This article is written from the Real World point of view. |
A list of weddings which have featured in Emmerdale storylines since 1972.
Weddings[]
Off-screen weddings[]
No | Bride | Bridegroom | Ceremony | Honeymoon | Episode/Date | Notes |
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1 | Ethel Ainsworth | Mr. Snape | Unknown | 1974 | ||
2 | Phyllis Acaster | Leonard Purwick | Unknown | Episode 458 (22nd June 1978) | Phyllis was late arriving to Beckindale for her daughter's wedding as she had married Leonard in secret. | |
3 | Pip Coulter | Steve Hawker | Unknown | Episode 460 (29th June 1978) | Pip and Steve eloped without the knowledge of their families. | |
4 | Janet Bulstrode | Michael Whiteley | Unknown | Episode 1046 (6th May 1986) | Donald Hinton married the pair, stealing Seth Armstrong's bike to make it to the church when his car broke down. | |
5 | Sonia | Malcolm Bates | Registry office | Episode 1188 (29th September 1987) | ||
6 | Steph Stokes | Adam Forsythe | Unknown | 2006 | Steph and Adam decided to marry in secret whilst on holiday. | |
7 | Manpreet Jutla | Rishi Sharma | Las Vegas | N/A | 2019 | |
8 | Tracy Metcalfe | Nate Robinson | Hotten Registry Office | Episode 9720 (4th July 2023) |
Non-Legal Weddings and Blessings[]
No | Bride(s) | Bridegroom(s) | Ceremony | Episode/Date | Notes |
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1 | Emma Nightingale & Zoe Tate |
N/A | Episode 2081 (16th May 1996) | Zoe and Emma had their relationship blessed. | |
2 | Lisa Clegg | Zak Dingle | Grass outside St. Michael's Church, Robblesfield | Episode 2254 (10th September 1997) | Ashley Thomas blesses Zak and Lisa's relationship after Lisa's failed wedding to Zak's brother Albert. |
3 | Eve Jenson | James Jenson | Harrogate | Episode 4508 (3rd November 2006) | Eve and James have a blessing in England for those who were unable to make it to their wedding in France. |
3 | N/A | Paul Lambert & Jonny Foster |
Home Farm | Episode 4927 (3rd March 2008) | Paul and Jonny have a second wedding ceremony infront of their friends and family as they can't admit to their parents that they've already gotten married. |
4 | Natasha Wylde | Mark Wylde | St. Mary's Church | Episode 5306 (27th May 2009) | Mark and Natasha renew their wedding vows. |
5 | Laurel Thomas | Ashley Thomas | St. Mary's Church | Episode 6113 (22nd December 2011) | Laurel and Ashley renew their wedding vows. |
6 | Brenda Walker | Bob Hope | Home Fields | Episode 6609 (18th July 2013) | Bob and Brenda marry in an unofficial handfasting ceremony. |
7 | Val Pollard | Eric Pollard | St. Mary's Church | Episode 6887 (5th June 2014) | Val and Eric renew their wedding vows after reuniting following their separation. |
8 | Laurel Thomas | Ashley Thomas | St. Mary's Church | Episode 7546 (5th July 2016) | Laurel and Ashley renew their vows as due to his dementia, Ashley couldn't remember their wedding. |
9 | Nicola King | Jimmy King | Playground | Episode 7708 (28th December 2016) | Jimmy and Nicola renew their wedding vow in front of their children. |
10 | N/A | Aaron Dingle & Robert Sugden |
Dingle & Dingle Automotives | Episode 7754 (21st February 2017) | Aaron and Robert privately exchange vows at the garage after Robert's surprise wedding is ruined by the police showing up. |
11 | Tracy Metcalfe | David Metcalfe | Memorial Garden | Episode 7934 (12th September 2017) | David organises a surprise Thai beach ceremony for Tracy to apologise and they renew their wedding vows in front of their family and friends. |
12 | Jessie Grant | Marlon Dingle | Barn at Wishing Well Cottage | Episode 8347/8348 (25th December 2018) | Jessie surprises Marlon with a Christmas wedding. |
13 | Liv Dingle | Vinny Dingle | St. Mary's Church | Episode 9307/9308 (10th March 2022) | Harriet Finch performs an unofficial blessing for Liv and Vinny in the presence of Mandy Dingle, after Liv and Vinny got legally married in secret. |
14 | Tracy Metcalfe | Nate Robinson | St. Mary's Church | Episode 9719 (3rd July 2023) | Charles Anderson performs a blessing after Nate and Tracy's wedding at Hotten Town Hall didn't take place as Nate was kidnapped by Cain and Moira Dingle. |
Failed weddings/jiltings[]
No | Bride | Bridegroom | Best man | Bridesmaid | Ceremony | Circumstances | Episode/Date |
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1 | Elsa Feldmann | Nick Bates | Registrar Office | Elsa goes into labour on the way to the registrar office and gives birth to a baby girl. | Episode 1531 (14th February 1991) | ||
2 | Tina Dingle | Luke McAllister | Biff Fowler | Dolores Sharp | St. Mary's Church | The wedding is revealed to be revenge on Luke for the death of Tina's brother Ben the year before. | Episode 1992 (20th July 1995) |
3 | Lisa Clegg | Albert Dingle | Marlon Dingle | None | Robblefield Church | Lisa wanted to marry Albert's brother Zak instead. | Episode 2254 (10th September 1997) |
4 | Kathy Glover | Biff Fowler | Marlon Dingle | Alice Bates | St. Mary's Church | Biff found that Kathy had been unfaithful. | Episode 2559 (5th August 1999) |
5 | Nicola Blackstock | Carlos Diaz | Terry Woods | Emily Dingle & Bernice Thomas |
St. Mary's Church | Nicola found out that Carlos had been unfaithful. | Episode 3018 (4th October 2001) |
6 | Tricia Fisher | Marlon Dingle | Paddy Kirk | Emily Dingle | St. Mary's Church | Chewing gun was stuck in Tricia's hair and when she turned around too fast, she cricked her neck. | Episode 3289 (17th October 2002) |
7 | Charity Tate | Tom King | Chas Dingle & Debbie Dingle |
St. Mary's Church | Tom was shown photos of Charity kissing her cousin Cain. | Episode 3939/3940 (4th January 2005) | |
8 | Sharon Lambert | Dan McHerron | Registrar office | Dan finds out Sharon is only marrying him for this money. | Episode 4690 (30th May 2007) | ||
9 | Kelly Windsor | Jimmy King | Matthew King & Carl King |
Donna Windsor-Dingle & Scarlett Nicholls |
St. Mary's Church | Jimmy jilts Kelly when Eli Dingle tells him about Kelly's abortion. | Episode 4800/4801 (9th October 2007) |
10 | Jo Stiles | Andy Sugden | None | None | Butlers Farm | Andy is called into court for sentencing and is given three years imprisonment. | Judgement Day (8th January 2008) |
11 | Anna De Souza | Matthew King | Jimmy King | Katie Sugden | Home Farm | Matthew died after crashing his van into a wall when he tried to mow his brother Carl down, but swerved when he saw Anna in his path. | Episode 5169/5170 (16th December 2008) |
12 | Charity Tate | Michael Conway | Ian Walmsley | Unknown | St. Clement's Church | Wedding is called off after Michael reveals his affair with Charity's daughter Debbie to Charity. | Episode 5414 (1st October 2009)/Episode 5415 (1st October 2009) |
13 | Charity Tate | Cain Dingle | Zak Dingle & Sam Dingle |
Lisa Dingle & Debbie Dingle |
Registry Office | Charity is unable to go through with the wedding. | Episode 5553 (11th March 2010)/Episode 5554 (11th March 2010) |
14 | Chas Dingle | Carl King | Jimmy King | Gennie Walker, Eve Jenson & Katie Sugden |
St. Mary's Church | Chas found out that Carl had been unfaithful. | Episode 5799/5800 (25th December 2010) |
15 | Priya Sharma | Rakesh Kotecha | None | None | Home Farm | Priya and Rakesh realised they didn't want to marry each other. | Episode 6992/6993 (7th October 2014) |
16 | Carly Hope | Sunil Malla | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | After a talk from her dad, Carly realised that she was only marrying Sunil for his money. | Episode 7127 (11th March 2015) |
17 | Leyla Harding | Pete Barton | Ross Barton | Priya Kotecha | Unknown hotel | Pete and Leyla both realise they didn't want to get married. | Episode 7911 (17th August 2017)/Episode 7912 (17th August 2017) |
18 | Chas Dingle | Paddy Kirk | Marlon Dingle | Chas called the wedding off after feeling down about her baby. | Episode 8198/8199 (10th July 2018) | ||
19 | Debbie Dingle | Joe Tate | Sarah Sugden Jr. | Hotten General Hospital chapel | Joe failed to turn up for the wedding as he ran away after discovering he was wanted dead by Kim Tate. | Episode 8280/8281 (9th October 2018) | |
20 | Charity Dingle & Vanessa Woodfield |
N/A | None | None | Registrar Office | Charity called Vanessa, having to cancel after finding her son Ryan locked in a shed by Graham Foster. | Episode 8711 (22nd January 2020) |
21 | Mandy Dingle | Paul Ashdale | Vinny Dingle | None | The Woolpack | Paul died in a barn explosion. | Episode 9010/9011 (1st April 2021) |
22 | Gabby Thomas | Nicky Miligan | None | None | St. Mary's Church | Nicky told Gabby that he could not marry her because he was gay. | Episode 9696 (6th June 2023)/Episode 9697 (7th June 2023) |
23 | Tracy Metcalfe | Nate Robinson | None | None | Hotten Town Hall | Nate was kidnapped by Cain and Moira Dingle, whom wrongly believed Nate was planning to crash Tracy's wedding to another man. | Episode 9719 (3rd July 2023) |