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

Production Credits :-

Director Henry Foster
Series Producer Steve Frost
Executive Producer: Keith Richardson

Wednesday 11th February 2004

Main title
EMMERDALE

Episode: 3659
Written by: Peter Kerry

THIS PROGRAMME IS SUBTITLED

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Steph Stokes Lorraine Chase
Alan Turner Richard Thorp
Shelly Williams Carolyn Pickles
Nicola Blackstock Nicola Wheeler
Pearl Ladderbanks Meg .lohnson
Laurel Potts Charlotte Bellamy
Donna Windsor Verity Rushworth
Katie Addyman Sammy Winward
Eric Pollard Christopher Chitteil
Diane Blackstock Elizabeth Estensen
Louise Appleton Emily Symons
Chas Dingle Lucy Pargeter
Ashley Thomas John Middleton
Aaron Livesy Danny Webb
Gordon Livesy Gerard Fletcher
Lisa Dingle Jane Cox
Robert Sugden Karl Davies
Rodney Blackstock Patrick Mower
Emily Kirk Kate McGregor

Date: Wednesday 11 February Time: 7:00pm to 7:30pm

Subtitled, Widescreen, Audio-described

Review
Emily implores Laurel to tell Ashley how she feels. Steph's jealousy ostracises her from those people closest to her, while she makes Pollard question his decision to sell to her. Chas and Aaron face the prospect of more time together.

Main Cast tonight :-
Kate McGregor, Charlotte Bellamy, John Middleton, Lorraine Chase, Christopher Chittell, Lucy Pargeter

Airing on ITV1

Laurel is disappointed when Nicola changes the roster meaning that she won’t be cleaning the vicarage. Longing to see Ashley, she is more than happy to babysit Gabby when the vicar asks for some help.

As Laurel plays with Gabby, Ashley is pleased as he likes having her around and asks if she has any other work commitments for that day. Laurel tells a white lie and secretly rings Nicola claiming she is unwell and cannot work for the rest of the day. They later enjoy a meal together and Ashley is so impressed with Laurel that he suggests she would be good at au pair work. Laurel is disheartened by his words, realising he can’t care that much for her if he is suggesting she go and work in another country. To make matters worse, Nicola later catches Laurel out and tells her off.

Having walked in on her father and best friend kissing the day before, Steph has taken the blossoming relationship badly and is behaving more childishly than ever. She later comes home to the B&B and tells Turner she is moving out, she would rather be dead than live under the same roof as them. Shelly offers to leave but Turner won’t hear of it.

Having heard that Pollard has gone into partnership with Steph, Rodney offers Pollard a quiet word of warning. But Pollard has already got more than he bargained for when Steph turns up on his doorstep with packed suitcases pleading homelessness.

ITV.COM Poison and Courage Wednesday 11.02.04 Eric has put new minority business partner Steph up for the night, but once the deal is official he finds her ordering him around and a turf war over desks breaks out. Shelly isn't sure she's worth Alan having another rift with his daughter, and is dreading work with Steph as her boss. Her fears are justified when Steph cruelly bullies her - the tub of lard who was dropped by all her friends. Steph later catches Shelly telling Alan of her day, accusing her of telling tales. She'd rather be dead than stay with the two of them, and tells Shelly she'll soon be completely alone as Alan's 'not got long'. Lisa and Rodney both warn Eric he may have picked the wrong business partner, and he's looking rattled to find even more of Steph's stuff in his house.

Katie's finally taking an interest in organising her wedding again, to the relief of Donna, even though the costs terrify her. Robert brings her a really expensive necklace he's bought as a token of remembering the time they had. She reluctantly accepts it. Chas spends time chatting to skateboarding son Aaron before his dad picks him up. Their talk about family brings them a little closer.

Nicola decides to suddenly change the rota so Laurel isn't looking after Ashley any more, but he blindly asks her to babysit instead of clean. Laurel persuades Pearl to cover for her, and has to lie when he asks her to stay late. He suggests she take up au pair work because she's so good at cleaning and with kids, which wasn't what she wanted to hear. When Diane publicly buys Laurel a drink for supporting Ashley, Nicola is furious to have lost money. Emily suggests Laurel tells Ashley outright, which Nicola thinks is madness, but Laurel decides she will find out once and for all.