Pat Sugden - List of appearances

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Pat Sugden appeared in 463 episodes of Emmerdale Farm in 1972, 1974 and from 1980 to 1986. The character was originally named Ruth Merrick between 1972 and 1974 and played by Lynn Dalby, appearing in 12 episodes. When the character returned in 1980, she was renamed as Pat Merrick and played by Helen Weir who appeared in 451 episodes.
Pat Sugden's final appearance in Episode 1082 was as part of a flashback and uncredited. Because the scene in which she appeared contained newly broadcast footage, the appearance has been included in this list.
The character was credited as:
*Ruth from November 1972 to January 1974.
*Pat from July 1980 to August 1986.
==Gallery==
Ruth merrick 1972.PNG|1972
Pat Sugden 1984.jpg|1984
Pat Sugden July 1986.png|1986
==Statistics==
Year	Year total	Running total	No of consecutive appearances	No of consecutive absences
1972	6 	6 	6 	0
1974	6 	12 	6 	0
1980	28 	40 	16 	6
1981	62 	102 	34 	2
1982	67 	169 	46 	1
1983	72 	241 	72 	0
1984	76 	317 	76 	0
1985	93 	410 	93 	0
1986	53 	463 	15 	8
==1972==
*Mon 6th Nov
*Tue 7th Nov
*Mon 13th Nov
*Tue 14th Nov
*Mon 20th Nov
*Tue 21st Nov
==1974==
*Mon 7th Jan
*Tue 8th Jan
*Mon 14th Jan
*Tue 15th Jan
*Mon 21st Jan
*Tue 22nd Jan
==1980==
*Tue 8th Jul
*Thu 10th Jul
*Tue 15th Jul
*Thu 17th Jul
*Tue 9th Sep
*Thu 11th Sep
*Tue 16th Sep	
*Thu 18th Sep
*Tue 23rd Sep
*Thu 25th Sep
*Tue 30th Sep
*Thu 2nd Oct
*Tue 7th Oct
*Thu 9th Oct	
*Tue 14th Oct
*Thu 16th Oct
*Tue 21st Oct
*Thu 23rd Oct
*Tue 28th Oct
*Thu 30th Oct
*Tue 18th Nov	
*Tue 25th Nov
*Tue 2nd Dec
*Thu 4th Dec
*Tue 9th Dec
*Thu 11th Dec
*Tue 16th Dec
*Thu 18th Dec
==1981==
*Tue 13th Jan
*Thu 15th Jan
*Tue 20th Jan
*Thu 22nd Jan
*Tue 27th Jan
*Thu 29th Jan
*Tue 3rd Feb
*Thu 5th Feb
*Tue 10th Feb
*Thu 12th Feb
*Tue 24th Feb
*Thu 26th Feb
*Tue 3rd Mar
*Thu 5th Mar
*Tue 10th Mar
*Thu 12th Mar	
*Tue 17th Mar
*Thu 19th Mar
*Tue 24th Mar
*Thu 26th Mar
*Tue 31st Mar
*Thu 2nd Apr
*Tue 7th Apr
*Thu 9th Apr
*Tue 14th Apr
*Thu 18th Apr
*Tue 21st Apr
*Thu 23rd Apr
*Tue 5th May
*Thu 7th May
*Tue 12th May
*Thu 14th May	
*Tue 19th May
*Thu 21st May
*Tue 26th May
*Thu 28th May
*Tue 2nd Jun
*Thu 4th Jun
*Tue 9th Jun
*Thu 11th Jun
*Tue 16th Jun
*Thu 18th Jun
*Tue 23rd Jun
*Thu 25th Jun
*Tue 8th Sep
*Thu 10th Sep
*Tue 15th Sep
*Thu 17th Sep	
*Tue 22nd Sep
*Thu 24th Sep
*Tue 29th Sep
*Thu 1st Oct
*Tue 6th Oct
*Thu 8th Oct
*Tue 13th Oct
*Thu 15th Oct
*Tue 20th Oct
*Thu 22nd Oct
*Tue 27th Oct
*Thu 29th Oct
*Tue 3rd Nov
*Thu 5th Nov
==1982==
*Tue 12th Jan
*Thu 14th Jan
*Tue 19th Jan
*Thu 21st Jan
*Tue 26th Jan
*Thu 28th Jan
*Tue 2nd Feb
*Thu 4th Feb
*Tue 9th Feb
*Thu 11th Feb
*Tue 16th Feb
*Thu 18th Feb
*Tue 23rd Feb
*Thu 25th Feb
*Tue 2nd Mar
*Thu 4th Mar
*Tue 9th Mar	
*Thu 11th Mar
*Tue 16th Mar
*Thu 18th Mar
*Tue 23rd Mar
*Thu 25th Mar
*Tue 30th Mar
*Thu 1st Apr
*Tue 6th Apr
*Thu 8th Apr
*Tue 4th May
*Thu 6th May
*Tue 11th May
*Thu 13th May
*Tue 18th May
*Thu 20th May
*Tue 25th May
*Thu 27th May	
*Tue 1st Jun
*Thu 3rd Jun
*Tue 8th Jun
*Thu 10th Jun
*Tue 14th Sep
*Thu 16th Sep
*Tue 21st Sep
*Thu 23rd Sep
*Tue 28th Sep
*Thu 30th Sep
*Tue 5th Oct
*Tue 12th Oct
*Thu 14th Oct
*Tue 19th Oct
*Thu 21st Oct
*Tue 26th Oct	
*Thu 28th Oct
*Tue 2nd Nov
*Thu 4th Nov
*Tue 9th Nov
*Thu 11th Nov
*Tue 16th Nov
*Thu 18th Nov
*Tue 23rd Nov
*Thu 25th Nov
*Tue 30th Nov
*Wed 1st Dec
*Tue 7th Dec
*Thu 9th Dec
*Tue 14th Dec
*Thu 16th Dec
*Tue 21st Dec
*Thu 23rd Dec
==1983==
*Tue 11th Jan
*Thu 13th Jan
*Tue 18th Jan
*Thu 20th Jan
*Tue 25th Jan
*Thu 27th Jan
*Tue 1st Feb
*Thu 3rd Feb
*Tue 8th Feb
*Thu 10th Feb
*Tue 15th Feb
*Thu 17th Feb
*Tue 22nd Feb
*Thu 24th Feb
*Tue 1st Mar
*Thu 3rd Mar
*Tue 8th Mar
*Thu 10th Mar	
*Tue 15th Mar
*Thu 17th Mar
*Tue 22nd Mar
*Thu 24th Mar
*Tue 12th Apr
*Thu 14th Apr
*Tue 19th Apr
*Thu 21st Apr
*Tue 26th Apr
*Thu 28th Apr
*Tue 3rd May
*Thu 5th May
*Tue 10th May
*Thu 12th May
*Tue 17th May
*Thu 19th May
*Tue 24th May
*Thu 26th May	
*Tue 31st May
*Thu 2nd Jun
*Tue 7th Jun
*Thu 9th Jun
*Tue 14th Jun
*Thu 16th Jun
*Tue 13th Sep
*Thu 15th Sep
*Tue 20th Sep
*Thu 22nd Sep
*Tue 27th Sep
*Thu 29th Sep
*Tue 4th Oct
*Thu 6th Oct
*Tue 11th Oct
*Thu 13th Oct
*Tue 18th Oct
*Thu 20th Oct	
*Tue 25th Oct
*Thu 27th Oct
*Tue 1st Nov
*Thu 3rd Nov
*Tue 8th Nov
*Thu 10th Nov
*Tue 15th Nov
*Thu 17th Nov
*Tue 22nd Nov
*Thu 24th Nov
*Tue 29th Nov
*Thu 1st Dec
*Tue 6th Dec
*Thu 8th Dec
*Tue 13th Dec
*Thu 15th Dec
*Tue 20th Dec
*Thu 22nd Dec
==1984==
*Tue 10th Jan
*Thu 12th Jan
*Tue 17th Jan
*Thu 19th Jan
*Tue 24th Jan
*Thu 26th Jan
*Tue 31st Jan
*Thu 2nd Feb
*Tue 7th Feb
*Thu 9th Feb
*Tue 14th Feb
*Thu 16th Feb
*Tue 21st Feb
*Thu 23rd Feb
*Tue 28th Feb
*Thu 1st Mar
*Thu 6th Mar
*Thu 8th Mar
*Tue 13th Mar	
*Thu 15th Mar
*Tue 20th Mar
*Thu 22nd Mar
*Tue 27th Mar
*Thu 29th Mar
*Tue 3rd Apr
*Thu 5th Apr
*Tue 10th Apr
*Thu 12th Apr
*Tue 17th Apr
*Thu 19th Apr
*Tue 24th Apr
*Thu 26th Apr
*Tue 1st May
*Thu 3rd May
*Tue 8th May
*Thu 10th May
*Tue 15th May
*Wed 16th May	
*Tue 22nd May
*Thu 24th May
*Tue 29th May
*Thu 31st May
*Tue 5th Jun
*Thu 7th Jun
*Tue 12th Jun
*Thu 14th Jun
*Tue 11th Sep
*Thu 13th Sep
*Tue 18th Sep
*Thu 20th Sep
*Tue 25th Sep
*Thu 27th Sep
*Tue 2nd Oct
*Thu 4th Oct
*Tue 9th Oct
*Thu 11th Oct
*Tue 16th Oct	
*Thu 18th Oct
*Tue 23rd Oct
*Thu 25th Oct
*Tue 30th Oct
*Thu 1st Nov
*Tue 6th Nov
*Thu 8th Nov
*Tue 13th Nov
*Thu 15th Nov
*Tue 20th Nov
*Thu 22nd Nov
*Tue 27th Nov
*Thu 29th Nov
*Tue 4th Dec
*Thu 6th Dec
*Tue 11th Dec
*Thu 13th Dec
*Tue 18th Dec
*Thu 20th Dec
==1985==
*Tue 8th Jan
*Thu 10th Jan
*Tue 15th Jan
*Thu 17th Jan
*Tue 22nd Jan
*Thu 24th Jan
*Tue 29th Jan
*Thu 31st Jan
*Tue 5th Feb
*Thu 7th Feb
*Tue 12th Feb
*Thu 14th Feb
*Tue 19th Feb
*Thu 21st Feb
*Tue 26th Feb
*Thu 28th Feb
*Tue 5th Mar
*Thu 7th Mar
*Thu 12th Mar
*Thu 14th Mar
*Tue 19th Mar
*Thu 21st Mar
*Tue 26th Mar
*Thu 28th Mar	
*Tue 2nd Apr
*Thu 4th Apr
*Tue 9th Apr
*Thu 11th Apr
*Tue 16th Apr
*Thu 18th Apr
*Tue 23rd Apr
*Thu 25th Apr
*Tue 30th Apr
*Thu 2nd May
*Tue 7th May
*Thu 9th May
*Tue 14th May
*Thu 16th May
*Tue 21st May
*Thu 23rd May
*Tue 28th May
*Thu 30th May
*Tue 4th Jun
*Thu 6th Jun
*Tue 11th Jun
*Thu 13th Jun
*Tue 18th Jun
*Thu 20th Jun	
*Tue 25th Jun
*Thu 27th Jun
*Tue 2nd Jul
*Thu 4th Jul
*Tue 9th Jul
*Thu 11th Jul
*Tue 16th Jul
*Thu 18th Jul
*Tue 23rd Jul
*Thu 25th Jul
*Tue 30th Jul
*Thu 1st Aug
*Tue 6th Aug
*Tue 3rd Sep
*Thu 5th Sep
*Tue 10th Sep
*Thu 12th Sep
*Tue 17th Sep
*Thu 19th Sep
*Tue 24th Sep
*Thu 26th Sep
*Tue 1st Oct
*Thu 3rd Oct
*Tue 8th Oct	
*Thu 10th Oct
*Tue 15th Oct
*Thu 17th Oct
*Tue 22nd Oct
*Thu 24th Oct
*Tue 29th Oct
*Thu 31st Oct
*Tue 5th Nov
*Thu 7th Nov
*Tue 12th Nov
*Thu 14th Nov
*Tue 19th Nov
*Thu 21st Nov
*Tue 26th Nov
*Thu 28th Nov
*Tue 3rd Dec
*Thu 5th Dec
*Tue 10th Dec
*Thu 12th Dec
*Tue 17th Dec
*Thu 19th Dec
==1986==
*Tue 7th Jan
*Thu 9th Jan
*Tue 14th Jan
*Thu 16th Jan
*Tue 21st Jan
*Thu 23rd Jan
*Tue 28th Jan
*Thu 30th Jan
*Tue 4th Feb
*Thu 6th Feb
*Tue 18th Feb
*Thu 20th Feb
*Tue 25th Mar
*Thu 27th Mar	
*Tue 1st Apr
*Thu 3rd Apr
*Tue 8th Apr
*Thu 10th Apr
*Tue 15th Apr
*Thu 17th Apr
*Tue 22nd Apr
*Thu 24th Apr
*Tue 29th Apr
*Thu 1st May
*Thu 8th May
*Thu 15th May
*Thu 22nd May	
*Tue 27th May
*Thu 29th May
*Tue 3rd Jun
*Thu 5th Jun
*Tue 10th Jun
*Thu 12th Jun
*Tue 17th Jun
*Thu 19th Jun
*Tue 24th Jun
*Thu 26th Jun
*Tue 8th Jul
*Thu 10th Jul
*Tue 15th Jul	
*Thu 17th Jul
*Tue 22nd Jul
*Thu 24th Jul
*Tue 29th Jul
*Tue 5th Aug
*Thu 7th Aug
*Tue 12th Aug
*Thu 14th Aug
*Tue 19th Aug
*Thu 21st Aug
*Tue 26th Aug
*Thu 28th Aug
*Tue 9th Sep
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