Sandy is offered the chance of a new start… in Australia!

Freddie Jones on why he quit as Emmerdale’s Sandy: 'I was driving three hours there and three hours back, and doing three or four sentences'

Sandy is offered plane tickets to Australia will the pensioner leave his loved ones in Emmerdale behind?

Sandy's having a blast hanging out with Maisie and realises how nice it is to spend time with someone his own age. He's gutted when she tells him that she's got to fly back to Australia. When Maisie offers him a ticket to fly to Oz, too, will the pensioner go for it?

Liv has got herself in a right old tangle with Gabby and Jacob. Will the friends fall out over a lad?

Having had 'a moment' with Robert, which saw the exes almost kiss, Aaron's in a spin. During a conversation with his father-figure Paddy, Aaron offloads and is advised to follow his heart. But who does Aaron want? Is he truly happy with dependable doc Alex or is Robert, who has hurt him time and time again, the man for him?

Elsewhere, Tracy worries about a bunch of flowers she received as they're not from David. Has handyman Phil been on the phone to Interflora?

First episode of the evening.

 

Sarah Waterfall
Soaps Editor at What's On TV

Sarah has been writing about soaps for over 20 years! She’s worked for Hello!, WOMAN, PA News, Closer, TVeasy – and is currently What’s On TV's Soap editor as well as writing for WhatToWatch.com 

She’s interviewed tons of famous people from movie stars to pop stars, TV stars and of course, soap stars. The soaps have always been at the heart of Sarah's work; visiting the sets, getting the goss, and writing about all the soapy shenanigans week in week out, earning her a place on the judging panel for The British Soap Awards in 2017 and 2018 and on the BAFTA TV Awards in 2022 … and the nickname Soapbird!