Emmerdale spoilers: Marlon Dingle gets caught in the crossfire of a punch-up!

Emmerdale, Matty Barton, Ellis Grant

Ouch! Marlon is cruising for a bruising when he tries to play peacekeeper after a fight breaks out between Matty and Victoria's date Ellis!

A punch-up starts when Matty confronts Victoria's date Ellis.

As things get out of hand, Marlon rushes over to try and stop the fight but gets whacked in the face for his troubles. Ouch! But that's not the only surprise in store for the pub chef, when he finds out Ellis has an unexpected connection to the village...

Meanwhile, in the aftermath of the fight, Matty is left fuming when his mum Moira accidentally refers to him as a girl and decides he is going to move out from the farm and in with Victoria.

Elsewhere, it looks like time is running out for Belle. What a terrible mistake she made falling for Lachlan! Will that mistake cost Belle her life?

And Bernice gets together with her fella Daz. But when Daz hugs Bernice, it's clear she's secretly thinking about dishy Dr Cavanagh. Uh-oh, better watch out Daz. You've got some competition!

Emmerdale continues weeknights at 7:00pm on ITV. Don't miss the double-bill on Thursday.

Simon Timblick
Writer

Simon has long been a fan of soap operas, and especially loves OVER-THE-TOP plots involving evil twins, hair-pulling catfights and natural disasters. Anyone remember the Sunset Beach earthquake/tidal wave? Or when Krystle Carrington got locked in the attic and replaced by look-a-like Rita in Dynasty?!

Simon has written for a variety of TV and childrens’ magazines/websites including Inside Soap, Nickelodeon, What’s On TV, Radio Times, Metro, Girl Talk, Disney Girl, Toxic! and Digital Spy. He has reported LIVE from the red carpet at The British Soap Awards interviewing glammed-up stars from soapland, and hosted a Facebook LIVE session for Metro with Home and Away legend Ray Meagher (Alf "Stone the flamin' crows!" Stewart) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aussie soap.

Simon is also co-author of The Treasures Of Coronation Street (Carlton Books)

And the writer and director of (very!) low budget fright flick, Midsummer Night's EVIL and the sequel webisodes series, The Hatchet Woods HORROR.