List of Emmerdale characters (2003)
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the British soap opera Emmerdale in 2003, by order of first appearance.
Freda Darby
| Freda Darby | |
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| Emmerdale character | |
| Portrayed by | Lyn Paul |
| Duration | 2003, 2005 |
| First appearance | 10 February 2003 |
| Last appearance | 5 December 2005 |
| Introduced by |
Steve Frost (2003) Kathleen Beedles (2005) |
| Classification | Former; recurring |
Freda Darby is an acquaintance of Jarvis Skelton. She appeared in 2003 and 2005.
After appearing briefly in 2003 whilst Jarvis was involved in a dancing competition with Edna Birch, Freda returns to Emmerdale in late 2005. She offers Jarvis the chance to live in Spain with her. He accepts her offer and they leave the village on 5 December 2005.
Jean Tate
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| Portrayed by | Megan Pearson | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2003-05 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 24 January 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 22 September 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Steve Frost | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||||||||||||
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Jean Tate is the daughter of Zoe Tate and Scott Windsor. She appeared from 2003 to 2005.
Jean is conceived during a one-night stand between Zoe Tate and Scott Windsor while Zoe, a lesbian, was suffering from schizophrenia. Jean is named after Zoe's mother. Her father is unknown until Scott comes forward while Jean is in hospital following an accident when she fell off a table. Eventually, Zoe allows Scott access to Jean but then plans to leave for New Zealand. Scott takes Zoe, Jean and her cousin Joseph hostage at gunpoint. Scott's mother, Viv Hope, talks him round and Zoe, Joseph and Jean leave the village.
Dawn Woods
Siobhan Marsden
Paul Marsden
Rachel Whatmore
| Rachel Whatmore | |
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| Emmerdale character | |
| Portrayed by | Zoe Lambert |
| Duration | 2003-05 |
| First appearance | 1 June 2003 |
| Last appearance | 6 May 2005 |
| Introduced by | Steve Frost |
| Classification | Former; recurring |
| Profile | |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Rachel Whatmore is the solicitor for the Tate family. She appeared from 2003 to 2005.
Rachel is first seen when representing Chris Tate in his personal matters, as she helps him to dispose of most of his money and make sure his wife Charity Tate has nothing. Unknown to Rachel, Chris is dying and plans to commit suicide and frame Charity for his murder. Zoe has to run the Tate empire after her brother's death, and she becomes close to Rachel, especially after she learns Rachel, like her, is a lesbian. In early 2004, Zoe attempts to have a romantic relationship with Scott Windsor, the father of her child, but her feelings for Rachel lead to an affair. Scott's mother Viv Hope sees them and tells Scott, leading to a confrontation and Rachel ends the relationship. A year later, Zoe asks Rachel if they can try again, but Rachel is now in a new relationship.
In June 2005, Zoe faces charges for the attempted murder of Scott, but Rachel is on holiday, and her colleague Neil Depaul instead takes Zoe's case.
Pearl Ladderbanks
Eddie Hope
| Eddie Hope | |||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Nigel Betts | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2003, 2007 | ||||||||||||
| First appearance | 4 September 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 21 May 2007 | ||||||||||||
| Introduced by |
Steve Frost (2003) Kathleen Beedles (2007) | ||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||||||||
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Edward Maurice "Eddie" Hope is the brother of Bob Hope. He appeared in 2003 and 2007.
Eddie first appears in Emmerdale in late 2003. He tries to romance Lisa Dingle, whose husband Zak is away in Chile, but she does remain loyal to her husband. He leaves the village on 26 November. Eddie returns in February 2007 when he is the new sales manager for Naughty Nylons. He offers Bob a job as a salesman, much to the annoyance of Bob's wife Viv. During his time in the village he tries to win Viv from Bob, but this fails. He leaves the village in May 2007.
Daz Eden
T.J. Woods
| T.J. Woods | |||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Connor Lee | ||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2003-11 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 19 October 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | 21 January 2011 | ||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Steve Frost | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||||||||||||
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| Home | Morocco | ||||||||||||||||
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Terence "Terry" Woods Junior, known as T.J., is the son of Terry and Dawn Woods. He first appeared on his birth in 2003 and appeared intermittently for seven years until 2011.
T.J. is born on 19 October 2003, and when he is a few days old his father Terry has a stroke. With Dawn having to care for both Terry and T.J, their marriage comes under strain and they split up. In July 2006, after learning of Terry's relationship with her mother Jean, Dawn decides to leave the village and move to Cornwall with T.J. Jean talks Terry out of launching a custody battle. However, before they can leave Emmerdale, Dawn is killed in the Kings River House explosion on 13 July 2006.
Jean accepts compensation for Dawn's death from the King family and decides to move to Morocco, and without Terry knowing decides to take T.J with her. However, Dawn's brother Jamie Hope tells Terry and he rushes to the airport, but is too late to stop them departing. Terry then travels to Morocco and returns in January 2007 with T.J. T.J is still confused as to where his mother has gone and Terry has to explain, and they release a balloon in her memory. In April 2008, T.J contracts e.coli and is taken to hospital to recover. Later in 2008, T.J becomes a more sarcastic child and is unhappy with his father's relationship with Brenda Walker, but later accepts her.
On 13 January 2011, T.J is orphaned when Terry is killed in an arson attack. On 21 January, T.J goes to live with Jean in Morocco although he does not want to go as he thinks it is too hot in Morocco and that Moroccans wear "funny hats".
Ethan Blake
| Ethan Blake | |
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| Emmerdale character | |
| Portrayed by | Liam O'Brien |
| Duration | 2003-05, 2006 |
| First appearance | 17 December 2003 |
| Last appearance | 20 October 2006 |
| Introduced by |
Steve Frost (2003) Kathleen Beedles (2006) |
| Classification | Former; regular |
| Profile | |
| Occupation | Curate |
| Home | Ireland |
Ethan Blake is a curate at Emmerdale's church working alongside vicar Ashley Thomas. Debbie Dingle who tries to seduce him but he rebuffs her advances. In October 2004, Cain discovers Debbie has been seeing someone and when Debbie lies that she went to the church, Cain gets the wrong idea and beats up Ethan, believing that he has been sleeping with Debbie. Ashley is disappointed and angry when Ethan confesses he kissed Debbie (when he was actually thinking of Niamh, not Debbie) and is worried when Ethan receives a death threat from Cain. Cain then destroys Ethan's car and attacks Ethan again. Zak and Ashley restrain Cain long enough for Debbie to swear on Noah's life that Ethan never touched her. Cain then leaves Ethan alone, with a badly bruised and bleeding face. Ethan then calls Niamh as he needs a friend. Ethan conducts the funeral of deceased vet Max King in October 2005 while Ashley goes to Israel for three weeks.
Ethan later leaves the village in disgrace after he tried to break up, Ashley and his girlfriend Laurel Potts' relationship. He returns a year later with Emily Kirk but does not stay long due to the previous unpleasantness with Ashley.
Denzil Calburn
| Denzil Calburn | |
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| Emmerdale character | |
| Portrayed by | Danny Lawrence |
| Duration | 2003-05 |
| First appearance | 15 December 2003 |
| Last appearance | 22 September 2005 |
| Introduced by | Steve Frost |
| Classification | Former; recurring |
| Profile | |
| Occupation | Police officer |
Police Constable Denzil Calburn is a police officer. He appeared intermittently for two years from 2003 to 2005.
A local constable, PC Calburn has a brief relationship with Chas Dingle after he offers to change a flat tyre for her when she breaks down on the side of the road. However, she later falls in love with Carl King. Denzil breaks up with Chas when she repeatedly lies for her lawbreaking father, Shadrach Dingle who steals Denzil's patrol car, humiliating him. Denzil returns to give evidence at Zoe Tate's trial for the attempted murder of Scott Windsor in September.
Aaron Livesy
Gordon Livesy
| Gordon Livesy | |||||||
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| Portrayed by | Gerard Fletcher | ||||||
| Duration | 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 | ||||||
| First appearance | 2 December 2003 | ||||||
| Last appearance | 8 December 2008 | ||||||
| Introduced by |
Steve Frost (2003, 2004) Kathleen Beedles (2006), Anita Turner (2008) | ||||||
| Classification | Former; recurring | ||||||
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Gordon Livesy is the former husband of Chas Dingle and the father of Aaron Livesy. He appeared in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008.
Gordon visits Emmerdale in 2003, 2004 and 2006 when he drops off Aaron to spend time with Chas. When Louise Appleton tells him that she saw Chas hit Aaron, Gordon is angry and tells Chas that he will stop her having access to Aaron.
He next appears in 2008 when Aaron is arrested after becoming a drug mule for a local crime family, the McFarlanes. Chas goes to the police station and later visits Gordon to find out what had been going on. Gordon tells her that he had thrown Aaron out after he hit Sandra, Gordon's second wife, with whom he has a child. Aaron later asks to go back to his father's but Gordon says they need a break from him and insists he stay with Chas. Later that night, Aaron vandalises Gordon's office, although he cannot prove it. Gordon hasn't been seen since.