Emmerdale hints at surprising alliance for Kim Tate and Caleb Miligan

Will they team up?

By Daniel Kilkelly

11 Jan 2023

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Emmerdale spoilers follow.

Emmerdale newcomer Caleb Miligan receives a tempting offer from Kim Tate next week.

Caleb is intrigued when Kim proposes that they should team up during a business meeting at Home Farm.

Late last year, Kim announced that she wanted to open up a stud farm. She then laid the groundwork by scaling back some of her other responsibilities, offering Gabby Thomas and Dawn Fletcher the chance to be her deputy so she could free up some time.

Next week's episodes see Kim's focus return to the stud farm as she shares the details with Caleb, who was introduced as Cain and Chas Dingle's long-lost brother last month.

Kim hopes that Caleb will be interested enough to invest in her business, but will he agree? Plus, if he does, could it be a recipe for disaster after the acrimonious history between the Tates and the Dingles?

Former Waterloo Road star Will Ash, who plays Caleb, recently spoke about his character's backstory — which looks likely to tie in nicely with the new Kim storyline.

Will told Digital Spy and other media: "Caleb has made a lot of money from horses, so he's got a lot of money.

"He's had this bad thing happen to him where he's grown up in care, but he's decided he's not going to be a victim and he's going to turn his life around."

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Will continued: "Caleb grew up in a care home and it was horrible. But there [were] stables across the field and he used to go up there. He found solace there.

"As a really little kid, he used to ride the horses and work in the stables, and then started training them. He then started selling them, and he's made a lot of money. I mean a lot of money — he's got a really nice car!"

He added: "Caleb is a bit like Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, where he disappears then comes back with all this money. There's a bit of that for a few episodes where you're going: 'How's he got all this money and where's it all coming from?'

"Potentially, he'd love getting involved with Home Farm — certainly if he's going to stay in the village."

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.