Emmerdale Spoilers 24th - 28th August 2015

[Telly Watcher]

Cain took Ross unconscious from his house without any phone and I assume he had no phone at the hospital going straight from village to there

When Ross ran back to the village and saw Debbie being carried into the car to be taken to hospital, it is not shown how Ross gets to the hospital. I suppose he might have gone into his house, got his new mobile phone (if he could find where he'd left it there/Cain had left it) and driven to the hospital in his car. So maybe he did have a working mobile phone when Pete dumped him in the woods?

I wondered about the distance from Emmerdale to Hotten General Hospital. Emmerdale used to be filmed on location in Esholt, with Hotten scenes being filmed in Otley, about 6 miles away by road. From 1989, the scenes for Hotten were filmed in Farsley, about 5.5 miles from Esholt. Since 1997, Emmerdale has been filmed on a set built around the former Stub House farm near Harewood, about 8 miles from Otley and 11 miles from Farsley (mileage calculator from aa.co.uk).

However, the emmerdale.me.uk website has a photo of the sign-post outside the vets' house which shows that it is 7.5 miles from Emmerdale to Hotten.

7.5 miles could be run by a fit lad like Ross in about an hour, so maybe this is how he got to the hospital. In his hurry, he might not have gone into his house and recovered his new phone, if this was where it had been left, so he might not have had a working phone on his body when he was left in the woods by Pete.

Road sign-post photo at: http://www.emmerdale.me.uk/IMG/emm-vets.jpg

Annotated Emmerdale Village aerial map at: http://www.emmerdale.me.uk/IMG/emmer...h2-overlay.jpg

Info Source: http://www.emmerdale.me.uk/emmerdale.htm

(You'll need to click on the green "MORE" tabs to see the extra photos on the website)

Emmerdale Village labelled street map at : http://emmerdale.net/map/mapin.jpg

[lansineva]

It's been said on several occasions that Michael Parr has been seen at the studios. Seen by who?

[Telly Watcher]

It's been said on several occasions that Michael Parr has been seen at the studios. Seen by who?

Round-up of posts about references to Mike Parr seen on Emmerdale set recently.

kennedyfan86 wrote on 11-08-15 on Emmerdale Spoilers 17th - 21st August thread:
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Mike Parr gave us a hint anyway saying he was like Jesus at his last supper with cast, Jesus rose again, and Ross has a son called Moses, lol
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dalesfan wrote on 12-08-15 on Major Emmerdale spoiler thread:
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I so hope this is true! Ross needs to be alive. Nothing against you OP but it's hard to believe things on internet.

There is a lot of speculation going around. And I'm leaning more to him being alive. Maybe about 60/40 lol. Michael Parr was seen quite a few times at the studios over the last few weeks. After they wrapped on SummerFate
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dalesfan wrote on 14-08-15 on Ross Barton (Mike Parr) thread:
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Michael Parr signed a new 1 year contract last year. Reportedly August. So yes it would be up now. And Seeing as he has left the show now the timing does sound about right. They wrapped the Summer Fate stuff early July. This would mean he still had a few weeks left in his contract? Now I'm not really sure how it all works. BUT he was still seen at the studios in these last few weeks. This is why people still think it doesn't add up. If they have Killed Ross then he wouldn't be needed at the studios as there would be nothing for him to film. Unless he isn't really dead comes back or is found. Has some pretty nasty injuries and then leaves the show.
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shaine1811 wrote on 17-08-15 on Ross Barton (Mike Parr) thread:
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I think your right bout him taking a break but I'm veering towards him being alive as there was an article in yesterday's Sunday World magazine where Charley Webb is showing the Irish press around 8 weeks after the crash took place and she introduces the Irish press to Michael and Anthony and the article goes onto say that they 'are busy boys on set these days as the fall out after the wedding revelations continue for Pete and Ross'
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dalesfan wrote on 17-08-15 on Ross Barton (Mike Parr) thread:
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There is scans of it on twitter. Just had a look and it does sound like they were all on set and they do talk about it being 8 weeks ago
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dalesfan wrote on 17-08-15 on Ross Barton (Mike Parr) thread:
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Let me go and see if I can find it again. It was one of the Michael Parr Fan pages on twitter.

Edit - https://twitter.com/sher222_sher/sta...74322332774400
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Telly Watcher wrote on 17-08-15 on Ross Barton (Mike Parr) thread:
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It took me a while to read the article, I had to find a magnifying glass and type bits of the text out. But you're right, it does mention what you wrote. It looks like a really great spoiler.

Sunday World, August 16th 2015, published:
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Charley had SIX wedding dresses made for the disaster scene, and did all the stunts herself.

"The bit where you saw everything collapse - that was us [the actors]. We did all that ourselves," she says proudly. "We were absolutely covered in dust for days. But there was never anywhere where we didn't feel safe. We never felt in jeopardy while filming. So, because of that, we had a lot of fun doing it.

"That was filmed about eight weeks ago and Debbie was in a coma. But as viewers would have seen a couple of nights ago, she's back - fighting fit," says Charley with a massive grin.

... etc

Michael and Anthony are busy boys on-set these days after the fall-out from the wedding revelations continue for Pete and Ross. "Two brothers, one woman...it's big", smiles Michael.

After Pete beat Ross up and shoved him over a cliff, his mother Emma becomes worried about his disappearance. Cain Dingle then becomes a suspect when it's learned he left Ross locked in a van on the side of a cliff, while Pete soon freaks out when the police find a body.

... etc
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'Michael and Anthony are busy boys on-set these days after the fall-out from the wedding revelations continue for Pete and Ross'

Sounds like Ross is alive and kicking after all. The Summer Fate scenes would have been filmed around June, so for Pete and Ross to be filming on-set last week shows the storyline carries on between them and that Ross survives somehow. I think he must have regained consciousness and walked out of the wood himself/more likely got rescued by a dog-walker or something, maybe suffered amnesia and spent some days/weeks in hospital. Why weren't the police informed about this incident, I wonder? Time will tell.
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[Dalesfan]

It's been said on several occasions that Michael Parr has been seen at the studios. Seen by who?

Fans who visit the studios. One fan had a picture with him on on July 22nd. Someone that was involved in something at the studios/itv seen Ross on August 6th. ?It's kinda hard to hide stuff like that if people are actually seeing him there and they meet him or a quick search on twitter will have stuff come up. Mike himself even posted an instagram vid of him trying to scare Adam Thomas again and I'm sure that was after they filmed the disaster stuff

Probably not at studios but I was just having a look at Mike's twitter and a few people he follows. A critical care nurse who tweeted him on July 29th https://twitter.com/Skinsey00/status/626481038953459712 interesting tweet

[mariba]

Yeah, too many people working in that team or visiting studios..and with twitter and rest social media..stuff always leak out somehow..
I knew he wouldn't be dead/gone for good, he's far too popular character for the show..drama continues..

[mariba]

Yeah, too many people working in that team or visiting studios..and with twitter and rest social media..stuff always leak out somehow..
I knew he wouldn't be dead/gone for good, he's far too popular character for the show..drama continues..

[Telly Watcher]

Fans who visit the studios. One fan had a picture with him on on July 22nd. Someone that was involved in something at the studios/itv seen Ross on August 6th. ?It's kinda hard to hide stuff like that if people are actually seeing him there and they meet him or a quick search on twitter will have stuff come up. Mike himself even posted an instagram vid of him trying to scare Adam Thomas again and I'm sure that was after they filmed the disaster stuff

Probably not at studios but I was just having a look at Mike's twitter and a few people he follows. A critical care nurse who tweeted him on July 29th https://twitter.com/Skinsey00/status/626481038953459712 interesting tweet

Her twitter summary is "Critical Care Nurse whose feet are throbbing at the end of day. Wanders onto Corrie & Emmerdale occasionally, is a blood letter & always smells of horse crap..".

She could have just treated Mike Parr in hospital on July 29th for an injury unrelated to Emmerdale.

Or it could be that Mike Parr got injured whilst acting on-set on Wednesday 29th July and she treated him there/in hospital for this. If so, the acted scene wouldn't usually appear on TV for 6/7 weeks, roughly around September 9th - 16th 2015, unless it was a late rush over something to do for Summer Fate week during August 3rd - 7th (Ross 'died' on August 6th).

Mike Parr's claim about having a new job in London was on Twitter on August 14th.

[Telly Watcher]

Airs Monday, Aug 24 2015 at 19:00 BST on ITV

Pete panics as James and Emma set off to identify Ross's body. He tells Finn that he should prepare himself for the worst. James and Emma try to phone Pete after seeing the body but he doesn't answer his phone.

Pete is crippled with fear as he expects the police to come calling at any moment. This drives him to make a confession as he tells Debbie that he killed Ross.

...etc

Airs Tuesday, Aug 25 2015 at 19:00 BST on ITV

Hour-long episode

Debbie is shocked by Pete's confession, while he is floored to learn that the body in the morgue is not Ross but a complete stranger.

...etc

The body in the mortuary could be the person who was reported on the TV News programme (seen in the pub with Eric, Rodney and Doug) as having fallen from the cliff edge on the same day as the helicopter crash. It's not mentioned where the cliff edge was but maybe it was someone near the van at the quarry where Ross was taken by Cain?


Emmerdale TV News screenshot after helicopter crash

[Telly Watcher]

It's not mentioned where the cliff edge was but maybe it was someone near the van at the quarry where Ross was taken by Cain?


Emmerdale TV News screenshot after helicopter crash

Having thought more about this, it sounds like someone near the quarry on August 4th saw Ross falling from the cliff into the water and reported it to the police, that's why the TV news mentions it. 'Emergency Services At Scene of Both...(incidents?). Maybe a body was recovered near the quarry after a search was made and it was taken to the hospital mortuary? Of course, the body in the mortuary could have come from anywhere around Emmerdale but we know that Ross survived the quarry water and that he isn't this body in the mortuary.

[Telly Watcher]

In yesterday's episode (Wednesday August 19th), Emma is worried about Ross being missing for about two weeks now and is opening his letters which have arrived at the farm during this time.

James:
"You're wasting your time. The phone proves nothing, you'll laugh about this in a few months when he walks through that door, larger than life, twice as cocky."

Emma:
"There's something wrong, I know it."

James:
"Yeah, well he nearly broke me the last time and we ended up nearly losing the farm, remember? Don't fall for it, Emma. It's about time he realised it just isn't all about him."

Emma:
"His car's been impounded. Left at the station weeks ago."

James:
"So it's a rust bucket held together with string. He probably thought it was cheaper than scrapping it."

Emma:
"Why can't you see what's in front of you?"

James:
"You are making out like I don't know my own son."

Finn:
"Wherever he is, he's not taken his wallet."

Emma:
"All his credit cards, his driving licence. Cash."

Finn:
"How is he going to manage without them?"

Emma:
"He'd need money, wouldn't he? Wherever he was."

James:
"His current account's not been touched."

Emma:
""Since when?"

James:
"Since the day he went missing."

Emma:
"No money, no credit cards, no cash. Oh God! I told you I could feel it. There's no other explanation. He's dead!"

(End of episode)


Emma mentions that Ross' car has been impounded and "left at the station weeks ago". Presumably this was at a railway station near to Hotten General Hospital?

I suppose he could have left it there when it broke down during the day(s) before the helicopter crash (August 4th)?

Or, during the day(s) after dumping Ross' body in the woods, maybe Pete drove Ross' car from the farm to the railway station and left it there (to make it look like Ross had run off for a time) before Pete used a taxi to get back to Emmerdale?

I think that maybe the storyline could go like this. After Ross got out of the water at the quarry and ran to near the village, he watched Pete putting injured Debbie into Pete's car to take her to hospital in Hotten. Ross then went into his house, got his new mobile phone(?) and car keys and then drove to the hospital to see if Debbie was all right. He then had his fight with Pete and got dumped in the woods. After a while, Ross regained consciousness, left the woods, got to the hospital for treatment over a day or two, then drove his car from the hospital to the railway station and he left on a train to remain missing for some time by staying at a friend's house away from Emmerdale. He has so far managed without having his usual credit cards and money but, as a bad boy, I'm sure he would be able to get whatever he needed in some dodgy way or another. Eventually, he shows up at Emmerdale, but he may do this secretly to see just one or two people as he might be scared of what Pete could do if he meets him again.

Just some ideas.

As an aside, here's a great labelled map showing Emmerdale Village with the locations of where characters live/lived.
(Looks like it was made before 2013).

Map at: http://i.imgur.com/xIEoC.png