‘Emmerdale’s Mandy Dingle is set to manipulate her family when she returns to the soap.
Lisa Riley’s character will return to the Dales next week and Lisa admitted that Mandy thinks the Dingles have gone soft and she wants to "get the fight back".
She told Digital Spy: "I think Mandy thinks the Dingles are all a bit settled.
"She wants to mix it up a bit and get the fight back. She might even manipulate a few of them to get what she wants, which is money!"
And Mandy is set to get some help in her scheming from her son Vinny (Bradley Johnson).
She said: "Vinny is Mandy’s son, so she will have taught him everything over the last 17 years – how to survive, how to manipulate, how to get money. So maybe Vinny isn’t who we think he is, so maybe that’s what’s going to be explored.
"Mandy is a really good teacher, so she could have told Vinny to say anything."
However, Lisa would not say how long Mandy is back for.
She said: "I’m not allowed to tell people how long I’m back for. But I do keep saying that we are just about to shoot Christmas.
"That’s exciting for everybody. I’ve been told off in the street after last time. People said: ‘How dare you only come back for four episodes?’ I feel like I’ve let people down!
"But I’m back for longer this time – Mandy’s got her Christmas knickers, that’s what I keep saying!"
Mandy Dingle to manipulate Dingles on soap return
