Well firstly, I'd have some sort of spectacular event to get rid of the dead wood and departing characters. There would be a huge explosion at Home Farm on bonfire night, when Sadie is hosting a party for the village to sweet talk them into approving for another King Construction project. Shadrach would light a fag on the hob of the oven and not turn off the gas properly, and then a firework would go off inside the house and kaboom! Katie, Charity, Danny, Pearl, Shadrach, Len and Jarvis all go up in a puff of smoke.
Then I'd put Chloe with Matthew King, who would totally treat her mean but she would be mighty keen. I'd bring back Kelly ...and Kelly and Chloe would totally hate each other...in fact...Kelly would hate most people. She'd wind up all of the females by flirting with their men...she would flirt with Carl and totally get on Chas' nerves, cue one hell of a catfight. However, she would meet an unlikely ally in Sadie, who wants Chas as far away from the Kings as possible. Sadie offers Kelly £10,000 to split up Carl and Chas, Kelly accepts and soon sets about with her task, also winding up stepmum Viv in the process by flirting with Bob. Meanwhile, Val and Rodney split up as Val moves on to Tom King, who is devastated by the loss of Charity. Robert and Donna console each other over losing their partners, but will they let history repeat itself and get back together? Diane is cured of her cancer, and she settles down for a new life as Mrs Sugden, but will Rodney give her up without a fight? Bernice returns to the village briefly as her new relationship has broken down and she needs some time to get her head together. Meanwhile,Val's son (whos name escapes me) helps Nicola plan her wedding to Simon, who's sister from Scarborough arrives in the village and gets together with Marlon. His mother, Leslie, would also return. Steph tries to weasle her way into the King empire by romancing Tom, but Val tells her where to get off.