Jimmy King (Emmerdale)

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Emmerdale character
Jimmy King
Played by	Nick Miles
Duration	2004-
Date of Birth	1st March 1965
Date of Death
Marital Status	Divorced
Occupation	Businessman
Family	Tom, Matthew, Carl

James 'Jimmy' King is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Nick Miles.

[edit] About Jimmy

Poor Jimmy King has money, power and the opportunity to live a perfect life - but he just can’t help messing it up.

Born when his father was still climbing the ladder of success, Jimmy didn’t have the privileges of university that his younger siblings have had - and it often shows.

His marriage to Sadie seemed to be perfect from the outside. A stunning blonde who was determined to see her husband succeed, Sadie seemed to share the same goals as Jimmy. But, sadly for him, there was one issue they fundamentally disagreed on.

While he was desperate for children, Sadie never had any intention of having them and had continued to have contraceptive injections behind his back. When her deception was revealed, Jimmy was horrified she’d been so sly and moved into the spare bedroom.

Sick of being made a fool of by his wife and his family, Jimmy soon fell into an elaborate trap set up by Charity Tate.

Having been framed by Sadie, Charity was desperate to clear her name and decided Jimmy was the just the man to help her do it. She lured him to a hotel room after having passionate sex with him, Charity videotaped him confirming that Sadie had set the whole thing up and then showed the tape to Tom.

The results were catastrophic for Jimmy. Estranged from his wife and disowned by his family, Jimmy joined forces with a rival businessman to the Kings - but his defection didn’t last long.

When Tom forgave him and welcomed him back into the fold, Jimmy was quick to take his chance while he could - and, besides, he had a very bitter divorce battle looming.

Relations between himself and Sadie had descended into all out war and Jimmy had further inflamed the situation by concealing most of his assets so Sadie would get a tiny divorce settlement. So when his clever wife manipulated her way back into the family business, Jimmy was horrified.

But while Sadie was causing him grief at work, Jimmy decided to enjoy a bit of play with village vixen Kelly Windsor. The couple enjoyed a brief romance which was all about sex for Jimmy and money for Kelly but when it was revealed that his young lover had a less than perfect past, Jimmy ditched her.

He went on to try and pull Woolpack barmaid Toni Daggert, but didn’t get very far so went back to concentrating on his business. Jimmy was determined to make Tom proud of him after Matthew walked away from King & Sons for the love of Sadie, leaving Jimmy in charge.

But the wily pair had already started plotting to ruin Jimmy – who was trying to secure a deal to buy out rival Don Clough’s firm. When their scheming made Jimmy lose the deal, he was incensed but he threw himself into trying to get the new development launched by the proper date.

The problem is that Jimmy has no qualms about cutting corners and engaging in dodgy business practices that has his brother Carl King fuming.

After Kings River Show Home was vandalised Jimmy didn't bother to get it properly repaired and the result was a gas leak that lead to massive explosions in the house which collapsed claiming the lives of three people including Dawn Woods and Noreen Bell. Jimmy was in the house at the time of collapse and as a result his back was seriouly injured. Tom has sent him away both to help him recover and also to keep him away from where people know and hate the name King.

[edit] Family

• Mother: Mary King
• Father: Tom King
• Brothers: Matthew King, Carl King, Max King (deceased)
• Nephew: Thomas King
• Niece: Anya King

[edit] See also

• King family
• Emmerdale Cast List