Emmerdale star celebrates four months in the village – and reveals more to come

Emmerdale’s Bradley Riches has celebrated four months in the village.

Bradley’s character Lewis Barton was first introduced to us when he wrote a letter to Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) back in May of this year. He confirmed that he is Emma Barton’s son, and was adopted when he was very little.

Lewis was hoping to meet some of his family in the village and learn more about the life Emma lived, completely oblivious to the dark events that occurred as a result of his mum’s actions.

At first, Lewis’ brother Ross Barton (Michael Parr) seemed reluctant to meet up with the new face. He then decided to go for it, concluding he didn’t really have anything to lose.

Ross enjoyed chatting to Lewis at first, but his constant questions about Emma and the rest of the Barton clan left him feeling overwhelmed. His priority was to protect Moira, which meant lying to Lewis about who their mum was and how she died.

His curiosity about his new brother grew when Ross learnt that Lewis was growing cannabis plants in his loft. At this point, Ross and Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) decided to join forces to try and raise some money to give to Moira, who was struggling with farm fines.

Lewis and Ross share the same mum (Picture: ITV)

The fact that Lewis carefully grew the plants primarily for medicinal use was completely ignored by Ross and Mack, as they decided to break into Lewis’ house and steal some of the products.

Unfortunately for the pair, Lewis had cameras in the loft, which meant he caught Mack breaking in. He locked the door, and told Ross he wouldn’t let Mackenzie out until he finds out what really happened to Emma.

It was at this point Lewis discovered that Moira Dingle murdered his mum. He thought about reporting her to the police, but Ross told his brother it would be pointless – the police probably wouldn’t believe him but even if they did, Ross would tell them about his sibling growing cannabis.

It’s certainly been a busy few months for Lewis. Just recently, star Bradley Riches took to Instagram to share a picture of him as Lewis, and reflected on everything his character has been through so far.

And there’s plenty more ahead!

Lewis works in the cafe with Nicola King (Picture: ITV)

‘How I feel that Lewis has officially been on screens for 4 months’, he wrote.

‘He’s been through a LOT. Met his Half- Brother. Met his mums Murderer. Found out the truth about his mum. Got his 🪴 stolen. Started working in the cafe. Brought shares in the cafe. And so much more…

‘But what’s to come…’

Lewis has proved to many members of the village that he’s a determined young man.

After expressing his interest in becoming a successful businessman, he spied an opportunity when he saw Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) struggling to manage everything on her own in the café.

He decided to help her out, and then learnt Nicola’s partner Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) was still reaping the benefits of the business, despite no longer being here.

Bradley is also known for his role in Heartstopper (Picture: ITV)

With that, Lewis contacted Brenda and bought her shares. The friendship he’s built with Nicola since then has been unexpected, but fans are thoroughly enjoying it.

When Lewis was feeling overwhelmed with everything in the café recently, he put his headphones on and decided to tidy up in the back. The move left Nicola surprised, but she understood when Lewis explained that music helps with his autism.

The duo then decided to implement this as a technique to help them both switch off from the stress.

Elsewhere, Lewis has highlighted his matchmaking skills and managed to get Ross back with Steph Miligan (Georgia Jay).

This sadly didn’t last long, as Ross failed to tell Steph that he had slept with Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) in the time they weren’t a couple.

The discovery of Ross’ lie left Steph heartbroken. She chose to leave the village and go travelling, and Ross was gutted.

Unsurprisingly, Ross took to drowning his sorrows and self destructing. He slept with Manpreet again, and also Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins).

In the aftermath of this fling, Ross learnt that Charity is pregnant.

He has been insistent a DNA test needs to be conducted, but Charity is still adamant that she is carrying Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) and Jacob Gallagher’s (Joe-Warren Plant) baby.

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