Often regarded as one of the greatest villains in British soap opera history, Kim's story arc mostly revolved around her dysfunctional marriage to local businessman Frank Tate (Norman Bowler), her uneasy relationship with her stepchildren, Chris (Peter Amory) and Zoe (Leah Bracknell), and her cunning ambition to control the family business. Frank threw her out on Christmas Day 1992 after her affair with The Rt Hon. Neil Kincaid (Brian Deacon), but the pair later remarried after coping through the infamous plane crash disaster that occurred between the end of 1993 and the start of 1994. Their second marriage lasted until Kim embarked on a prolonged affair with her younger farmhand Dave Glover (Ian Kelsey), which resulted in the latter's death on Christmas Day 1996 he saved Frank and Kim's son James from a fire at their house, Home Farm.