Episode 1489 (18th September 1990)

Synopsis

It is Rachel's birthday and she is pleased to get a cheque from Joe & Kate. Kate is behaving strangely. Zoe insists that Kim tell Frank about Jock. Sarah's friend, w:c:emmerdale:Gerry phones & asks Sarah to go to the Algarve. Jack is not pleased. Frank has got drunk again, but hides it from Kim. Alan & Mrs Bates admit that they miss each other. Elizabeth is sharp with Michael, but admits that she is just worried about him. Kate tells Joe that she is upset by what w:c:emmerdale:Bill Whiteley said to her, he invites her out for the evening. Zoe puts her foot in it again & tells Frank about Jock and he asks to see Jock. Unfortunately when Jock arrives he overhears a conversation between Frank & Dolly about the night he got drunk when Kim was in Edinburgh. Jock gets the wrong end of the stick as he hears Frank say " Kim must never find out. Please let's keep it a secret just you & me ". Alan & Caroline share a cosy picnic and he tells her that he wants to marry her & try again. She tells him that she thinks it is just a ploy so that he does not have to give her any compensation. Frank gives Jock his final warning & Jock tells him that he knows what happened between him & Dolly. He tries to blackmail him & Frank sacks him on the spot. Sarah & Jack argue about her goingto the Algarve. Dolly & Frank agree to make up a story about what Jock overheard. Amos reads the vicars questionnaire & is not impressed. Jock is blind drunk in the Woolpack. Frank sends Kim a bouquet of flowers. Jack talks to Joe about Sarah. Joe advises that he talks to her. Michael insists that he did not set fire to Tates barn and he causes a scene in the Woolpack. Joe & Kate notice smoke coming from Home Farm stables, they are on fire. Joe rushes in to save the horses & finds an unconscious w:c:emmerdale:Jock MacDonald. Joe drags him from the burning stables. Joe tells Frank " I think you've found your arsonist ".

Cast

SHEILA MERCIER - Annie Sugden
CLIVE HORNBY - Jack Sugden
FRAZER HINES - Joe Sugden
SALLY KNYVETTE - Kate Sugden
MADELINE HOWARD - Sarah Connolly
RONALD MAGILL - Amos Brearly
ARTHUR PENTELOW - Henry Wilks
JEAN ROGERS - Dolly Skilbeck
RICHARD THORP - Alan Turner
NORMAN BOWLER - Frank Tate
CLAIRE KING - Kim Tate
LEAH BRACKNELL - Zoe Tate
STAN RICHARDS - Seth Armstrong
GLENDA MCKAY - Rachel Hughes
GLENDA MCKAY - Mark Hughes
DREW DAWSON - Jock McDonald
JOHNNY CAESAR - Bill Middleton
MATTHEW VAUGHAN - Elizabeth Feldmann
DIANA DAVIES - Caroline Bates
CHRISTOPHER SMITH - Robert Sugden

Writer - DAVID JOSS BUCKLEY
Director - PATRICK TITLEY
Producer - STUART DOUGHTY
Story Editor - MORAG BAIN

Notes

Final appearance of w:c:emmerdale:Drew Dawson as w:c:emmerdale:Jock MacDonald.