Rodney Blackstock
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| Emmerdale character | |
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| Rodney Blackstock | |
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| Played by | Patrick Mower |
| Duration | 2000- |
| Date of birth | 12th December 1945 |
| Date of death | |
| Marital status | Divorced |
| Occupation | Window cleaner |
| Family | Bernice, Nicola, Paul, Gabby and Diane Jnr. |
Rodney Blackstock is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Patrick Mower.
[edit] About Rodney
When Rodney Blackstock turned up in Emmerdale, no one was more surprised to see him than his ex-wife Diane.
Having been deserted by him when their daughter Bernice was just five years old, Rodney hadn’t so much as sent a postcard since.
He’d been invited to meet Bernice by her fiancé Ashley Thomas - who had no idea of their troubled history. When Bernice realised he was her father, she went mad at Ashley and almost cancelled their wedding.
But on Christmas Day 2000, Rodney looked on proudly as his eldest daughter got married.
Settling into life in the village, the ageing Romeo started dating new barmaid Louise Appleton. Rich, suave and charming, Rodney had never had much troubled attracting the ladies - but had always had problems with sticking with just the one.
Ever since he’d come back, Rodney and his ex-wife had fought like cat and dog but there was clearly still an underlying attraction there. When the former spouses found themselves in bed together, Louise left Rodney and he threw himself into work again.
Meanwhile, Rodney was delighted when his youngest daughter Nicola arrived in Emmerdale, desperate to get to know Bernice.
It looked like they would be friends forever until chef Carlos Diaz turned up to spoil the party. Bernice suffered a miscarriage and started sleeping with Carlos, who was already dating Nicola.
Desperate to hold on to him, Nicola pretended she was pregnant and got Rodney to shell out for a huge wedding day - but the truth came out, and Nicola was left heartbroken.
When Bernice left the village a few months later, Rodney was devastated. As far as women are concerned, Rodney enjoyed a brief fling with Steph Stokes in 2003, but in 2004 his life got much more complicated by the arrival of Diane’s sister Val Lambert.
Thrilled to discover Rodney was still handsome and now rich too, Val was quick to start dating him and enjoyed all the luxuries Rodney’s wealth afforded her.
However, while he enjoyed spending time with Val, Rodney was still in love with Diane. When she discovered she had colon cancer in 2004, Rodney was horrified and declared his undying love to her.
However, she wasn’t looking to rekindle their relationship - and rejected him in favour of boyfriend Jack Sugden. When Diane and Jack got married, Rodney and Val had a vicious showdown outside the church in which it’s revealed that Val’s homosexual drag queen son Paul is in fact Rodney’s son.
Horrified and unable to cope with Paul’s sexuality, Rodney struggled to form a bond with his son and the pair spent months at loggerheads before they finally reconciled.
Diane couldn’t believe that her sister and her ex-husband had been having an affair behind her back when they were married, but was so happy with Jack that she forgave them both.
Meanwhile, Rodney started getting closely entangled in his children’s love lives. Nicola was dating kindly fishmonger Simon Meredith and no one was more delighted than Rodney when they got engaged.
However, the arrival of Simon’s mother Lesley proved a bit of a headache for him. Lesley was absolutely smitten with Rodney and always hoped they might get together. So imagine her delight when the two of them got blind drunk one night and spend a steamy night together!
The next day, Rodney was wracked with guilt, knowing he wasn’t attracted to Lesley. Meanwhile, she was already dreaming of a happily ever after.
Fortunately for Rodney it wasn’t him who ended up putting Leslie in the picture. Spiteful Kelly Windsor decided to mark Lesley’s card by taking her place at an event Rodney was attending and leaving her both humiliated and heartbroken.
What started off as a bit of a fling has blossomed into something more serious for Kelly and Rodney.
But while he was enjoying some romantic luck, his children’s relationships were about to fall spectacularly apart!
Nicola and Simon’s romance had been on the rocks for a while, since his business had fallen apart and they’d been forced to cut back drastically. In boredom, Nicola had developed a huge crush on Ivan Jones, their lodger and the boyfriend of her half-brother Paul!
When Simon and Nicola split, she became fixated on Ivan and tried to lure him into bed repeatedly.
When Lesley spotted them half-dressed, she assumed they were having an affair and Nicola let her. As accusations flew, Rodney took Nicola’s side, believing Ivan had been messing her about.
When the truth of Nicola’s duplicity was revealed, Rodney felt horribly embarrassed and realized he’d set his relationship with Paul back by a pretty long way.
It took time but now father and son are reconciled, and Nicola has left Emmerdale behind. Now
Rodney is busy trying to build up his empire, ensure the Kings don’t take over the whole village and that the people he loves are happy and successful.
But in a village like Emmerdale, no one stays happy for long – even happy go lucky millionaires like our Rodders…
[edit] Family
- Son: Paul Lambert
- Daughters: Bernice Thomas, Nicola Blackstock
- Granddaughters: Gabby Thomas, Diane Jnr.
