Bob Hope (Emmerdale) - Fraud - Life Without Viv

Life Without Viv

Bob leaves Brenda Walker in charge of the cafe while he visits his daughter, Roxy, and her mother, Vonda. When he returns, he is desperate to see Viv and concocts several schemes to get into the prison. Finally, posing as his friend Terry Woods, he gets a job as a drama teacher and pretends he is reading from a script about a man who misses his wife. Viv is reduced to tears as she tells him again that contact with him is too painful for her. The warden discovers Bob's true identity and promises not to press charges on condition that Bob never returns.

Bob tries to focus on his business and the children, but is shocked when he realizes that Brenda has feelings for him. Because he still loves Viv, Bob fixed her up with Terry but panics when Viv asks him to visit in July 2009, assuming that she wants a divorce and has a drunken one night stand with Brenda's daughter, Gennie. The next day, they agree it was a mistake and to keep it between them but the truth emerges when Gennie starts dating Bob's son, Jamie. Bob persaudes Jamie not to say anything to Viv, despite repeated barbed comments.

Bob is also shocked by Viv's sudden release from prison and has trouble persuading Viv and Brenda to learn to work together. Viv assumes that Brenda is simply an employee and threatens to sack her repeatedly until Bob finally tells her that Brenda is a partner because she bailed him out of serious financial difficulties, following her conviction. She is shocked to learn this and apologises to both of them but on learning of Bob and Gennie's one night stand, throws him out and demands a divorce. She soon regrets this and tries to reconcile with him but he is not interested so Viv gets jealous when he befriends any other females. She also tries using the twins to get his attention and even fakes a break-in to the shop. She also tries making Bob jealous by pretending that she has moved on and making up stories about men she has met whilst out but to no avail.