ACTOR Mark Charnock has been staying up into the small hours with his eyes glued to the Internet.

The star has been putting in a bit of homework to play out some of the most harrowing scenes of his career to date. The Atherton lad, who plays Marlon in Emmerdale, has filmed the funeral scenes of his on-screen wife Tricia Dingle and says a few websites came in handy.

He said: "I did a lot of research on the Internet about losing somebody close to you.

"There are lots of distinct changes which people go through and I tried to use some of that. It's been fantastic to play."