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![Emmerdale Farm: Episode 1 Jacob Sugden's funeral. Peggy Skilbeck [Jo Kendall], Matt Skilbeck [Frederick Pyne], Joe Sugden [Frazer Hines], Annie Sugden [Sheila Mercier] and Sam Pearson [Toke Townley].](../general/1972Pic22a.jpg)
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Character
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Played By | Apeared | |
Annie Sugden/Kempinski/Brearly |
Sheila Mercier | (16 October 1972-1994), 15 June - 6 July 1995, 7 November 1996) | |
| Father of Annie. Died 27 November 1984 in his 83rd year. Widower of Grace/Mary née Armitage. |
Toke Townley | (16 October 1972-1984) | |
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Eldest son of Jacob and Annie. However none of this explains the fact when
the series started he left home at eighteen in 1964.) |
Clive Hornby | (19 February 1980 - ) | |
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Eldest son of Jacob and Annie.
B. 1946 or 28 November 1947 m 1st. 5 Oct 1982 Pat Merrick m 2nd. 19 May 1994 Sarah Connolly |
Andrew Burt | (16
October 1972- January 1974, 1976) |
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| Youngest child of Annie & Jacob. Born: 31st May 1949 Died: 6 June 1995 (off-screen aged 46 years in a car accident in Spain.) M 1st 10 Sep 1974: Christine Sharp Divorced 1976. M 2nd 12 Apr 1989: Kate Hughes separated 1991 |
Frazer Hines | 16 October 1972 - Summer 1994 | |
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nee Conolly |
Madeleine Howard | (1988-1994) | |
| nee Conolly 2nd wife of Jack, mother of Victoria. Born: 25 March 1952 Married: 19 May 1994 Jack Sugden Died: (in barn fire) 16 November 2000 |
Alyson Spiro | (1994-2000) | |
| Son of Jack & Pat b. 22 Apr 1986 |
Christopher Smith | (September 1989 - 31 May 2001) | |
| Son of Jack & Pat b. 22 Apr 1986 |
Karl Davies | 9 August 2001 - | |
| Son of Jack & Pat b. 22 Apr 1986 |
Richard Smith | (1986-September 1989) | |
| Born: 28 Jan 1986 Adopted son by Jack & Sarah 16 Mar 2000 |
Kelvin Fletcher | 4 July 1996 - | |
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Her parents are divorced and she has been brought up by her father. She was still fifteen in June 2002, however she took her GCSE's in 2003. so was due to be sixteen in 2002. Her sixteenth birthday was celebrated on 2nd September 2002 (Official books say she was born September 1987.) Married: Andy Sugden 17th February 2004 |
Sammy Winward | 1819/ July 2001 - | |
| Daughter of Jack & Sarah B. 31 Mar 1994 |
Jessica Haywood | ||
| Daughter of Jack & Sarah B. 31 Mar 1994 |
Hannah Midgley | (1998- ) | |
| (nee Sugden) daughter of Annie & Jacob. B. 28 August 1948 married: Matt Skilbeck in 1968 Died: 16th July 1973 Mother of twins Sam & Sally Skilbeck |
Jo Kendall | (16 October 1972- 16 July 1973) | |
| 1st wife of Jack, AKA Pat Merrick, mother of Jackie and Sandie Merrick and natural mother of Robert Sugden. Originally the script named her Ruth, but when they brought the character back in 1980, they renamed her Pat. | Lynn Dalby | (1972) | |
"Pat" (Ruth Patricia) née Harker 1st wife of Jack, AKA Pat Merrick,
mother of Jackie and Sandie Merrick and natural mother of Robert
Sugden. |
Helen Weir | (1980-1986) | |
| Son of Jack & Pat. Born: April 1964 Married 3 Feb 1988: Kathy Bates Died (in shotgun accident): 16 August 1989 |
Ian Sharrock | (1980-1989) | |
| Married Jackie Merrick as her 1st
husband SEE UNDER Bates |
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| Stepdaughter of Jack, half-sister of Jackie Merrick and Robert Sugden, daughter of Pat. | Jane Hutcheson | (1980-1989) | |
| 3rd Husband of Annie Born: 1 April 1920 |
Ronald Magill | (1972-1994, 15 June - 6 July 1995) | |
| Emily Brearly
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Amos' Aunt | Ann Way | |
| Married 28 Oct 1993: Annie Sugden
(as her 2nd husband) Died (in the Beckindale air disaster): 30 Dec 1993 |
Bernard Archard | (? - 30 December 1993) | |
| Husband of Peggy Sugden. Married 2nd Dolly 29 June 1978; seperated 1989. |
Frederick Pyne | (16 October 1972-1989) | |
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(née Acaster) 2nd wife of widower Matt. They
were married 29 Jun 1978 & separated 1989 |
Katharine Baker | (1976, 1977-1979) | |
| (née Acaster) 2nd wife of widower
Matt. They were married 29 Jun 1978 & separated 1989 mother of Samuel David Skilbeck Had an affair with Richard Roper with whom she had a son that was given up for adoption (Graham Lodsworth). |
Jean Rogers | (1980-1991) | |
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Samuel David Skilbeck
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Son of Matt & Dolly. B. 23 December 1982 |
Benjamin Whitehead | |
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Christine Sugden née Sharp
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Married Joe Sugden 10 September
1974: Divorced 1976.(daughter of Robert Sharp) |
Angela Cheyne | (1974-1974, 1976) |
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Katherine Hammond in Sheffield in 195l Married 1st 1969: David Hughes separeted in 1984 and were divorced in 1986 Married 2nd: Joe Sugden 12 April 1989: Seperated 1991 Died: (off-screen) 30 July 1997 Mother of Rachel and Mark Hughes |
Sally Knyvette | (1988-1991) | |
| SEE under Rachel Tate | |||
| Son of Kate from her first marriage
to a David Hughes. Sister of Rachel Hughes Died (in the Beckindale air disaster): 30 December 1993 |
Craig McKay | (1988-1993) | |
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Graham Lodsworth
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son of Dolly Skilbeck née Acaster & Richard Roper (b circa 1966) adopted & renamed | Ross Kemp | (1986-1987) |
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Jacab Sugden
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1st husband of Annie, father of Jack, Peggy
and Joe |
N/A | (never seen) |
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Tom Merrick
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First husband of Pat and father of Sandie | David Hill | |
| First husband of Pat and father of Sandie | Edward Peel (Later played Tony Cairns) |
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Tom Merrick
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First husband of Pat and father of Sandie | Jack Carr | |
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David Hughes
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1st husband of Kate Hughes Sugden and father of Rachel and Mark.. | Martin Whitby | |
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Louise Merrick
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Daughter of Sandie. Father Andy Longthorn. Born Nov/Dec 1983, Given up for adoption. | Linzi McGuire | (1983/84?) |
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Sam & Sally Skilbeck
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Twins of Matt and Peggy. |
?? ?? ?? ?? | (1973-1976) |
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Beryl Crossthwaite
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2nd cousin of Annie.. |
Joan Scott |
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Ronnie Crossthwaite
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Royston Tickner | ||
| Daughter of Beryl. Died January 1973, raped & murdered by Jim Latimar. Gone down in Emmerdale Farm History as being the first death in the series. |
Louise Jameson | (January 1973) | |
| natural half-brother of Andy Sugden. | Luke Tittensor | 9 October 2003 - 28 January 2004 - he'll be back | |
![Emmerdale 1980 Y/0524 Clockwise from bottom left: Matt Skilbeck [Frederick Pyne], Dolly Skilbeck [Jean Rogers], Amos Brearley [Ronald Magill], Jack Sugden [Clive Hornby], Joe Sugden [Frazer Hines], Mr Wilks [Arthur Pentelow], Annie Sugden [Sheila Mercier], Sam Pearson [Toke Townley].](../general/SUGDENS_AMOS_WILKSa.JPG)
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