{"id":44050,"date":"2024-01-17T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1962025"},"modified":"2024-01-17T21:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:17:37","slug":"emmerdales-brenda-despairs-as-bob-and-cathy-clash-ahead-of-heaths-funeral","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/emmerdales-brenda-despairs-as-bob-and-cathy-clash-ahead-of-heaths-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale\u2019s Brenda despairs as Bob and Cathy clash ahead of Heath\u2019s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Cathy is heartbroken. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 20:00 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Brenda Walker (Lesley Dunlop) despaired as she and her loved ones prepared for young Heath Hope\u2019s (Sebastian Dowling) funeral in tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale<\/a> (17th January 2024).<\/p>\n<p>Heath\u2019s heartbroken twin sister Cathy Hope (Gabrielle Dowling) has been desperately trying to convince dad Bob (Tony Audenshaw) that she was not driving the car that killed Heath, but he has struggled to believe her at every turn.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cathy helped Brenda finalise plans for Heath\u2019s final farewell; but the teen was upset when Bob ignored her in the village. Brenda paid him a visit to urge him to be there for Cathy, but Bob admitted that he was scared he might make things worse if he spent time with Cathy, as he didn\u2019t know what would come out of his mouth next.<\/p>\n<p>But, taking Brenda\u2019s words on board, Bob arrived at Brenda and Eric Pollard\u2019s (Chris Chittell) house, where Cathy told him she was writing her eulogy.<\/p> <p>The atmosphere was awkward as the family discussed music <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-spoilers-next-week-angelica-confession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for the service the following day<\/a>. But when Bob picked a certain song, Cathy rejected it, and this led Bob to point out that Cathy always made everything about her. Cathy tried to explain her reasons, but Bob was furious and stormed out.<\/p>\n<p>Cathy then told Brenda and Eric that the track in question was playing in the car just before it crashed \u2013 and Heath had been singing it at the top of his lungs. Brenda struggled as she wondered just how they were going to get through the funeral; but will Bob and Cathy unite in time to say their goodbyes to Heath?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-spoilers-chas-dingle-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 Emmerdale spoilers next week: Chas Dingle is diagnosed with breast cancer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-chas-dingle-breast-cancer-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale confirms breast cancer storyline for Chas Dingle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-robert-sugden-surprise-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale airs surprise update on much-missed character Robert Sugden<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-paula-lane-ella-forster-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale casts Paula Lane as new character Ella Forster<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Emmerdale airs on weekdays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX. 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