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Jimmy King’s (Nick Miles) shift behind the counter of the café on tonight’s Emmerdale will feature a big surprise when young Carl’s mum Juliette Holliday (Amelia Curtis) makes an unexpected reappearance.

But what does the returnee want? And will her comeback bring with it big drama for Jimmy and Nicola (Nicola Wheeler)? Here’s all you need to know about Juliette and her history on the soap:

When did Juliette first feature on Emmerdale?

The character was at the centre of a 2014 plotline that saw Juliette involved in a muddle at a local fertility clinic that left her impregnated with Jimmy’s sperm rather than that of her agreed donor.

After turning up subsequently in the village with the intention of getting Jimmy to waive rights to their unborn baby, Juliette ended up giving birth at Mill Cottage.

The newborn was named Carl (though Juliette was ignorant of the significance of this to the Kings) and Jimmy was initially given permission to have contact with the baby.

But a complication soon arose in the form of estranged husband Greg, whose reconciliation with Juliette resulted in Jimmy being denied access.

An impulsive Nicola then temporarily absconded with Carl, but ultimately returned the lad to his mother – with Jimmy managing to convince Juliette not to take the matter to the police.