Emmerdale's James Chase confirms Dingles will begin to "notice" Tom's abuse of Belle
It'll be "game over" for Tom if the Dingles find out the truth.
This article includes discussion of domestic abuse, including coercive control, that some readers may find distressing.
Over the last few months, Emmerdale viewers have been privy to some disturbing scenes between Tom King and Belle Dingle, as actors James Chase and Eden Taylor-Draper portray the pair in a domestic abuse storyline.
Announced back in February, the soap confirmed it would explore Belle and Tom's dark marriage, with Tom's abusive side seeping in and things worsening at every turn as he aims to control his wife.
Now in July, viewers have seen Tom physically and mentally abuse Belle – spying on her through a tracker, hitting and burning her, and controlling her money. And in an upcoming single-strand episode, Tom's coercive control on wife Belle reaches terrifying new heights.
While Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) has grown suspicious of Tom, the Dingles are mostly in the dark of what has been happening behind closed doors, but things could begin to change.
Speaking exclusively at the RadioTimes.com Soap Awards 2024 sponsored by Inspired Villages, James Chase opened up on when the Dingles will find out the truth.
He explained: "I think something that's going out in a couple of weeks, I don't know how much I can say, but there is a sort of moment where potential Dingles notice something and there's a moment [where they] come down on him like thunder."
But it seems Tom may get away with things again, as Chase noted that if they do find out, "it'd be absolutely game over", but his manipulation tactics may preside once more.
"I think that's why Tom [has] survived up until now," he continued. "He's so good at hiding it and he's so good at manipulating that he can keep the truth at bay."
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Chatting exclusively to RadioTimes.com, Chittell said he was "humbled" to have won.
He said: "I'm humbled. This represents not me, it represents all of us. It represents my family who, bless their cotton socks, I'd be up the road on a Sunday night and come back on a Friday night and pretend to be the father and the husband, etc...
"I'm in great company because this is a body of people, a huge body of people, and they are all over the world. A great team, I'm in awe."
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Katelyn Mensah is the Entertainment and Factual Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
