When one of Emmerdale’s best-loved characters, Marlon Dingle, catches a glimpse of himself in the mirror next week he sees the right side of his mouth drooping – and his world falls apart.
Marlon – played by Mark Charnock for more than 25 years – has been feeling stressed, nauseous, dizzy and disorientated, but like many people who have a stroke he hasn’t thought anything of it.
A drooped face is one of the first tell-tale signs and next week’s heartbreaking drama will be the start of a big new storyline that will run for months as Marlon and his new fiancee, Rhona, come to terms with his illness.
