Episode 3045 (12th November 2001)

==Plot==
After all of Ashley's recent problems, the village decides to try and cheer him up by holding a surprise 40th birthday party for him. But will he appreciate all the hard work they have gone to? Ashley is shocked when he walks in to the vicarage to find the place filled with his friends. But while everyone else is in a party mood, Ashley is seemingly in no mood to celebrate. On hearing that Bernice is working, he slips out of the party to see her. But he is heartbroken by what he discovers. Carlos, meanwhile, is desperate to persuade Bernice to make a new start with him away from the village. Chris is convinced that Zoe is going to ask him to move out of Home Farm. But he is surprised when she informs him that she is going to move out herself. Jess and Maggie's relationship reaches an all-time low, when an argument breaks out after Jess misses a family dinner. Marlon gives Paddy food for thought when he asks him if he is thinking of moving in with Emily and Tara is not happy when Sean puts his family before her.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Nicola Blackstock - Nicola Wheeler
*Emily Dingle - Kate McGregor
*Bernice Thomas - Samantha Giles
*Diane Blackstock - Elizabeth Estensen
*Tricia Fisher - Sheree Murphy
*Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
*Maggie Calder - Dee Whitehead
*Phil Weston - Mark Jardine
*Christopher Tate - Peter Amory
*Charity Dingle - Emma Atkins
*Lucy Calder - Elspeth Brodie
*Jess Weston - Ruth Abram
*Ollie Reynolds - Vicky Binns
*Marc Reynolds - Anthony Lewis
*Carlos Diaz - Gary Turner
*Lady Tara Thornfield - Anna Brecon
*Sean Reynolds - Stephen McGann
*Craig Calder - Jason Hain
*Paddy Kirk - Dominic Brunt
*Ashley Thomas - John Middleton
*Zoe Tate - Leah Bracknell
*Betty Eagleton - Paula Tilbrook
*Zak Dingle - Steve Halliwell
*Lisa Dingle - Jane Cox
*Rodney Blackstock - Patrick Mower
*Louise Appleton - Emily Symons
===Guest cast===
None.
==Locations==
*Village Store, Post Office & Off-Licence - Shop floor and exterior
*The Woolpack - Public bar and beer garden
*Home Farm - Living room
*Main Street
*Tenant House - Living room/kitchen
*Dale Park - Calder/Weston family chalet (living room/kitchen)
*Hotten Road
*Smithy Cottage - Kitchen and living room
*The Vicarage - Kitchen and living room
==Notes==
*Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 10,840,000 viewers (12th place).
Category:2001 episodes
Category:Emmerdale episodes