Emmerdale is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appear during 2020, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the soap's executive producer, Jane Hudson. The first character to be introduced was (Brody and Teddy Hall), the son of Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) and Lee Posner (Kris Mochrie), followed by (Carryl Thomas). (Mark Womack) first appeared in March, and (Reece Dinsdale) was introduced in April as the father of Vinny (Bradley Johnson). was introduced in September as a love interest for Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller), and Meena Jutla (Paige Sandhu) and (Lawrence Robb) made their debuts in September and October, respectively. In December, vicar (Kevin Mathurin) was introduced. Additionally, multiple appeared in 2020.