Emmerdale spoilers: Matty Barton is scared as he waits to have his operation. Will it all go to plan?

Matty is nervous about his operation in Emmerdale

Matty Barton battles with nerves as he waits to go into the operating theatre. Will the surgery be a success?

It’s the day of Matty Barton’s  (Ash Palmisciano) operation and he struggles to hide his nerves as he waits, worrying about everything that could go wrong.

Matty Barton Matty is nervous about his operation in Emmerdale

Moira and Victoria are at Matty's side as he awaits surgery

After he’s been wheeled into the operating theatre, his furious mum Moira (Natalie J Robb) lashes out at Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) and blames her for any complications that may arise.

Moira lashes out in Emmerdale

Moira takes out all her anxieties on Victoria

Later on an upset Moira cracks and reveals the root of all her anxiety and distress for Matty stems from her daughter Holly’s tragic death. Victoria listens as Moira pours her heart out and is on hand to comfort her. However the peace is suddenly shattered when a nurse is seen running towards the operating theatre. Has something gone wrong with Matty’s surgery?

Elsewhere Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton) is tired of having to pretend that she and Dan (Liam Fox) are still a united couple. Is it time to stop the charade?

Plus a jealous Priya Sharma (Fiona Wade) vents all her pent up irritations at a shocked Aiesha Jutla (Shila Iqbal).

Tess Lamacraft
Senior Writer for What's On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite week, Whattowatch.com

Tess is a senior writer for What’s On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite and WhattoWatch.com She's been writing about TV for over 25 years and worked on some of the UK’s biggest and best-selling publications including the Daily Mirror where she was assistant editor on the weekend TV magazine, The Look, and Closer magazine where she was TV editor. She has freelanced for a whole range of websites and publications including We Love TV, The Sun’s TV Mag, Woman, Woman’s Own, Fabulous, Good Living, Prima and Woman and Home.