Created & Finished 31st March 2004

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Production Credits :-

Tuesday 2nd March 2004

Main title
EMMERDALE

Episode: 3676

THIS PROGRAMME IS SUBTITLED

This episode of EMMERDALE is written by Janys Chambers, produced by Tim Key / Kathleen Beedles and directed by Dan Wilson. The executive producer is Keith Richardson and the series producer is Steve Frost. It is a Yorkshire Television production for ITV1.

IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE

Charity Tate Emma Atkins
Debbie Jones Charley Webb
Lisa Dingle Jane Cox
Zak Dingle Steve Halliwell
Sam Dingle James Hooton
Marlon Dingle Mark Chamock
Laurel Potts Charlotte Bellamy
Nicola Blackstock Nicola Wheeler
Simon Meredith Dale Meeks
Jack Sugden Clive Hornby
Robert Sugden Karl Davies
Steph Stokes Lorraine Chase
Jarvis Skelton Richard Moore
Shelly Williams Carolyn Pickles
Pearl Ladderbanks Meg Johnson
Ashley Thomas John Middleton
Viv Hope Deena Payne
Carl Tom Lister
Jimmy Nick Miles
Zoe Tate Leah Bracknell
Scott Windsor Ben Freeman
Paddy Kirk Dominic Brunt
Louise Appleton Emily Symons
Val Lambert Charlie Hardwick
Andy Sugden Kelvin Fletcher
Katie Sugden Sammy Winward
Warden Nancy Ryan Michelle Butt
Victoria Sugden Hannah Midgley

Tuesday 2 March 7.00 to 7.30 pm ITV1 & Wednesday 3 March 9.55 to 10.25 am ITV2

Subtitled, Widescreen, Audio-described

Review
Debbie keeps vigil at the hospital but receives heartbreaking news from Charity. Carl feels he might have failed as Zoe tries one last move to outwit her rivals. Ashley and Laurel kiss and make up.

The Dingles are in uproar when Charity states that she wants her baby adopted.

Charity (Emma Atkins) gazes into the incubator looking at her new-born son, realising that it is a miracle he survived the caesarean. Zak (Steve Halliwell) is convinced the baby is a Dingle, since despite weighing just over two pounds he appears to be a fighter.

Charity is quick to remind her family that her son could actually be a Tate. Although the Dingles refuse to believe this is the case, Charity delivers a further blow by insisting on having the baby adopted as soon as it is well enough.

Debbie (Charley Webb) struggles to accept her mother’s decision and offers to care for the baby herself. Charity brushes it off as an absurd idea, reminding her that the baby’s start in life would be far from secure with his mother serving a life sentence in prison.

Resigning herself to the fact that she will have to say goodbye to her new-born brother in the near future, Debbie can’t help but feel devastated.

Elsewhere in the village, with the council tender to collect refuse in the area up for grabs, Jimmy (Nick Miles) is determined to steal the contract from the Tates. Little does Zoe (Leah Bracknell) know that she has a spy in her midst as she places her trust in Carl (Tom Lister).

Meanwhile, Laurel (Charlotte Bellamy) is staying firmly behind closed doors since her allergy to shellfish has left her covered in red blotches. Nicola (Nicola Wheeler) is frustrated when the dizzy cleaner won’t tell Ashley (John Middleton) the truth about her sharp exit the night before and is refusing to come out of the house.

Nicola puts an end to her friend’s seclusion by sending Ashley round with a bottle of calamine lotion, much to Laurel’s embarrassment.

ITV.COM You Never Loved Me Tuesday 02.03.04 Charity’s baby seems to be responding to treatment and Debbie is delighted she has a brother at last. Her happiness is short-lived as Charity tells her she won’t be keeping the baby. Devastated, Debbie rushes out telling Charity she only thinks of herself and that doesn’t love the baby and she’s never loved her. Zak tells Charity that she’s been through a lot and is just a bit ‘unhinged’ and she’ll think differently when she’s more herself. However, Charity seems convinced that she can’t offer the baby a good start in life and must give him up for adoption.

Nicola calls on Laurel, who is very reluctant to let her in. Once she does finally let her in Nicola is amused to find that an allergic reaction to Ashley’s fish supper has left Laurel’s face lobster coloured and blotchy. Nicola sends Ashley round with a bottle of camomile lotion and Laurel reluctantly lets him in. Laurel agrees to try and be more honest with Ashley in future and not try so hard to please him.

Zoe is working around the clock to try and revise her tender for the refuse contract to make sure that she wins the bid. Carl looks worried when he hears that she’s going to be working all night to get things done. He’s promised Jimmy (aka the masked tyre slasher) that somehow or other he will obtain the details of the Tate tender before the deadline for bids. Carl will have to come up with a plan pretty smartish if he’s to steal the details of Zoe’s bid in time.