Synopsis[]
It is the big day for w:c:emmerdale:Jackie Merrick and Kathy Bates, but not before Kathy's dress is ruined in a flood at the Bates home while she is having her hen do at the Woolpack. w:c:emmerdale:Archie Brooks is fixing the car at Emmerdale Farm when he sees Kathy, w:c:emmerdale:Caroline Bates, w:c:emmerdale:Nick Bates and their cousin w:c:emmerdale:Debra pull up in the front yard. Archie tells Jackie not to turn round as it is the night before the wedding. w:c:emmerdale:Alan Turner calls a plumber round who is more interested in drinking beer with w:c:emmerdale:Seth Armstrong. w:c:emmerdale:Annie Sugden comes to the rescue and lends Kathy her old wedding dress which she had used to marry w:c:emmerdale:Jacob Sugden decades earlier. Jackie and Kathy are segregated on the night before their wedding, as it allegedly brings bad luck. Jackie and Kathy marry the following day in style at St Mary's Church. They then head back to Emmerdale for the reception.
Cast[]
Main cast
- Annie Sugden - Sheila Mercier
- Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
- Joe Sugden - Frazer Hines
- Matt Skilbeck - Frederick Pyne
- Dolly Skilbeck - Jean Rogers
- Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
- Kathy Bates - Malandra Burrows
- Caroline Bates - Diana Davies
- Phil Pearce - Peter Alexander
- Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson
- Tom Merrick - Jack Carr
- Amos Brearly - Ronald Magill
- Henry Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
- w:c:emmerdale:Nick Bates - w:c:emmerdale:Cy Chadwick
- w:c:emmerdale:Archie Brooks - w:c:emmerdale:Tony Pitts
- Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
- w:c:emmerdale:Ruth Pennington - w:c:emmerdale:Julia Chambers
- Reverand Donald Hinton - Hugh Manning
- Robert Sugden - Richard Smith
- Sam Skilbeck II - Benjamin Whitehead
Guest cast
- w:c:emmerdale:Malcolm Bates - w:c:emmerdale:Tom Adams
- w:c:emmerdale:Plumber - w:c:emmerdale:Cliff Howells
- w:c:emmerdale:Deborah - w:c:emmerdale:Rachel Fozard
- w:c:emmerdale:Barbara - w:c:emmerdale:Angela Down
- w:c:emmerdale:Sonia - w:c:emmerdale:Erica Lynley
Writer w:c:emmerdale:Jackie Newey
Director w:c:emmerdale:Alister Hallum
Producer w:c:emmerdale:Michael Russell
Exec producer w:c:emmerdale:Keith Richardson
Places seen[]
- w:c:emmerdale:Victoria Cottage interior/exterior
- St Mary's Beckindale (churchyard, church interior)
- Emmerdale Farm exterior and interior (yard, front garden, kitchen, dining area)