Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) spends lockdown with Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) in Emmerdale, but — in spite of her desire to make the most of the period in isolation — she soon begins to struggle.
With lockdown having been enforced, the pub has had to shut in line with government guidelines, and Chas struggles to come to terms with this, as it has cut her off from the rest of the world.
Lucy Pargeter said: ‘So when we go into this lockdown episode, Chas’ state of mind is now one of her realising how not having the pub open and that connection with the village has altered things.
‘She is very much part of the DNA of the village and she’s floundering slightly without that connection to others.
‘I think we get a lot of ourselves from other people (as a lot of us have found out) all of a sudden Chas is alone in the Woolpack without any interaction from the outside world and I think she does feel somewhat futile and without purpose.
‘She is looking after a baby, cooking and cleaning, but without her job and that isn’t her really.’
What’s more, The Woolpack’s closure not only removes Chas’ ability to be able to socialise with her friends, and carry out her beloved job, but it also brings with it a whole other set of fears about the pub’s future, and — by association — her own.
Lucy revealed: ‘There aren’t many people sitting in lockdown with no worries thinking it doesn’t matter how long it goes on because they have an endless pot of money that will pay the bills and look after their kids and keep them fed, clothed and watered.
‘The Woolpack is her livelihood and with the state of how things are at the moment, pubs and the leisure industry is one of the last things that will be opened up so it’s a massive strain on her.
‘Paddy thinks if he tells himself everything will be okay then it will be, but she’s a Dingle, and she knows the hard times and the good times so she’s very aware that this may not be great for them.’
Will Paddy come to realise that Chas is struggling?
One to watch: Monday 22 June at 7pm on ITV.
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