Watch how Jackson's exit affects Emmerdale (VIDEO)
Jackson says his heartbreaking goodbyes to Aaron and Hazel in next week's Emmerdale, but that's just the start of their horror. Although details of exactly what happens have not been released by ITV, Aaron suddenly disappears and Hazel feels the full force of the law in the immediate aftermath. Chas, meanwhile, seeks comfort in Carl's arms when she struggles to cope with her distraught son, Aaron. Get the scoop on Emmerdale:
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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.