List of Emmerdale Farm appearances

List of Emmerdale Farm appearances

List of Emmerdale appearances

This page details the appearances by main/regular characters during the Emmerdale Farm era, from Episode 1 (16th October 1972) to Episode 1402 (9th November 1989).

Note: '#' in the "Year of Departure" column indicates that the character continued into the Emmerdale era.

-	Character	Year of debut	Year of departure	Number of appearances
1	Matt Skilbeck	1972	#	1354
2	Amos Brearly	1972	#	1349
3	Henry Wilks	1972	#	1332
4	Annie Sugden	1972	#	1317
5	Joe Sugden	1972	#	1125
6	Dolly Skilbeck	1977	#	971
7	Jack Sugden	1972	#	830
8	Seth Armstrong	1978	#	796
9	Sam Pearson	1972	1984	794
10	Jackie Merrick	1972	1989	729
11	Alan Turner	1982	#	658
12	Donald Hinton	1977	#	615
13	Sandie Merrick	1972	1989	594
14	Caroline Bates	1984	#	528
15	Pat Sugden	1972	1986	463
16	Samuel Skilbeck	1982	#	404
17	Kathy Merrick	1985	#	363
18	Archie Brooks	1983	#	329
19	Nick Bates	1985	#	248
20	Jock MacDonald	1981	#	226
21	Phil Pearce	1986	1989	205
22	Bill Middleton	1984	1989	179
23	Eric Pollard	1986	#	162
24	Robert Sugden	1986	#	125
25	Kate Sugden	1988	#	124
26	Alison Gibbons	1973	1974	112
26	Richard Anstey	1980	1981	112
28	Edward Ruskin	1973	1983	102
29	Kathy Gimbel	1974	1977	101
29	Rachel Hughes	1988	#	101
31	Karen Moore	1984	1986	92
32	Ruth Pennington	1987	1988	91
33	Mark Hughes	1988	#	84
34	Janie Harker	1972	1986	80
34	Liz Ruskin	1973	1975	80
36	Rosemary Kendall	1975	1976	77
37	Christine Sharp	1973	1976	74
38	Mike Conrad	1983	1985	73
39	Tom Merrick	1972	1988	69
40	Frank Blakey	1972	1974	66
41	Marian Rosetti	1972	1988	61
41	Pete Whiteley	1989	#	61
43	Lynn Whiteley	1989	#	58
44	Barbara Peters	1982	1983	55
44	Terence Turner	1985	1985	55
46	Judy Westrop	1979	1980	54
47	Maurice Westrop	1979	1980	53
48	Harry Mowlam	1983	1986	51
49	Alison Caswell	1984	1985	50
50	Sita Sharma	1985	1986	49
51	Dryden Hogben	1974	1974	48
52	Derek Warner	1980	1986	47
53	Andy Longthorn	1980	1984	46
53	Peggy Skilbeck	1972	1973	46
53	Norah Norris	1974	1975	46
56	Bill Whiteley	1989	#	38
56	Lena Dawkins	1973	1976	38
58	Denis Rigg	1988	1989	36
59	Diana Prescott	1974	1974	33
59	Kitty Ferris	1979	1979	33
61	George Verney	1973	1974	32
61	James Bonfils	1974	1975	32
63	William Hockley	1977	1977	30
64	Martin Gimbel	1975	1976	28
65	Penny Golightly	1973	1973	27
66	Jim Gimbel	1974	1975	26
67	Clare Scott	1973	1973	22
68	Sarah Connolly	1988	#	19
69	David Hughes	1989	#	16