Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Emmerdale fans were left incredulous on Friday night (January 7) after the ITV announcer revealed a major spoiler at the start of the episode.
Viewers have been following serial killer Meena Jutla's (Paige Sandhu) reign of terror for months, which now appears to be coming to an end.
However, those waiting to find out what had happened to the evil nurse's sister, Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker), were disappointed as the announcer teased what was ahead and unintentionally revealed the major plot twist.
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Although details about whether Manpreet was alive were already in publicly-available spoilers, not all of the millions of viewers will have been aware of next week's developments, as it was teased on screen this week that Manpreet could be dead.
When the soap aired on Friday night, the announcer questioned whether a character could finally "come to Manpreet's rescue".
But as far as some fans were aware, Manpreet was dead after possibly being murdered by her criminal sister earlier in the week.
Meena was shown seemingly carrying a body, wrapped in plastic sheeting, preparing to dispose of it – before stating it was the body of her sister.
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But Manpreet is still alive, for now, as her sister is holding her captive in a barn – now joined by Vinny Dingle.
Taking to Twitter to vent their disappointment, one viewer tweeted: "Pointless avoiding spoilers online when the announcer does it seconds before the show starts #Emmerdale."
Another fan posted: "Lol the #ITV announcer casually giving away plot spoilers ahead of #emmerdale... 'can a villager come to Manpreet's rescue'....so she's not dead then!?"
A third added: "So annoying when you try to avoid spoilers and they do that!"
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.