Emmerdale spoilers: Aaron Dingle can't help stressing out ahead of the surrogacy meeting

Robert Sugden, Aaron Dingle

Aaron Dingle is desperate to make a good impression on surrogate mum Natalie but things go awry when Robert's a no show!

Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller) and his husband Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) have got an important meeting scheduled with Natalie who has put herself forward as a potential surrogate for them.

Unfortunately, Robert finds himself held up for the meeting when he’s stuck on the road and poor Aaron, who’s desperate that they should make a good impression on Natalie, gets increasingly stressed out waiting for him to show.

Aaron Dingle and Natalie and Bear

Natalie with Bear as Faith tries to distract her in the pub

Faith Dingle (Sally Dexter), Aaron’s gran, steps in to try and help the situation and promises to keep Natalie entertained in the pub for as long as possible as a delaying tactic.

Faith Dingle

Faith talks to Natalie as Aaron's dad Paddy listens in anxiously (Image credit: ITV)

However she and Bear get carried away spinning lies about the boys to make them seem an attractive surrogacy proposition.

Aaron Dingle and Ryan

Aaron and Ryan eventually arrive for the meeting as a nervous Chas looks on

Aaron is right to have alarm bells ringing when Faith’s tactics backfire and the situation starts spiralling out of control.

Meanwhile up at Butler’s Farm, an anxious Matty Barton (Ash Palmisciano) has started downing beers with Victoria (Isabel Hodgins) ahead of his important hospital operation. Is he going to be OK in the run up to the op?

Tess Lamacraft
Senior Writer for What's On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite week, Whattowatch.com

Tess is a senior writer for What’s On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite and WhattoWatch.com She's been writing about TV for over 25 years and worked on some of the UK’s biggest and best-selling publications including the Daily Mirror where she was assistant editor on the weekend TV magazine, The Look, and Closer magazine where she was TV editor. She has freelanced for a whole range of websites and publications including We Love TV, The Sun’s TV Mag, Woman, Woman’s Own, Fabulous, Good Living, Prima and Woman and Home.