Emmerdale killer's shock at son's hostage plot

Emmerdale killer's shock at son's hostage plot
Emmerdale killer's shock at son's hostage plot (Image credit: PA)

Emmerdale murderess Natasha Wylde looks on in horror as she makes the shocking discovery that her son is being held hostage over her husband's death. The mother-of three, played by Amanda Donohoe, is forced to make a life-changing decision when she finds out Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) has captured nasty Nathan Wylde (Lyndon Ogbourne). Innocent Ryan Lamb (James Sutton) was last night found guilty of the murder of his father, Mark, having been set up by his twisted half-brother Nathan. Viewers will soon find out whether Natasha's conscience will force her to turn herself in for the murder of bigamist Mark. Alternatively, she might hand Nathan over to the police to save her own skin, or simply go on the run before the truth comes out. Amanda, who has filmed her final scenes after two years in the rural soap, said: "Natasha didn't really plan for Ryan to be set up for the murder, it was down to Nathan. "But as events have got out of control she's had to get on with it out of sheer desperation. When Ryan was found guilty she thought it was all over, but in tonight's episode events take a drastic turn."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.