemma Oaten) and Jai’s dad Rishi (Bhasker Patel) know that Archie is Jai’s, he’s also got to somehow manage to maintain a cheery festive façade while being desperately worried about his gravely ill son.

However, by the time New Year rolls around in the village, Jai will be finding it all too much to cope with, especially after Rachel tells him that he can have nothing more to do with Archie… Read more & comment »

There’s heartache ahead for Emmerdale’s Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson) when, after Rachel Breckle gives birth to his son prematurely, the tot will face a battle to live…

And of course, Jai – who’s so far managed to keep it a secret that he is the father of Rachel’s baby – will be desperate to see his little boy who may not make it, given that he’s been born weeks too early.

However, though Rachel (Gemma Oaten) does in fact allow Jai to visit the baby, who she’s to name Archie, she tells him that he must say hello and goodbye as she bans him from visiting again or from having anything more to do with the baby boy, assuming he makes it that is.

That will of course further devastate Jai, who confides his sorrow in his dad Rishi, who is the only other person who knows that Jai is Archie’s dad… Read more & comment »