Al Chapman (Michael Wildman) has kept his cards pretty close to his chest since arriving in the eponymous village of Emmerdale, but his backstory was revealed in the last of the lockdown specials.
Marlon (Mark Charnock) was forced to move out of his home during the lockdown period due to plumbing issues, and therefore both he and Ellis (Aaron Anthony) took up residence in Charity (Emma Atkins) and Vanessa’s (Michelle Hardwick) house.
However, he was devastated to discover that Ellis had invited Al to stay with them, as he had nowhere else to go.
Al maintained his cold approach to parenting throughout much of the instalment, but when he came to realise just how close Marlon and Ellis were, he begged the Woolpack chef not to take his son away from him.
For the first time, Marlon had seen a shred of humanity in Al — something which continued to grow throughout lockdown.
Ellis later confronted his dad, questioning him as to why he had never been a particularly good parent — while requesting to know why his parents were never allowed to be a topic of conversation.
Such a conversation prompted Al to reveal that he was a ‘lonely’ child, and an orphan.
‘A nice white couple adopted me,’ he said, ‘but at ten I wasn’t cute anymore. I was just an angry black kid, so they put me in care. They never saw me again.’
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As the days progressed, Al revealed that he wasn’t wanted — which was something Ellis clearly related to.
With Al having finally opened up, it appeared as if both he and Ellis could finally begin to make up for lost time.
Emmerdale continues Monday 29 June at 7pm on ITV.
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