Emmerdale: Jacob Gallagher hour long A&E special to air as he's tested on placement

Emmerdale is set on air an hour long special episode focused on Jacob Gallagher in which he is tested during his work placement.

This special episode of the soap will air in January and will follow Jacob’s first day working in A&E.

These upcoming scenes will show the stresses of working in a high-pressure environment, dealing with life-threatening emergencies. But, will Jacob take it all in his stride?

Emmerdale's Jacob serious in hospital promo — Jacob is tested (Credit: ITV)

Emmerdale to air special A&E episode for Jacob

With Jacob currently studying medicine at university whilst also sticking around in the village, he’s about to start his work placement in A&E as the new year comes around.

And, the soap is dedicating a whole hour episode to following him on his journey. This will see him start his first day at the hospital.

This episode will see Jacob’s limits get tested. He’ll be involved in helping save the lives of patients in need.

But, will this all be too much for Jacob to handle? Or, will he come out of this test stronger than before?

Emmerdale's Jacob serious — The episode will air in January (Credit: ITV)

Joe Warren-Plant shares thoughts on upcoming Jacob scenes

Actor Joe Warren-Plant has now revealed his thoughts on the upcoming episode, sharing: “When I met with our producer Sophie, she told me about this hour-long episode dedicated to Jacob’s first day of placement in A&E. I was hit with all these emotions.

“Knowing how many people have this high pressure job for real gave me the pressure to really knuckle down and get it right. Tackling this storyline scared me at first, but I feel honoured to know they trusted me enough to tell it. That means such a lot and I feel very honoured.”

Soap producer Sophie Roper also said: “When Jacob first embarked on his aspirations of having a medical degree we knew at some point we wanted to show a day in his life. In this episode we step away from our usual environs of the village and head to the hospital.

“This episode takes place entirely on our purpose built hospital set. Accident and Emergency is a place many of our characters end up in, but seldom by choice. As the episode unfolds, Jacob will encounter some challenging situations that also affect some of our Emmerdale villagers, pushing Jacob to his limits both professionally and personally.”

But, which villagers may end up in hospital? With Jacob’s mum Leyla’s death being reported, could we see her die whilst Jacob is on placement?

Emmerdale usually airs weeknights on ITV at 7.30pm, with an early release on ITVX at 7am.

Classic Emmerdale usually airs every weekday on ITV3 at 6am and 6.30am, plus 1.40pm and 2.10pm.

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