Created 23rd December 2003
Updated & Finished 20th February 2004

I'd Like to Thank Karen Illingsworth from Yorkshire Telvision with help with the Production Credits:-

Production Credits :-

Director Philip Wood
Series Producer Steve Frost
Executive Producer: Keith Richardson

Friday 30th January 2004

Main title
EMMERDALE

Episode: 3649
Written by: LesleY Clare o'Neill

THIS PROGRAMME IS SUBTITLED

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Jack Sugden Clive Hornby
Diane Blackstock Elizabeth Estensen
Bernice Thomas Samantha Giles
Ashley Thomas John Middleton
Rodney Blackstock Patrick Hower
Katie Addyman Sammy Winward
Andy Sugden Kelvin Fletcher
Marlon Dingle Mark Charnock
Louise Appleton Emily Symons
Chas Dingle Lucy Pargeter
Chloe Atkinson Amy Nuttall
Siobhan Marsden Abigail Fisher
Sydney Woolfe Nathan Gladwell
Robert Sugden Karl Davies
Paul Marsden Matthew Booth
Nicola Blackstock Nicola Wheeler

Date: Friday 30 January Time: 7:00pm to 7:30pm

Subtitled, Widescreen, Audio-described

Review
It is Bernice's last day in the village, but will it be she or Ashley who must bid farewell to Gabby? Robert and Katie think that they have the house to themselves but the postman only knocks twice. Diane and Jack have cause for celebration.

Airing on ITV1

As Bernice prepares to leave the village, she is filled with remorse as she contemplates leaving her daughter for a second time. Having desperately enjoyed spending time with Gabby, she begins to think what life would be like if she took her to Brighton.

Knowing she would have a fight on her hands, Bernice confides in her father Rodney, telling him she is not sure she can leave Gabby with Ashley knowing she would be so far away. Having bottled up her maternal instincts for so long, Bernice goes to see Ashley intending to tell him she is taking their daughter with her. Will the vicar give up his daughter to his estranged wife as she bids farewell to the village?

Katie tells Andy she is going to the library but instead goes to see Robert. As he undresses her, there is a knock at the door from Paul and in his bedraggled state Robert is forced to admit to him that he is inside with a girl. Katie leaves, nervous about being caught for real and rejects Robert’s suggestion of continuing their steamy liaison in a hotel.

Chloe admits to Siobhan that she thinks Chas is after Syd and later when she sees them flirting with each other in the pub she is furious. She confronts Chas who dismisses that there is anything to it but Chloe storms off in a jealous rage.

ITV.COM Bernice Finds Her Conscience Friday 30.01.04 Diane and Jack both wake up very happy, though the 5:30am start isn't popular. Marlon and Louise are equally joyous on hearing the news, and break out the champagne for breakfast. Diane wants a low-key wedding, but Marlon gets slightly drunk and when Jack comes in at lunchtime he stops the whole pub to announce the engagement and to propose a toast to love.

Katie's had enough of the garage as a romantic venue, and she tells Andy she's going to the library so she can see Robert at his instead. They are snogging furiously when a knock on the door disturbs them - it's Paul with a registered letter, who works out Robert's got a woman inside. He's cocky, but Katie is so spooked that she decides they need another venue or else. Later she completely forgets the lie about the Library. Meanwhile one relationship is saved while another looks on the rocks. Siobhan and Paul finally manage to get back on the rails, whereas Chloe is increasingly worried about the flirting between Chas and Syd - particularly when she finds that he started it.

Bernice is really pleased for her mother, but doesn't want to leave Gabby behind at the end of the day. She tells Rodney that she had been glad to leave Gabby, that she'd been part of the problem. But now she wants her back, and she should be with her mother. Rodney can't reassure her about this, and sends her to talk to Ashley immediately. Bernice hints about Gabby coming to Brighton, a good environment and a now a stable home with Charlie. Unfortunately Ashley thinks she's talking about visits, and Bernice has nowhere to manouvre. Later she tells Rodney she just couldn't break Ashley and Gabby up, and that night she drives away alone.