Episode 2301 (25th December 1997)

==Plot==
Kim is rarely so vulnerable - but now finds herself between a rock and a hard place. Her baby is missing presumed kidnapped - and there's a strong possibility the blackmail calls she's been receiving are tied in. She's desperate not to tell the police the details of the blackmail which is about her involvement in the death of the 'lady of the lake' last Christmas. But all is not as it seems and after an unexpected visit, Kim, Steve and the police chase a new lead. Andy wakes up in hospital surrounded by the Sugdens. Carmel is angry Billy deserted his son. Jan thinks James is Dave, and that it is 1977, and that Ned is down the Woolpack chatting to new barmaid Dolly Acaster. Doug is desperate to win Kathy's affections again - despite her discovery about his wife. A horse and carriage arrives outside her house and Kathy, Rachel, Alice and Joseph are taken on a magical Christmas Day ride before stopping at a woodlands retreat which has been decorated with lights and tinsel, and laden with presents. Zak is astonished Sam never spilled the beans on Marlon after he'd been set-up for the hijack. And Lisa is shocked Marlon could have been so devious. There's only one thing for it - a time honoured Dingle trial. When Marlon walks in, Butch reveals they know everything and Zak informs him he's judge. For a moment the wayward Dingle thinks they are joking - but not for long. Despite his pleas for leniency Marlon receives the worst punishment possible.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Zak Dingle - Steve Halliwell
*Lisa Clegg - Jane Cox
*Butch Dingle - Paul Loughran
*Sam Dingle - James Hooton
*Mandy Dingle - Lisa Riley
*Zoe Tate - Leah Bracknell
*Steve Marchant - Paul Opacic
*Kim Tate - Claire King
*Ned Glover - Johnny Leeze
*Roy Glover - Nicky Evans
*Sarah Sugden - Alyson Spiro
*Andy Hopwood - Kelvin Fletcher
*Robert Sugden - Christopher Smith
*Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
*Victoria Sugden - Hannah Midgley (uncredited)
*Alice Bates - Rachel Tolboys
*Rachel Hughes - Glenda McKay
*Joseph Tate - Oliver Young (uncredited)
*Kathy Glover - Malandra Burrows
*Jan Glover - Roberta Kerr
*James Tate - Bradley White (uncredited)
*Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
*Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
*Dee Pollard - Claudia Malkovich
*Terry Woods - Billy Hartman
*Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
*Christopher Tate - Peter Amory
*Patrick Kirk - Dominic Brunt
*Will Cairns - Paul Fox
*Kelly Windsor - Adele Silva
*Betty Eagleton - Paula Tilbrook
*Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
*Vic Windsor - Alun Lewis
*Billy Hopwood - David Crellin
===Guest cast===
*PC Shooton - Ian Connaughton
*DI Farrar - Dave Beckett
*Carmel Morgan - Kay Purcell
*Parker - Denton Brown
*DC Adams - Fen Rogers
*Marieke - Ellis Linders
*Nurse - Emma-Jane Gardner
==Locations==
*Home Farm - Grounds, living room, kitchen, woodland, hallway and dining room
*Holdgate Farm - Driveway
*Hotten General Hospital - Children's wards
*Victoria Cottage - Living room
*St. Mary's General Hospital - Maternity ward, exterior and corridor
*Field
*The Old School Tea Rooms/Pollard's - Kitchen and main area
*The Woolpack - Back room and public bar
*Main Street
*Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Exterior
*Unknown roads
*Wishing Well Cottage - Living room/kitchen
*Billy and Andy Hopwood's caravan
*Melby Farm - Yard and farmhouse (living room and kitchen)
==Notes==
*Last appearance of Billy Hopwood until 15th December 1998.
*This special hour-long Christmas Day episode, the first to be aired on that date, was broadcast at 6.00pm.
*TV Times synopsis: It's not much of a Christmas Day for Andy; Doug has a surprise planned for Kathy and Alice; and Kim thinks she knows where to find James.
*Kay Purcell makes a pre-Cynthia Daggert appearance as Carmel Morgan.
*Filming for the scenes in Hotten General Hospital were interrupted by Michael Aspel and a film crew from This Is Your Life to surprise Clive Hornby with an appearance on the programme, which was transmitted on 15th December 1997.
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