Basil Ackroyd

Basil Ackroyd was an old friend of Sam Pearson. He visited Sam in April 1977, unintentionally bringing back memories of WWI for Sam. Sam and Basil's other friend Gilbert Mondrian also arrived in the village too, and they arranged an old soldiers' reunion at The Woolpack. Basil and Gilbert returned to France later that month. In September 1977, Joe Sugden and Matt Skilbeck were surprised to find Basil's car piled high with luggage in Emmerdale Farm's farmyard, leaving them curious to the real reason why Basil had returned to Beckindale. It eventually transpired that Basil's daughter Renee Barstow has been searching for him and Basil flees when Renee almost successfully tracks him down.
==List of appearances==
===1977===
*Thu 14th Apr
*Tue 19th Apr
*Thu 21st Apr
*Tue 26th Apr
*Thu 28th Apr
*Thu 8th Sep
*Tue 13th Sep
*Thu 15th Sep
*Tue 20th Sep
*Thu 22nd Sep
*Tue 27th Sep
*Thu 29th Sep
Category:Emmerdale Farm characters
Category:1977 minor characters
Category:Armed Forces Personnel