Seasons & episodes

The pressure's unbearable as Marlon bursts into the restaurant. Gloria's backed into a corner as she struggles to come up with the cash. Lisa has harsh words for Zak.

Tricia's idea of initiative leaves Marlon with a nasty taste in his mouth. Desperation leaves Gloria to seek solace in the church. Len receives an offer he can't refuse.

Gloria fights for life as the truth hits home for Eric and Ashley. Gloria comes round in hospital to find Ashley at her bedside, and, mistakenly, believes him to have been the one who saved her. When Ashley explains otherwise, Gloria is pleasantly surprised. She wouldn't have thought of Eric as her knight in shining armour, but she sees a side of him that wasn't apparent before. It soon becomes clear that trying to kill herself wasn't the answer and her friends rallied round her. She then realises she should have turned to them in the first place and is very happy to have the chance to accept their offers of help. It feels good to have off-loaded the guilt she was harbouring. Meanwhile, there's gossip in the village as the Sugdens return from Spain and Tricia’s miffed when Cain and Zak arrive bearing unwanted gifts for her and Marlon.

Gloria is discharged from hospital following her suicide attempt and stays at the vicarage, much to the surprise of the entire village. Paddy’s stunned to hear from Zoe about Gloria and blames Eric for her despair, but when Eric feels no sympathy and intimates that Paddy had at one point felt like Gloria did after Mandy left him, Paddy, enraged, grabs him and furiously tells Eric that he doesn't know how he felt, but that is not the case. Eric tells a stunned Paddy that he, too, tried to kill himself. Robert finds Richie in the street and demands to know who killed Sarah, but when Richie refuses to divulge who did it, Robert hurls a rock through Richie's car window. Alan questions Jack over his intentions towards Diane, but Jack assures him that he hasn't got any.

Ready for a meeting, Richie is furious to find that his car window has been smashed in and calls Angie. He points her in Robert's direction, as he was Richie's only visitor last night. Jack is surprised to find out that Robert visited Richie and he talks to the boys about who smashed the window. Robert owns up, telling Jack that he visited Richie because he wanted to know who killed Sarah. Jack is furtherly devastated when Andy, worried that the trial was going against his father, admits that he told Richie that he started the fire. Meanwhile, Gloria’s surprised by a guilty proposal from Eric and Rodney senses there’s something going on between Diane and Alan.

Jack is determined to see that Richie keeps his word about Andy’s part in the fire. He heads round to Richie's for a chat, where Richie assures him that he will not say anything, feeling that spilling the beans about what Andy did will disrespect Sarah's memory. Jack asks Richie for a pint and they head over to The Woolpack together. When they leave when an argument between Viv, Bob, Terry, Carol and Diane breaks out, Richie's horrified when Jack delivers a sinister threat. Meanwhile, Angie heads to the farm off duty to get confirmation of the window smashing from Robert, who offers to pay for the damage; Eric’s disturbed by Gloria’s presence as the gossip gains momentum and Carlos is surprised by a baby picture of Nicola.

Diane opens her heart to Jack, but will he want her back? Andrew and Charity disappear for the day, leaving Chris to suspect an affair. A stolen kiss gives Carlos food for thought.

It's the day of Diane and Bernice's dinner party. Diane wallows in self-pity after her dumping from Jack. And Bernice suffers from an ultra shock when she catches Nicola and Carlos kissing! Chris is becoming more and more possessive over Charity and when she slips off for the day with Zoe, he's sent on the warpath to find her whereabouts. Jason finds an unordinary friend in Edna while Angie and Cain arrange a rendezvous at the Reynolds' house with the family out for the night. However, the night of passion ends in tatters when Ollie and Len arrive home earlier than expected, and the two are nearly caught in bed together. Seth and Ed find a friend in one another and Seth offers his advice on working at Home Farm.

Chris is determined to break Andrew, while there's competition in the air as the village prepares for a quiz night at the Woolpack.

Rodney informs Bernice and Ashley that he intends to stay in the village for longer than he had intended after forming several business deals with Chris Tate. Marlon is furious with Tricia when he discovers that she's bidden on a vast majority of items that they don't need at an auction and all have been accepted. With business also lacking, he's lost for words when they are both told that no refunds are available and the total cost is over £300. Len attempts to play matchmaker with Sean and Angie. However, when Len prompts Sean to visit Angie, who they believe to be at home alone, Cain and Angie are nearly caught in the act again. After a muffled row with Sean and throwing him out,

Tricia storms out, leaving Marlon anxious he's gone too far. Chris is shocked when Charity turns the tables on his jealousy. Heartbroken, Sean takes comfort from Kathy.

Bernice spends the day threatening about names for the baby; she doesn't want anything too common. Business is lacking at Chez Marlon and Tricia isn't the favourite person on everyone's list. In an attempt to help Marlon, she humiliatingly asks for her job back at The Woolpack, whom Bernice refuses. The lads from Tenant House and Ashley put on their running shoes and compete through a jog around the village. Rodney lets slip to Tricia that Diane may be playing both Alan and Jack at the same time. Tricia heatedly confronts Diane about this in front of a crowd in the pub, and is once again humiliated when the whole thing turns out to be a sham. With her life sloping down quicker than the speed of light, Tricia sulks in her own misery.

Tricia is reeling with embarrassment after the events of the previous day. Bernice is shocked to find out Carlos has stayed the night at The Vicarage and decides Nicola has outstayed her welcome. She persuades Diane to take Nicola up at the pub. Diane's seedy love life is at the height of gossip throughout the village, and when Viv lets onto Richie that her and Jack may have been at it when Sarah was still alive, he is furious and releases his temper out on Diane in the Woolpack. Alan lets known to Tricia how truly disappointed he is with her recent actions. Diane gives Rodney a piece of her mind and he too has a few insults to trade. Bernice decides that Tricia has truly run her course with her mouth and sets out on a confrontation.

Bernice's world comes crashing down around her when, already reeling from her row with Tricia, she goes to the hospital for her first scan - only to be told she has lost the baby. When she and Ashley arrive at the hospital for the scan, they don't even consider the possibility that something could be wrong - they're too busy chatting about how happy they are. But when the nurse performing the scan hurries off to fetch a doctor, Bernice soon realises that something is very wrong, and it's not long before her worst fears are confirmed. Bernice has what is called a missed miscarriage - she probably miscarried a few days earlier, but the baby hasn't come away properly yet, which is why she hadn't realised. At first she thinks they've made a mistake, and she goes into denial. The final seeds of mistrust are sown between Marlon and Tricia when she admits that she had slept with Gavin.

Bernice is in complete shock with the news of her miscarriage. Ashley tries to keep a brave face on for the sake of his wife, but there's only little time he can keep up the act. She wants to keep a low-profile, but when the news is broken too everyone, her family rally around her. Tricia confides in Terry about being the unpopular source of the village. He reassures her that she's loved. However, when she makes the mistake of bringing Bernice flowers without knowing of her miscarriage, receiving a scolding from Rodney and being neglected from Marlon for the second time, Tricia walks out on her nearest and dearest. Bob tries to flog a cupid table to Carol through Terry, with the thinking mind of helping Viv, despite her and Carol's brooding conflict. Chris cancels a night with Charity once again and she's bored of playing second best with his business. She decides to spend the night entertaining Scott in Chez Marlon, despite Chris later changing his mind.

Marlon’s wakes up to find Tricia is missing. He enquires at the pub, and at the vicarage after he hears about Bernice's miscarriage. His world collapses as he realises that Tricia is really gone. Heartbroken Ashley is concerned about Bernice's state of mind as she hasn't cried at all. Carol is taken in by Terry’s ruse.

Tara returns to Home Farm, leaving Chris and Zoe wondering what her motives are. Meanwhile, Ashley struggles to get through to Bernice.

Marlon still waits for news of Tricia and rushes to the door when the postman bring some letters. He rifles through them and finds a small card that tells him that she's safe and well, but requests that he does not try to look for her as she is better off without him, much to his dismay. He heads to The Woolpack to show Alan, who tells him that she has, at least, made the effort to contact him, but advises him to give her time. Meanwhile, Bernice expresses her surprise about Edna's comforting words, while the reality of the miscarriage hits home for Ashley when young mother Sharon brings her daughter round to the vicarage and he breaks down in Bernice's arms. Elsewhere, Jack’s forced to face the reality of selling the farm and Andrew’s caught in the feud between Chris and Tara.

Chris’ uncontrollable jealousy overwhelms him and he gets the wrong end of the stick when Zoe mentions that Terry has been spending a lot of time with Charity, especially since Terry keeps getting sent to check up on her. His jealousy goes too far when he accuses Terry of having an affair with Charity. Terry is furious at the accusation and resigns.Jack avoids telling the boys the truth about the farm when he gets dressed up in a suit and tie and lies that he's going off to an auction for farm implements. In the Woolpack, he tells Betty, Seth and Alan that he actually went to the job centre, but had no luck. Meanwhile, there's much speculation about Paddy and Emily.

While Jack is working out on the farm, he finds a body lying amongst the hay and is shocked to discover it is his cellmate Harry. Harry stirs and Jack takes him indoors to warm up. Following a hot bath, Harry explains that he was released after serving his sentence while on remand, but his family isn't interested in him, so he thought he could count on Jack for a bed for the night. After acquainting himself with the kids, he tells Jack the real reason why he's there - to give Jack £3000 in used notes. Chris is forced to concede that he made a mistake in accusing Terry of having an affair with Charity, and heads round to persuade Terry to come back to work, even using a bottle of malt whiskey as a peace offering. Betty’s on the trail of some hot gossip and delights in telling Bev about Emily lodging with Paddy.

Jack admits to Harry that he doesn't want him hanging around, for fear of him being a constant reminder to the kids of Jack's time in prison, much to Harry's sadness. Harry asks Jack if he's thought about his proposition, but Jack is vehemently certain that he doesn't want the money and offers Harry to stay another night, but Harry feels he needs to move on. That night, after saying goodbye to Harry, Jack goes to bed and is stunned to find that Harry has left the money in Jack's bedside table. Meanwhile, Zoe’s surprised by a birthday treat from Charity and Lisa’s stunned to hear from Betty that Emily and Paddy are an item.

The Dingles get a shock when Sam unexpectedly returns. He feels that because he's Zak's only son and heir now that Butch is gone, he's let the family down by abandoning them, but Zak and Lisa feel awkward, knowing that they have something big to tell him. Cain comes back from seeing Angie, and Sam wonders why he's still here, but he's in for a surprise when Cain says, "'Ey up, bruv." Meanwhile, Jack wrestles with temptation regarding the counterfeit money that Harry left for him and he confides in Seth, feeling that the money might be able to keep the farm running for another couple of months. He heads into the barn and retrieves the fake money, just as Angie and a colleague arrive. Elsewhere, Gloria returns to work at the vet's surgery, but starts to feel the strain when she's forced to make a difficult choice.

At the factory Zak, Lisa, Sam and Cain are just finishing off their work as Jason enters. Zak talks about the party they are planning for that night but won't allow Eric even though Sam really wants him to go. Lisa tells Zak to stop trying to force Paddy and Emily together. Sam questions what is going on and Jason says he thinks they would not make a good couple. Lisa asks Cain to help but he says that he is busy; he will be spending the morning in bed with Angie. The Dingles laugh complimenting him on being so funny. In the Reynolds' kitchen, Ollie teases Marc about being bored as he has no school to go to. Len enters the kitchen following Angie, he is saying that he wants to see Lady Tara but Angie doesn't appreciate it when he asks if she is really that good looking

Eric continues to undermine the Dingles' attempts to finish the barn on time so that they incur penalties. He heads round to the homestead, picks up their tools and puts them in his car. Inside the house, the Dingles are suffering from a hangover. Jason arrives and reminds them that 5pm is the deadline. When they head outside to continue on with the work, Zak, Lisa and Jason realise their tools have been stolen. The building inspector comes round and proclaims that the building is up to standards and will overlook the drains since Eric is a county councillor, but Eric insists he must check the drains. Eric tells the Dingles that they will not get paid since they won't have finished the work by the end of the day. Meanwhile, Emily moves out of Paddy and Jason's to lodge with the Sugdens and Marc’s surprised by an unexpected offer he can’t refuse.