Text Santa and Emmerdale: Killed-off for Christmas

A sketch was created for Text Santa broadcast on the 20th December 2013 to raise money for charity.

Plot
Dan, Rodney, Nicola, Laurel and Paddy join Jimmy, Bob, Bernice, Priya and Marlon in The Woolpack. As Marlon sets about putting up the Christmas tree, Dan becomes suspicious that one of them will fall into the soap Christmas trap of being killed off in the Christmas Day episode. As the others become paranoid, they begin to speculate about who will be the victim and settle on Jimmy being the most likely candidate. As a worried Jimmy goes to the toilet to compose himself, he is visited by the ghost of his father, Tom, who has some advice for his son on how to survive the Christmas episode. As the residents in the bar plan to make Jimmy drink a poisoned pint, Jimmy states that usually there isn't a soap death at Christmas if there's a wedding instead. A bride-to-be, Lucy, all decked out in a wedding dress arrives in the pub for Jimmy at Tom's arrangement. Jimmy leaves to get married, while Nicola raises the poisoned pint to her lips before spitting it out in realisation of what she's doing.

Cast

 * Dan Spencer - Liam Fox
 * Rodney Blackstock - Patrick Mower
 * Paddy Kirk - Dominic Brunt
 * Jimmy King - Nick Miles
 * Bernice Thomas - Samantha Giles
 * Priya Sharma - Fiona Wade
 * Bob Hope - Tony Audenshaw
 * Nicola King - Nicola Wheeler
 * Laurel Thomas - Charlotte Bellamy
 * Marlon Dingle - Mark Charnock
 * Ghost of Tom King - Ken Farrington

Guest cast

 * Lucy - Melissa Walton

Places

 * Main Street
 * The Woolpack - Public bar, toilets