Teddy Hooson was a young man who had come back to the village after a few years away in Spalding. Teddy got a job at Home Farm as a temporary worker for a few weeks. He developed a friendship with Sandie Merrick. He was lazy and when Joe went to see him a few times to see how the spraying was going, he saw machinery everywhere and no sign of Teddy, so during questioning Teddy said he had a matter of urgency due to a bad stomach but Joe refused to believe him, and Teddy got angry with Joe and told him to shut his gob, so Joe sacked him. Teddy then swapped chemicals with weedkiller at Home Farm and Jackie Merrick found out the truth. One afternoon, Jackie confronted Teddy on a quiet country lane, Jackie knew teddy had switched the chemicals, and they carried on arguing about the potato plantation chemical swap fiasco when Teddy then insulted Jackie's just remarried mother Pat Sugden. Jackie took umbrage and this lead to a massive fight. After the fight, Teddy told his immediate boss Joe Sugden to drop dead, before leaving the village for good and returning to Spalding.