Ashley is suspended from vicar duties

Ashley is suspended from vicar duties
Ashley is suspended from vicar duties

The village gossips stop feeding on the Wylde's woes long enough to nibble on Ashley's alleged sins. He's determined to rise above it all and proceed with Angelica’s christening but Bishop George has had a call from psycho Sally. He doesn't like what he has heard and has swooped on Emmerdale. The congregation is gathering for Angelica's big day but Ashley won't be running the show; Bishop George has suspended him from his duties. Has Sally ruined Ashley's marriage and his career? If she hasn't Nicola probably will unless the christening of her baby somehow goes ahead... Away from the church, in the Dingle world, Debbie has always been one of the brightest. She’s hustled a few people in her young life and now it looks like she has made Nikhil a target. He's bought Priya a car that he wants Debbie to check. She tells him it’s stolen and he’s in big trouble. Olena could also be in trouble after Sam lets slip to Val that she's an illegal immigrant. Val's restaurant is about to open and she can't risk Olena being caught and ruining the whole event. Click here to watch whatsontv.co.uk's new weekly soaps video preview, the Soap Scoop

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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.