Seasons & episodes

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.

Jason and Lisa talk over a cup of tea about the building regulations. Zak enters the house and yells for Cain. Sam wants to go and help Cain but Zak tells him to feed the pigs. Emily comes out of the Sugdens and Jack calls to her to help hitch the trailer. Emily is miles away, thinking about her family. Zak tells Cain to treat Sam a bit better. Cain sees Sam and goes to hit him. Zak splits them up and says Sam can go along too. Gloria is cleaning in Eric's house. They chat about Michael and the little things that will impress him. Zak, Cain and Sam go to Eric's house and ask Gloria if they can see him. Gloria claims he is not at home. Ed is talking to Jason in the Woolpack. The Dingles arrive. They are still disgruntled about Eric. Zak tells Sam he has to keep a watch on Eric's house.

Lisa arrives at the barn and Zak tells her they will see the money. Eric arrives and says he hasn't got the money. Cain starts the chain saw. Eric says he was only joking and hands the money to Lisa. Eric tells them to drop all his souvenirs off tomorrow morning. Lisa and Zak say they will go for a drink. Cain sees Angie and says he will catch them up later. Ollie and Donna get off the bus and chat together. Donna tells Ollie she slept with Marc. Ollie laughs. Donna asks Ollie what it was like the first time for her. Ollie says it was fine. Cain sees Angie putting some rubbish out, they kiss. Len calls out to Angie and asks her if she wants a cup of tea. Cain leaves. Eric returns home; he is cross about the Dingles. Gloria is cooking supper.

Zak is lamenting about selling the barn to Eric and says he cannot bear having to look at it every time he leaves the house. Lisa reminds him that he was pleased when he sold it for £2000 plus the payment for all the work and labour they did on it. Eric arrives with Gloria to show her around the factory. Gloria comments on how lovely it is. Zak walks up to them draws a line in the dirt with his foot and declares the land as "Dingle land" saying that Eric is not allowed to step over this line. Zak exits followed by Lisa. Cain walks up to Sam and wants to know if he was discussing Angie. Cain threatens him to keep quiet. Gloria and Eric are in the factory

Marc and Donna get up close and personal at the Reynolds' house. The pair are caught red-handed - and in their dressing gowns - by Viv and a huge showdown begins, leaving Marc with the overriding feeling that going out with Donna was becoming more trouble than it was worth. Elsewhere, Cain has big ideas about their relationship, but Angie’s getting cold feet and Jack struggles to resist the temptations of hard cash.

Angie is getting ready at the B&B. Cain wants her to get back into bed but she refuses. At breakfast at the Reynolds', Len says that he saw Viv last night and she mentioned that Donna and Marc had been in her house alone. Marc is elusive. Meanwhile, Viv is telling Donna off at breakfast about spending time with Marc. Donna arrives at the Reynolds house and listens to Marc and Jonny talking about her and Bev. Jonny jumps to the conclusion that Marc and Bev are together. Andy gives Jack £20 for the bills, they claim they have saved up the pocket money which Kathy gave them whilst he was in prison. Virginia gets cross with Andrew for staring at Charity. Donna is sitting on a bench in the village and watches Bev go into the Woolpack. Donna storms into the Woolpack and yells at Bev, asking her what is going on with her and Marc. Everyone in the Woolpack is listening as Donna shouts that Bev told Marc to dump her and then she had sex with him.

Robert finds Andy with more cigarettes from Cain but refuses to help sell them. Robert then stumbles across Jack's hidden cash stash in the barn and assumes it is Andy's. Andy is shocked when Robert questions him about his find and takes the money off him, thinking it must be Cain's. Cain can't believe his luck when Andy hands the money over to him. Bev is stunned to learn that Donna thinks she has been having a sexual liaison with Marc and heads round to talk to her and tell her that that is not the case. She heads over to the Reynolds' to get an explanation from Marc and is surprised when she comes under fire from Angie. Elsewhere, Charity and Scott spend a cosy evening together and the reality of Bernice's plight hits home and she breaks down in Rodney's arms.

With his financial problems mounting, Jack comes under increasing pressure to use the money that Harry had given him. But unbeknown to him, the decision has been taken out of his hands, thanks to his children. Faced with expensive repairs on his tractor, Jack decides to dip in to Harry's money. But he is shocked to discover that the cash had gone missing and he immediately suspects Andy. Jack confronts him and was mortified to hear that Andy had given it to Cain. Jack approaches Cain, but things begin to turn nasty when he refuses to return the money. Jack is forced to back down when Cain reveals that he knew that Andy was responsible for starting the barn fire that killed Sarah. Meanwhile, all is not as it seems with Charity and her party plans and Bev’s dilemma deepens as Viv takes official action.

Jack reads Andy the riot act after he gave Cain the counterfeit money. Jack's close to breaking as he wrestles to hide the truth from Diane. Andy goes to see Cain to ask for the money back, but is dismayed to find out that he spent it. Meanwhile, Chloe’s stunned when Charity admits she's having an affair - she refuses to reveal who, but insists she will continue to see Chris at the same time. Bev turns her anger on an unsuspecting Paddy and Bernice is determined to get her life back on track and go back to work following the miscarriage.