Kim’s top 10 Emmerdale moments
Kim Tate never failed to shock with her evil behaviour. During her decade in Emmerdale, she had volatile marriages, feuds and affairs. She attempted murder and even faked her own death. As we prepare for her explosive return, here are her top 10 moments… 1. KICKED OUT: Kim started an affair with dashing stockbroker the Rt Hon Neil Kincaid, which hubby Frank discovers after noticing his expensive watch being worn by her lover. Kim is thrown out of Home Farm on Christmas Day 1992. 2. PLANE CRASH: In one of the highest-rating episodes, some 18 million tuned in on December 30, 1993, to see a plane crash into the village. A ball of fire hit Kim’s stables and she had to be restrained by Frank as she tried to rescue her horses, which were screaming in agony.
3. AFFAIR: In 1995, Kim began a fling with Dave Glover, below, boyfriend of Kathy Tate, who used to be married to her stepson Chris. She trampled Kathy’s brother, Nick, with her horse when he threatened to expose the affair. 4. DAVE’S DEMISE: Kim and Dave planned to run away together but a fire broke out at Home Farm and Dave died while saving baby James on Boxing Day 1996.
5. FAKED DEATH: Kim vanished from the village in 1997 and a few days later a woman was found dead at the wheel of her car. Frank identified the body as Kim but was stunned when she later returned, revealing she had paid a lookalike prostitute to pose as her when she fled to the Caribbean.
6. MURDER: In 1997, the shock of Kim’s return caused Frank, who had been accused of her murder, to have a heart attack. Instead of helping him, Kim watched him die, checked he was dead with her compact mirror, then coolly applied lipstick. 7. GOLD-DIGGER: In 1998, Kim married second husband Steve Marchant in an eventful wedding day. She revealed that she was mostly happy to be made a full partner in his business. “I’m not some bimbo,” she said. But he
was secretly bankrupt. 8. HIT-AND-RUN: After falling on hard times, Kim and Steve planned to steal a horse to sell. While driving the horse-box, Steve ran over Kathy (above). Kim stopped Steve from finishing her off in hospital, then persuaded Kathy that Steve was the only villain. 9. ATTEMPTED MURDER: With stepson Chris trying to blackmail her over the death of his dad Frank, Kim tried to seduce him. But when he wasn’t fooled, she knocked him out with a paperweight, tipped him out of his wheelchair and poured whisky over him before fleeing. 10. DRAMATIC EXIT: After attempting to kill Chris, Kim left with her young son, James, in a helicopter. The pilot asked her if she was Kim Marchant, to which she replied: “No, Kim Tate”. She was never seen again. The scene won Best Exit at the 1999 British Soap Awards.