Seasons & episodes

As Robert drops Katie off at work, Sadie takes the opportunity to let him know she will be paying him a visit later on. The seductress turns up at the garage and unbuttons her coat to reveal a sexy top underneath. With only one thing on her mind, she begins to kiss Robert passionately and he feels powerless to resist her advances.

It's the morning of the twins’ birthday and Marlon pretends to have forgotten while secretly planning a surprise party for the boys. Later on he entertains the kids by dressing up as a clown, but mid-party, Lilith turns up and Marlon is devastated as she bundles her children out of the door.

Steph is stunned when the police turn up and arrest her on suspicion of Shelly’s murder. At the police station, Steph tries to lie her way out of trouble but when she is confronted with DNA evidence she is forced to confess that Shelly returned and that she did tie her up in the cellar.

Steph meets her new solicitor and tells him to apply for bail that day. However, Steph is horrified when she is refused bail and told that she will appear in the crown court in seven days.

Charity spends an awkward morning at home with Tom’s friend Helen while the men enjoy a round of golf. Hurt by Helen's cutting remarks about her culinary skills, Charity can’t help but retaliate by pointing out that the fattening meal she has prepared is a heart attack in the making.

Following the death of his friend, Tom is overcome with grief and can’t help but dwell over his own mortality. Charity comforts her husband-to-be but despite her assurance that their age gap isn’t a problem, he insists he's only got a few years left and she's better off without him.

After an altercation with Bob in the street, Viv takes out her hurt on the customers in the cafe and ends up locking herself in the stock cupboard for the morning. Meanwhile, Bob is equally miserable as he clears out the cellar at The Woolpack. Dawn and Scott come up with an idea to force their parents together and they book them a surprise holiday.

Chas is pleased when she has a friendly chat with Carl in the pub, but feels humiliated when he leaves after a call from Chloe. Over at Dale View, Jimmy drops by to see Chloe but promptly leaves when he realises Carl is also home.

Chloe is delighted when she wakes up with Carl and is thrilled when he insists to Jimmy that she have half the day off to help him celebrate his recent promotion.

Paul is devastated when his boyfriend Enzo turns up and tells him that he thinks they should end their relationship. Paul is clearly gutted but puts on a brave face and insists that Enzo still meet his family.

Rodney wakes up feeling awful after his homophobic outburst. He feels even worse when Paul tells him that Enzo has ended their relationship. Later, in The Woolpack, Rodney apologises to Paul for his drunken ranting and is relieved to hear that he wasn’t the cause of their break-up. Rodney attempts to makes things better but makes them a hundred times worse with an insensitive remark about Paul soon picking someone up in bar.

Sadie offers to look after Jean for Zoe. Jimmy is sceptical about his wife's sudden interest in childcare and tells her that because she's spending the morning with someone else's kid it doesn’t mean she really wants one of her own. Sadie tells Jimmy that she has an appointment with their doctor and she would like him to come along.

Katie is a bag of nerves as the King's party gets underway. To conquer her nerves she decides to have a glass of champagne or two. While Katie's back is turned, Sadie tells Robert to meet him at Pear Tree Cottage in five minutes.

Cain wastes no time in profiting from his discovery of Sadie’s affair. He stops her in the village and says that he would have thought she liked them a bit older. Sadie is dismayed to learn that he knows about Robert and is horrified when Cain reveals that he’s wearing Jimmy’s watch.

Tom is concerned when Charity tells him she's going to the gym. He is a worried man when he learns that Dean will be giving her a lift. At the office, Tom tells Jimmy and Carl that Charity will be working with them two days a week.

Sadie invites Dean to have lunch at Holdgate Farm. Sadie congratulates Charity on a successful meeting the day before and tells Tom that she's an asset to the family.

Cain pays Robert a visit at the garage and demands money. Realising that Cain knows all about his affair with Sadie, Robert lets Cain take the money that's in the petty cash tin.

Paul looks forward to his first family Christmas at Mill Cottage. Zak arrives and attempts to sell Rodney a sack full of mistletoe. Paul advises him to buy it. Later, Paul asks Simon whether he's told his mother yet whether he’ll be spending Christmas with them.

The thought of spending Christmas without Simon makes Nicola miserable. In the café, she is ecstatic when Simon presents her with tickets for a Christmas holiday in the Caribbean. Simon tells Nicola that he felt awful upsetting the woman he loved just to please his mam.

Diane gets a shock when Val turns up at the pub with an Italian toy boy, Gianni on her arm. Paul and Diane speculate as to how Val bagged the stallion and worry when he flirts with Chas and Louise. Val is adamant that she has found the real thing with Gianni, but has she really found lasting love?

Diane finds Val in tears and is shocked to hear that Gianni has left her following a row. Diane offers a sympathetic ear and boosts her sister by telling her that she is delighted to have her home. Later on Paul tells Diane he saw Val handing Gianni cash before he left and they both become suspicious.

Dawn continues to try to wind up Scott by telling him that she might be seeing Greg again that night. However, Scott calls her bluff by suggesting they double date with him and Jenny.

Viv and Bob return from their holiday more divided than ever. Bob heads straight round to see Dawn and is horrified when he catches her kissing Scott.

Donna and Marlon organise a family dinner with the intention of telling the Hopes about their relationship. With Viv and Bob at loggerheads, the night is a disaster before it has even begun and when Viv hears that her daughter is seeing a Dingle she is openly outraged.