Cynthia Daggert
''Emmerdale'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the show in 2001, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by series producer Steve Frost. Nicola King Andrew Fraser Andrew Fraser was an employee at the stud farm at ''Home Farm'', who was employed by Zoe Tate (Leah Bracknell). Andrew began a relationship with Kathy Glover ( Malandra Burrows), but was heartbroken when she left ''Emmerdale'' for Australia in December 2001. Andrew then left himself in January 2002. Len Reynolds Ed Wills Ed Wills was the boyfriend of Emily Dingle (Kate McGregor), who she met at ''St. Mary's Church''. They briefly lost contact, but Nicola Blackstock (Nicola Wheeler) encouraged her to find him. Ed liked how Emily allowed him to talk endlessly without telling him to stop. Emily also believed that Ed was a messenger for her late husband Butch Dingle ( Paul Loughran), which Ed understood, be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emmerdale
''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ''Emmerdale Farm'' was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Interior scenes have been filmed at the Leeds Studios since its inception. Exterior scenes were first filmed in Arncliffe, North Yorkshire, Arncliffe in Littondale, and the series may have taken its name from Amerdale, an ancient name of Littondale. Exterior scenes were later shot at Esholt, but are now shot at a purpose-built set on the Harewood House#Popular culture, Harewood estate. The series originally aired during the afternoon and was intended to be a three-month television series. However, more episodes were ordered and transmitted during the daytime until 1978, when it was moved to an early-evening prime time ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Toni Daggert
Tonicha "Toni" Daggert is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. She is portrayed by actress Kerry Stacey. Casting Stacey's casting as Toni Daggert was one of three new signings announced for ''Emmerdale'' in November 2005. Toni was introduced as the cousin of Danny Daggert (played by Cleveland Campbell), an already established character on the show. In November 2006, it was reported that Stacey had decided to leave the series. Storylines While on holiday in Portugal, Toni meets Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt) and agrees to return to Emmerdale with him, pretending to be his internet girlfriend, "Fireblade." This scheme is intended to unsettle Paddy's receptionist, Jo Stiles (Roxanne Pallett), who is attracted to the mysterious stranger, as a way to boost Paddy's confidence. After the joke runs its course, Toni reveals that she is the fun-loving cousin of Danny Daggert (Cleveland Campbell) and settles into village life. Toni impresses Diane Sugden ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Viv Hope
Viv Hope (also Dawson and Windsor) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera '' Emmerdale''. Portrayed by Deena Payne, the character first appeared on 10 August 1993, and remained until 13 January 2011, becoming one of the longest-serving characters, after nearly 18 years in the show; her tenure is currently the seventeenth-longest in the history of the show. In November 2007, it was confirmed that Payne had asked for a break. To explain her absence Viv was sentenced to three years' imprisonment after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud. However, conman Freddie Yorke (Keith Woodason) stole the charity money and left her to take the blame. Viv was off-screen for eleven months, but made two brief appearances in October 2008. In June 2009, Payne resumed the role and returned on-screen in July. On 11 October 2010, it was announced Payne would leave after 18 years on the show. The character was killed off in January 2011, when Viv was trapped in an arson ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kathleen Beedles
Kathleen Beedles is a British producer, who has worked on a total of over 2500 episodes of various British soap operas to date. She grew up in Rogart and now resides in London. British soaps From 1999 to 2001, Beedles worked as a story associate on ''Coronation Street'' before moving onto "Emmerdale" as Story Editor. In 2005, Beedles was appointed Series Producer of British television soap opera ''Emmerdale'', taking over from Steve Frost. She had worked as a producer and series editor for the ITV soap before taking on the role. During her time on the soap, she was responsible for many major storylines, including the Kings River showhome explosion storyline, and the Tom King kidnap plot. She was also responsible for the Who Killed Tom King? storyline, which was nominated for Best Storyline at the 2007 British Soap Awards. Under her tenure Emmerdale was nominated for a BAFTA for three consecutive years, won an RTS Award and the Broadcast Digital Award for the Who Killed Tom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marc Silcock
Marco "Marc" Silcock (born 4 November 1988) is an English former actor, best known for his portrayal of Jackson Walsh in the British soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Career Silcock studied acting at City College Manchester and has a Diploma in Performing Arts. Silcock joined the cast of ''Emmerdale'' as Josh Hope in 2001. He played the role of Eli in ''Hollyoaks'' from 2008 to 2009. Silcock also played Anthony Sugden in '' Waterloo Road'', Fergal Maguire in '' Shameless'' and a hotel desk boy in ''The Innocence Project''. He took part in the mini-series '' Privates'' as Lance Corporal Jimmy Hobbs. In March 2010, it was announced that Silcock had rejoined the cast of ''Emmerdale'', this time as Jackson Walsh, a potential love interest for Aaron Dingle ( Danny Miller). Silcock filmed his final scenes for the show on 14 May 2011. He described his character's exit as "memorable", but refused to comment on how he would leave the soap. In 2017, Silcock retired from acting and became an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carly Hope
''Emmerdale'' is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the show in 2001, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by series producer Steve Frost. Nicola King Andrew Fraser Andrew Fraser was an employee at the stud farm at ''Home Farm'', who was employed by Zoe Tate (Leah Bracknell). Andrew began a relationship with Kathy Glover ( Malandra Burrows), but was heartbroken when she left ''Emmerdale'' for Australia in December 2001. Andrew then left himself in January 2002. Len Reynolds Ed Wills Ed Wills was the boyfriend of Emily Dingle (Kate McGregor), who she met at ''St. Mary's Church''. They briefly lost contact, but Nicola Blackstock (Nicola Wheeler) encouraged her to find him. Ed liked how Emily allowed him to talk endlessly without telling him to stop. Emily also believed that Ed was a messenger for her late husband Butch Dingle ( Paul Loughran), which Ed understood, be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bob Hope (Emmerdale)
Bob Hope is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Tony Audenshaw. Prior to playing Bob, the actor had previously made a guest appearance in the show as a security guard. Bob was introduced as a hosiery salesman and love interest for Viv Windsor (Deena Payne). He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 19 September 2000. Bob is portrayed as having a happy-go-lucky, cheeky persona, and is Emmerdale's most married character with seven marriages to five women. His storylines have included marriage, divorce, fatherhood, adultery and homelessness plus the deaths of his children Dawn Woods ( Julia Mallam) in 2006 and Heath Hope (Sebastian Dowling) in 2024. Storylines Backstory In Bob's fictional backstory, he was married and divorced four times before his introduction. His first wife was Jean Hope (Julie Higginson; Susan Penhaligon), whom he married and divorced twice. She is the mother of Dawn ( Julia Mallam) and Jamie Hope ( Alex ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manchester Evening News
The ''Manchester Evening News'' (''MEN'') is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in North West England, founded in 1868. It is published Monday–Saturday; a Sunday edition, the ''MEN on Sunday'', was launched in February 2019. The newspaper is owned by Reach plc (formerly Trinity Mirror), /sup> one of Britain's largest newspaper publishing groups. Since adopting a 'digital-first' strategy in 2014, the ''MEN'' has experienced significant online growth, despite its average print daily circulation for the first half of 2021 falling to 22,107. In the 2018 British Regional Press Awards, it was named Newspaper of the Year and Website of the Year. History Formation and ''The Guardian'' ownership The ''Manchester Evening News'' was first published on 10 October 1868 by Mitchell Henry as part of his parliamentary election campaign, its first issue four pages long and costing a halfpenny. The newspaper was run from a small office on Brown Street, with approximately ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julie Dawn Cole
Julie Dawn Cole (born 26 October 1957) is an English actress and psychotherapist. She began her career as a child performer in the 1971 film ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', playing Veruca Salt. Career Cole was raised in Guildford, Surrey. Cole was 12 when she was cast as Veruca Salt during Willy Wonka’s preproduction phase in the first half of 1970, which was filmed at the Bavaria Film Studios. The film debuted in New York City on 30 June 1971 and in London the following week, and Cole was chosen to present a bouquet of flowers to Princess Margaret at the Royal Premiere. The film's other preadolescent "leading lady", American Denise Nickerson ( Violet Beauregarde), and she had crushes on Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket), also an American, and alternated days spending time with him during breaks in filming.. IMDb The "I Want It Now" sequence was filmed on her 13th birthday and Cole was given three film props: a golden egg prop, a golden ticket, and an Everlasting G ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Middleton (actor)
John Middleton (born 7 September 1953) is an English actor, known for his role as Ashley Thomas in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Middleton played the role from 1996 to 2017, with a brief return in 2018 for two episodes. Career He has appeared in many other TV programmes, including Cracker "Men Should Weep" and most notably in 1993 as John Hargreaves in ''Coronation Street'', the man who knocked down and killed Lisa Duckworth. Two years later he appeared again in ''Coronation Street'', this time as a hospital consultant, when Deirdre Barlow's late husband Samir Rachid was beaten up and killed by a gang of thugs. His first ''Emmerdale'' role was that of PC John Jarvis at the time of the Post Office raid in 1994, before landing the role of the caring and sympathetic Rev. Ashley Thomas in December 1996. In October 2015, when a new storyline was revealed on-screen for Ashley, it was also announced Middleton would be leaving his role as Ashley after 20 years. Middleton's co ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ashley Thomas
Ashley Thomas is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by John Middleton. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 5 December 1996. It was announced on 22 October 2015 that Middleton would be departing as Ashley at the end of his contract after the character was diagnosed with vascular dementia in the episode aired on that day. The contract was later extended in order for the storyline to be extended. It was revealed that Ashley would be killed off at the end of the storyline. Middleton filmed his final scenes in March 2017 after his contract ended, and Ashley died on-screen on 7 April 2017, ending his 21 years on ''Emmerdale''. Ashley appeared in further episodes in home movie scenes, making his final appearance on 13 February 2018. Ashley's storylines have included his short-lived marriage to Bernice Blackstock ( Samantha Giles) and the birth of their daughter Gabby, as well as his first and second marriages to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |