Maggie Calder arrived in the village as an old friend of Rodney Blackstock. She moved to Emmerdale to run the holiday village with her boyfriend Phil Weston, her children and Phil's daughter Jess. She had recently been having an affair with Phil. Her marriage had broken up as a result. In the end Maggie got very annoyed with Nicola, who was trying to show Rodney that she couldn’t run the holiday village. Maggie found out that Nicola had changed bookings around, so that some guests arrived earlier than expected. This was the last straw for Maggie, who pushed Nicola into the swimming pool.