Synopsis[]
w:c:emmerdale:Jackie Merrick and Kathy Merrick are in Tunisia for their honeymoon. w:c:emmerdale:Tom Merrick prepares to leave Beckindale. At w:c:emmerdale:Mill Cottage he says goodbye to Phil and then tells daughter w:c:emmerdale:Sandie Merrick to be good and look after No 1. w:c:emmerdale:Joe Sugden and w:c:emmerdale:Alan Turner are preparing for the auction of w:c:emmerdale:Home Farm to see if they can get to buy the property. Joe says he has some final business to see to with w:c:emmerdale:Christopher Meadows. In Tunisia, Jackie sees a sheep farm and jokes that the sheep farmer could be w:c:emmerdale:Matt Skilbeck. w:c:emmerdale:Nick Bates and w:c:emmerdale:Archie Brooks go to w:c:emmerdale:Leeds/Bradford Airport to pick up their car but it wont start. They hear a plane fly overhead as the scene changes to Jackie and Kathy in Tunisia. In Tunisia, Jackie and Kathy lose track of each other when walking around the El Djem, a Colosseum type amphitheater. Kathy chats with a stranger called w:c:emmerdale:Amir. Jackie sees them and tells Kathy they have to go now. When walking away he says she should not talk to strange men. Amir looks on in a stalker ish way as Jackie and Kathy walk away.
Cast[]
Main cast
SHEILA MERCIER - Annie Sugden
FREDERICK PYNE - Matt Skilbeck
RONALD MAGILL - Amos Brearly
ARTHUR PENTELOW - Henry Wilks
IAN SHARROCK - Jackie Merrick
MALANDRA BURROWS - Kathy Merrick
CLIVE HORNBY - Jack Sugden
FRAZER HINES - Joe Sugden
JEAN ROGERS - Dolly Skilbeck
JANE HUTCHESON - Sandie Merrick
STAN RICHARDS - Seth Armstrong
PETER ALEXANDER - Phil Pearce
RICHARD THORP - Alan Turner
DIANA DAVIES - Mrs Bates
JULIA CHAMBERS - Ruth Pennington
CY CHADWICK - Nick Bates
TONY PITTS - Archie
JACK CARR - Tom Merrick
DREW DAWSON - Jock McDonald
ANGELA DOWN - Barbara
BENJMAIN WHITEHEAD - Sam Skilbeck
RICHARD SMITH - Robert Sugden
Guest cast
Writer - w:c:emmerdale:Tim Vaughan
Director - w:c:emmerdale:Bill Bryce
Producer - w:c:emmerdale:Michael Russell
Executive Producer - w:c:emmerdale:Keith Richardson
Places seen[]
- w:c:emmerdale:Hotel in Tunisia (room, balcony, swimming pool)
- w:c:emmerdale:Unknown streets in Tunisia
- w:c:emmerdale:El Djem, Tunisia (amphitheatre)
- w:c:emmerdale:Leeds Bradford Airport (car park)
- w:c:emmerdale:Mill Cottage exterior
- Main Street, Beckindale (Woolpack, post office area)
- Emmerdale Farm interior (kitchen/dining room)
Previous Episode w:c:emmerdale:Episode 1220 (4th February 1988)[]
Next Episode w:c:emmerdale:Episode 1222 (11th February 1988)[]
Notes[]
Final appearance of w:c:emmerdale:Tom Merrick. w:c:emmerdale:Jack Carr had played the role since 1984, taking over from w:c:emmerdale:Edward Peel. Tom was to still be mentioned in subsequent episodes and Sandie went to live with him in w:c:emmerdale:Aberdeen a year later.
This episode featured scenes filmed in Tunisia, for Jackie and Kathy's honeymoon, the first location scenes for the show filmed abroad.