Emmerdale: Bear’s graveside ordeal and Robron’s dangerous move against Kev

• Monday: Bear is ordered to dig Anya’s grave while Ray and Celia tighten their grip.
• Wednesday: Lydia’s makeshift Jason Donovan night leaves Wishing Well facing a big bill.
• Friday: Robert and Aaron make their play and Kev’s secrets catch up with him in a police cell.

Bear reaches breaking point, the Dingles juggle debts and Kev finally faces the law

The village is split between the shadowy operation on Celia’s land and the familiar chaos of Dingle life. Bear is pushed into a horrifying role at Anya’s burial, while Nicola starts nosing around Ray’s background. Back at Wishing Well, Lydia’s big night turns into a financial headache, and Robron decide it’s time to stop letting Kev call the shots.

Monday — a graveside ceremony in the dark

Bear is forced to bury Anya under Ray and Celia’s watchful eyes

Bear is horrified to learn Anya’s body has been dumped in a feed shed like rubbish. He challenges Ray, demanding some shred of dignity for the woman who’s suffered enough. Ray coolly promises a proper goodbye and uses soft words to keep Bear onside.

Later, Celia reveals her plan for a makeshift funeral in one of Butler’s fields, stripped of mourners, clergy and any real comfort. Bear is gutted when she tells him he’ll be the one digging Anya’s grave. Every shovel of soil feels like a betrayal, but Ray and Celia’s eyes on his back make it clear there’s no safe way to refuse.

At the graveside, Bear delivers an emotional speech that parrots their version of events while his heart breaks. Captives Mick and Simo stand nearby and quietly urge him not to trust Ray, hinting that they’re working on an escape. Bear listens, caught between the fear of punishment and the growing belief that staying loyal will destroy him.

Ray pauses operations as Nicola snoops and Dylan feels the squeeze

Back in the village, Nicola grows increasingly uneasy about Laurel’s relationship with Ray. A quick bit of online digging leaves her with more questions than answers about his past. The more she finds, the less she likes the idea of him being woven into their lives.

Ray senses the walls closing in and discreetly pauses parts of his operation. Mule Dylan is warned to ease off pushing drugs until things quieten down. For Dylan, who thought he was just running errands for easy cash, the conversation is a wake-up call that he’s in far deeper than he realised.

On the farm, talk of a “rat” spreads as Ray tries to work out where the leaks are. Every glance suddenly feels loaded, and Bear can feel suspicion starting to circle. With Anya’s grave still in his mind and Mick and Simo’s whispers in his ear, he knows any misstep could be deadly.

Wednesday — Jason Donovan, power cuts and empty pockets

Lydia’s concert dream becomes a money nightmare at Wishing Well

Lydia is crestfallen when she counts her spare change and realises she hasn’t saved enough for Jason Donovan tickets. What she doesn’t know is that Belle and Sam have already secretly totalled the coins and think they can just about stretch to two seats. They head off full of excitement, determined to surprise her with the perfect night out.

By the time they reach the box office, the tickets are gone and the plan crumbles in seconds. Refusing to let Lydia miss out, the pair improvise a VIP experience at Wishing Well Cottage instead. Lydia is blindfolded and led into a living room turned “arena”, touched and amused by their homemade glamour.

As she belts out Jason hits on a tinny karaoke machine, the lights suddenly flicker and cut out altogether. Noah sheepishly admits the wiring is so bad they’ll need serious work done. Lydia realises that their pretend concert has accidentally exposed a very real and very expensive problem.

Sam and Belle scramble for solutions as the Dingles count every penny

The morning after, Lydia laughs off the karaoke disaster and insists missing a concert isn’t the end of the world. Sam, though, can’t shake the guilt that their grand gesture has landed them with a massive bill. Belle quietly adds up farm costs and repair quotes, and the numbers don’t look kind.

She starts sketching out a plan to plug the gap with extra hours and careful cutbacks. It’s not glamorous, but the Dingles have always survived on a mix of graft and gallows humour. They joke about adding “bring your own torch” to the cottage rules, even as the worry sits heavy underneath.

Later, Lydia confides that always being the sensible one is beginning to wear her down. Sam reminds her of all the times they’ve pulled off miracles with far less money and support. For all the stress, the sight of her family turning their cramped living room into a concert venue is the bit she’ll remember.

Friday — Robron’s gambit and Kev’s day in the interview room

Liam tells the truth and Robert and Aaron set their trap

Robert’s patience finally snaps as Kev grows bolder after the armed robbery. Liam is strung out, knowing Kev has been leaning on him to prop up a fake story about a serious heart condition. When Robert and Aaron press him, Liam breaks and admits the illness was invented to control Chas and everyone else.

The confession changes everything for Robron, who realise just how carefully they’ve been played. They take the truth to Chas and outline a plan to get Kev out of their lives for good. It’s risky, but they know that doing nothing will only embolden him further.

With Chas reluctantly on board, Robert and Aaron set about feeding the right information to the right people. They’re banking on Kev slipping up and the police doing what the family can’t. As they wait, the distance between their old pub-running routine and this new world of schemes and threats feels enormous.

Kev is arrested as Ray hunts for a rat and Bear weighs his chances

When the police finally arrive, Kev is genuinely blindsided and dragged in for questioning. In the interview room, charm and bluster don’t land as well with officers holding hard evidence. For once he’s the one staring at people who aren’t afraid to walk away.

Word of the arrest travels fast through the Woolpack and beyond. Liam feels a rush of relief laced with shock at how close he came to losing everything over a bully. Chas publicly backs Robert and Aaron while privately wondering how many more shocks her family can absorb.

On Celia’s land, Ray is rattled by the sense that his empire is leaking from more than one corner. He starts scanning the operation for signs of disloyalty, and Bear can feel the scrutiny lingering on him. With Anya in the ground and the threat level rising, he realises staying put might be just as dangerous as making a break for it.