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Emmerdale airs explosive confrontation with Dr Caitlin Todd ahead of her death in early ITVX release

Warning: Contains spoilers for Thursday's episode of Emmerdale, which airs at 8pm on ITV1 or can be streamed now on ITVX.

Dr Todd looks suspicious in a scene from Emmerdale

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Published: Thursday, 6 August 2026 at 12:30 pm

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Twisted surgeon Dr Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker) has staged a return to Emmerdale.

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For months, Charity Dingle's (Emma Atkins) blackmailer and rapist has lived a relatively quiet life in Sheffield, evading justice for her crimes and living on the thousands of pounds she syphoned out of her victim.

During her absence, Charity has confided in a small number of close friends and family about her difficult situation. Husband Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) was forced to accept that she'd cheated on him and fell pregnant with Ross Barton's (Michael Parr) child while trying to act as surrogate for her granddaughter Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill).

Oblivious Sarah is now raising her own aunt, believing that she's her daughter.

Todd was using this information against Charity, and despite the betrayal, Mack has vowed to help her. There's also been intervention from Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick), who was sickened to learn what her former partner Todd was capable of.

Charity shouts in Dr Todd's face in a scene from Emmerdale

Emma Atkins as Charity Dingle and Caroline Harker as Dr Caitlin Todd in Emmerdale. ITV

The last time we saw the GP was when Mack challenged her at the new hospital she was working at. The conclusion of that episode provided an intriguing flash-forward scene, which revealed that Todd would eventually die.

In today's episode, Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) was attending a training session in Sheffield and bumped into Todd. She noted that they'd lost contact after she left Emmerdale, and invited her for lunch.

Following the meal, it became apparent that Manpreet had drank too much and needed dropping home. Todd couldn't resist the urge to stoke the fire and arrive back at the scene of her crimes.

Vanessa spotted her from across the road and launched a verbal attack, enraged by the fact she would have the audacity to return.

Vanessa Woodfield in a scene from Emmerdale

Michelle Hardwick as Vanessa Woodfield. ITV

Enraged by the confrontation, Todd decided to stick around and face-off with Charity again. She let herself into Jacob's Fold and awaited her return.

This will lead into a dramatic showdown later in the week, and another resident finding out about Todd's wrongdoings.

Could this also be when she meets her grisly end?

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Michael AdamsSoaps Editor

Michael Adams is the Soaps Editor at Radio Times, covering all of the hot gossip and spoilers from Weatherfield to Walford, Emmerdale to Hollyoaks and everywhere in-between. He joined the team from Metro, where he spent two years as a Soaps Reporter and previously worked on the sets of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

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