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 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

Jean Tate is the daughter of Zoe Tate. 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.

Siobhan Marsden

Paul Marsden

Rachel Whatmore

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.

Shelley Williams

Pearl Ladderbanks

Eddie Hope

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

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 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 tries 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

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, played by Gerard Fletcher, made his first screen appearance on 2 December 2003. In November 2015, it was announced that the character would return the following month, with Gary Mavers taking over the role.^[1] Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy reported that Gordon's return would allow the show "to delve back into the past of Chas and Aaron, with a busy few months ahead for both of them."^[1]

Gordon is the former husband of Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) and the father of Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller). Gordon visits Emmerdale when he drops off Aaron to spend time with Chas. When Louise Appleton (Emily Symons) tells him that she saw Chas hit Aaron, Gordon is angry and takes Aaron home, telling Chas that in future she will only see him if it is what Aaron wants. Gordon later appears when Aaron is arrested after becoming a drug mule for the McFarlanes, a local crime family. 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 his wife Sandra (Janet Bamford), 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.

Seven year later, Gordon (Gary Mavers) meets Diane Sugden (Elizabeth Estensen) in an oncologists waiting room. He reveals that to her that he has regrets about being estranged from Aaron, but asks Diane not to tell anyone that she saw him. Gordon later visits Chas and Aaron. He and Chas reconnect and begin dating again, which upsets Aaron when he sees them together. Aaron tells Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) that Gordon is the real reason why he self-harms because Gordon raped him when he was 8 years old.

The next day, Robert comes face to face with Gordon and confronts him about what he did to Aaron when he was a child. Gordon denies it and Robert warns Gordon, telling him to leave town or he will kill him. When Aaron is being prepared for discharge, Robert tells him he could be affected by false memory syndrome after being convinced by Gordon that Aaron has made the whole thing up. Aaron is horrified and he confronts Gordon about his twisted lies. Gordon later leaves after being possibly accused of child abuse towards Aaron.

In February 2016, after a day at the seaside, Aaron admits to Chas that Gordon raped him. Aaron later recalls Chas telling her the details of his rape. Chas then goes over to Gordon's house in order to confront him. Gordon later lies and tells her that he did not rape Aaron but the truth later comes out. Chas later tells her half-brother Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) about Gordon raping Aaron. Cain leaves and plans strikes revenge on Gordon.

The next day, Gordon returns from shopping to found somebody has broken into his house and has wrecked it, then Cain walks in and knocks him out because of what he did to Aaron, and ties him up. Later on when he wakes up, he finds out that Cain is going to drug him, but Gordon still denies what he did to Aaron. As Cain is about to drug him, Aaron and Chas walk in and Aaron stops Cain from killing Gordon as he does not want Cain to get sent down for murder, and then Aaron says he will report Gordon to police for what he did to him. The next day, Aaron finally reports Gordon to the police and Gordon is then questioned, but during this he states that the day before, Cain attempted to make him take his own life, so the police then pay Cain a visit, but Chas and Cain's wife Moira Dingle (Natalie J. Robb) cover for him and tell the police that Cain was with them that night.

On the following day, Aaron goes to the scrapyard to find that Gordon is in the office waiting for him. He threatens Aaron and tells him that if he does not tell the police that he actually didn't rape him, then he will try and get Cain locked up for what he did.

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