List of Emmerdale Farm appearances

This page details the appearances by main/regular characters during the Emmerdale Farm era, from Episode 1 (16th October 1972) to Episode 1402 (9th November 1989).
Note: '#' in the "Year of Departure" column indicates that the character continued into the Emmerdale era.
- 	Character 	Year of debut	Year of departure	Number of appearances
1 	Matt Skilbeck 	1972 	# 	1354
2 	Amos Brearly 	1972 	# 	1348
3 	Henry Wilks 	1972 	# 	1332
4 	Annie Sugden 	1972 	# 	1316
5 	Joe Sugden 	1972 	# 	1125
6 	Dolly Skilbeck 	1977 	# 	971
7 	Jack Sugden 	1972 	# 	829
8 	Seth Armstrong 	1978 	# 	796
9 	Sam Pearson 	1972 	1984 	793
10	Jackie Merrick 	1972 	1989 	729
11	Alan Turner 	1982 	# 	658
12	Donald Hinton 	1977 	# 	615
13	Sandie Merrick 	1972 	1989 	596
14	Caroline Bates 	1984 	# 	528
15	Pat Sugden 	1972 	1986 	463
16	Kathy Merrick 	1985 	# 	366
17	Archie Brooks 	1983 	# 	329
18	Samuel Skilbeck 	1982 	# 	309
19	Nick Bates 	1985 	# 	248
20	Jock MacDonald 	1981 	# 	226
21	Phil Pearce 	1986 	1989 	206
22	Bill Middleton 	1984 	1989 	179
23	Eric Pollard 	1986 	# 	162
24	Robert Sugden 	1986 	# 	125
25	Kate Sugden 	1988 	# 	124
26	Alison Gibbons 	1973 	1974 	112
26	Richard Anstey 	1980 	1981 	112
28	Edward Ruskin 	1973 	1983 	101
28	Kathy Gimbel 	1974 	1977 	101
28	Rachel Hughes 	1988 	# 	101
31	Karen Moore 	1984 	1986 	92
32	Ruth Pennington 	1987 	1988 	91
33	Mark Hughes 	1988 	# 	84
34	Janie Harker 	1972 	1986 	79
34	Liz Ruskin 	1973 	1975 	79
36	Rosemary Kendall	1975 	1976 	77
37	Christine Sharp 	1973 	1976 	74
38	Mike Conrad 	1983 	1985 	73
39	Tom Merrick 	1972 	1988 	69
40	Frank Blakey 	1972 	1974 	65
41	Marian Rosetti 	1972 	1988 	61
41	Pete Whiteley 	1989 	# 	61
43	Lynn Whiteley 	1989 	# 	58
44	Barbara Peters 	1982 	1983 	55
44	Terence Turner 	1985 	1985 	55
46	Judy Westrop 	1979 	1980 	54
47	Maurice Westrop 	1979 	1980 	53
48	Harry Mowlam 	1983 	1986 	51
49	Alison Caswell 	1984 	1985 	50
50	Sita Sharma 	1985 	1986 	49
51	Dryden Hogben 	1974 	1974 	48
52	Derek Warner 	1980 	1986 	47
53	Andy Longthorn 	1980 	1984 	46
53	Peggy Skilbeck 	1972 	1973 	46
53	Norah Norris 	1974 	1975 	46
56	Bill Whiteley 	1989 	# 	38
56	Lena Dawkins 	1973 	1976 	38
58	Denis Rigg 	1988 	1989 	36
59	Diana Prescott 	1974 	1974 	33
59	Kitty Ferris 	1979 	1979 	33
61	George Verney 	1973 	1974 	32
61	James Bonfils 	1974 	1975 	32
63	William Hockley 	1977 	1977 	30
64	Martin Gimbel 	1975 	1976 	28
65	Penny Golightly 	1973 	1973 	27
66	Jim Gimbel 	1974 	1975 	26
67	Clare Scott 	1973 	1973 	22
68	Sarah Connolly 	1988 	# 	19
69	David Hughes 	1989 	# 	16
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