Liam (1987 character)

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<h2 class="pi-item pi-item-spacing pi-title" data-source="name">Liam</h2>

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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Birthplace</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">[[Ireland]]</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Residence</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">[[Ireland]]</div>
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<div class="pi-item pi-data pi-item-spacing pi-border-color" data-source="first appearance">
	
		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">First appearance</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">[[Episode 1194 (20th October 1987)|20th October 1987]]</div>
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<div class="pi-item pi-data pi-item-spacing pi-border-color" data-source="last appearance">
	
		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Last appearance</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">[[Episode 1197 (29th October 1987)|29th October 1987]]</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Number of appearances</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">4</div>
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		<h3 class="pi-data-label pi-secondary-font">Played by</h3>
	
	<div class="pi-data-value pi-font">[[Richard Borthwick]]</div>
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&#x200b;</div><b>Liam</b> is the rich Irishman fiance of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ruth%20Pennington%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ruth%20Pennington%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRuth%20Pennington%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/Ruth_Pennington" title="Ruth Pennington">Ruth Pennington</a>. Ruth moved to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Beckindale%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Beckindale%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBeckindale%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/Beckindale" title="Beckindale" class="mw-redirect">Beckindale</a> in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%221987%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221987%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1987%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/1987" title="1987">1987</a> to establish herself as a vet, and ended up dating <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Joe%20Sugden%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Joe%20Sugden%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJoe%20Sugden%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/Joe_Sugden" title="Joe Sugden">Joe Sugden</a>. However, Ruth didn't tell Joe that she and Liam were engaged, and Joe didn't find out until Liam came to the village in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22October%201987%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22October%201987%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOctober%201987%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/October_1987" title="October 1987">October 1987</a> to try convince Ruth to return to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Ireland%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Ireland%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BIreland%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> with him. In <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%221988%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221988%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1988%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a>, Ruth left Liam and returned to Beckindale to be with Joe. But, in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22July%201988%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22July%201988%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BJuly%201988%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/July_1988" title="July 1988">July 1988</a>, Joe found that she was still in touch with Liam. Joe felt that every time she went out she was going to see him, or to phone him. He could not trust her any more so she then returned to Ireland to be with Liam.
<h2 data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">List of appearances</h2>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-filler="true"></p><h3>1987</h3>
<ul><li><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tue%2020th%20Oct%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Episode%201194%20%2820th%20October%201987%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEpisode%201194%20%2820th%20October%201987%29%7CTue%2020th%20Oct%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/Episode_1194_(20th_October_1987)" title="Episode 1194 (20th October 1987)">Tue 20th Oct</a>
</li><li><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Thu%2022nd%20Oct%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Episode%201195%20%2822nd%20October%201987%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEpisode%201195%20%2822nd%20October%201987%29%7CThu%2022nd%20Oct%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/Episode_1195_(22nd_October_1987)" title="Episode 1195 (22nd October 1987)">Thu 22nd Oct</a>
</li><li><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Tue%2027th%20Oct%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Episode%201196%20%2827th%20October%201987%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEpisode%201196%20%2827th%20October%201987%29%7CTue%2027th%20Oct%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/Episode_1196_(27th_October_1987)" title="Episode 1196 (27th October 1987)">Tue 27th Oct</a>
</li><li><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Thu%2029th%20Oct%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Episode%201197%20%2829th%20October%201987%29%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BEpisode%201197%20%2829th%20October%201987%29%7CThu%2029th%20Oct%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="86644-14684422915df4929c26bbb" href="/wiki/Episode_1197_(29th_October_1987)" title="Episode 1197 (29th October 1987)">Thu 29th Oct</a>
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