308 episodes were broadcast. Storylines included the death of Tricia Dingle and her husband Marlon's struggle to come to terms with it, the wedding of Andy Sugden and Katie Addyman resulting in the exposing of her affair with Andy's brother Robert and the unintentional shooting of the brothers' father Jack, the wedding of Jack Sugden and Diane Blackstock. Pearl Ladderbanks' son Frank Bernard Hartbourne, a former rapist, arrived in the village and was poorly treated by the villagers. The year also saw the arrivals of the King family and Diane Blackstock's sister Val Lambert.