List of original characters

A list of all Emmerdale Farm characters who were seen in the show on a regular basis when it began in 1972. Sorted by departure date, with most recent first.

Two characters from the original cast were eventually replaced with Clive Hornby taking over from Andrew Burt in 1980 and Debbi Blythe taking over from Gail Harrison for a short recurring period in 1987.

Of the original cast seen in the first episode in 1972, only Sheila Mercier, Andrew Burt, Frazer Hines, Frederick Pyne, Jo Kendall and Gail Harrison are still alive and of those, only Frazer Hines character (Joe Sugden) and Jo Kendall's character (Peggy Skilbeck) have been killed off in the show.

ListEdit

Character	Actor	When they left
Annie Sugden	Sheila Mercier	2009
Jack Sugden	Clive Hornby (1980 onwards) Andrew Burt (until 1976)	2008 (recurring until 1980)
Joe Sugden	Frazer Hines	1994
Amos Brearly	Ronald Magill	1992 (recurring until 1995)
Henry Wilks	Arthur Pentelow	1991
Matt Skilbeck	Frederick Pyne	1989
Sam Pearson	Toke Townley	1984
Peggy Skilbeck	Jo Kendall	1973
Marian Rosetti	Debbi Blythe (1987 onwards) Gail Harrison (until 1976)	1973 (recurring until 1988)

See alsoEdit

• Emmerdale characters
• List of current characters