List of ''Emmerdale'' characters (1995)

Emmerdale is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared during 1995, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by the series producer Mervyn Watson. Emma Nightingale and Nellie Dingle were introduced in January. Terry Woods and Sam Dingle made their debuts in February. June saw the birth of Joe Tate.

Emma Nightingale

Emma Nightingale, portrayed by Rachel Ambler, made her first appearance on 19 January 1995. She is introduced as a love interest for Zoe Tate (Leah Bracknell), who she later dates. Emma and Zoe share the soap opera's first lesbian kiss and have their relationship blessed over a year after her arrival. Ambler left the soap in 1996 and reprised the role in 2004. Emma returns to the village where she surprises Zoe with flowers. She departed several weeks later.

Nellie Dingle

Nellie Dingle, portrayed by Sandra Gough in 1995 and Maggie Tagney in 2000, makes her first appearance on 24 January 1995. Nellie is the first wife of Zak Dingle (Steve Halliwell) and the mother of their five children, Nathan Dingle, Ben Dingle (Steve Fury), Butch Dingle (Paul Loughran), Sam Dingle (James Hooton, and Tina Dingle (Jacqueline Pirie).

Nellie arrived in the village following the arrival of her family months previously. She left the village to care for her ill father in Ireland, and did not return. Nellie and Zak divorce two years later so that he can marry Lisa Clegg (Jane Cox). Nellie returns five years after her departure and attempts to woo back Zak. When Butch dies following a bus crash, Nellie is devastated and after his funeral, she returns to Ireland.

Terry Woods

Sam Dingle

Joe Tate

Joseph "Joe" Tate (alias Tom Waterhouse), originally portrayed by Oliver Young, made his first appearance on 8 June 1995. He is the son of Chris Tate (Peter Amory) and Rachel Hughes (Glenda McKay). He continued to appear on a recurring basis until 22 September 2005, when the character departed. On 13 September 2017, Ned Porteous joined the cast as businessman Tom Waterhouse, who was later revealed to be Joseph on 4 January 2018.

Joseph is born prematurely to parents Chris and Rachel, and named after Rachel's stepfather Joe Sugden (Frazer Hines) and Rachel's brother Mark Hughes (Craig McKay). Since Chris cannot be found when Rachel goes into labour, his former wife Kathy Tate (Malandra Burrows) helps Rachel and becomes Joseph's godmother. When Chris and Rachel divorce, Rachel obtains custody of Joseph. The following year, Rachel begins a relationship with Graham Clark (Kevin Pallister), who later murders her by pushing her off a cliff. Joseph begins living with Chris, although when Chris marries Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins), Joseph opts to attend boarding school. Two years later, Chris commits suicide, framing Charity for his murder and leaving Joseph an orphan. Zoe Tate (Leah Bracknell), Chris' sister, obtains custody of Joseph and in 2005, they leave the village with Zoe's daughter, Jean Tate (Megan Pearson).

Twelve years later, Joseph returns to Emmerdale, using the alias Tom Waterhouse. He meets Debbie Dingle about leasing a Bentley. Tom and Debbie later kiss and sleep together, he then buys her a Bentley and a house, Jacob's Fold. They begin a relationship. Debbie soon discovers that Tom has invested in a golf course that is to be built on the land that the Dingles' cottage, Wishing Well, is built on. Joseph reveals his true identity, takes back the Bentley, evicts Debbie and her children, Sarah and Jack Sugden, out of Jacob's Fold and ends his relationship with Debbie, telling her that she was collateral damage in his pursuit of seeking revenge on her mother, Charity Dingle, for driving his father, Chris Tate, to suicide. Joseph buys his childhood home, Home Farm, from the Whites and later moves into it. He makes up with Debbie and starts a relationship with his brother Noah Dingle.

On 13 September 2017, it was announced that Porteous had been cast as Tom Waterhouse, a love interest for Debbie. Tom is billed as a "wealthy businessman", while Porteous described the character as "very cool and fun", the actor admitted he found his casting enjoyable but intimidating.^[1] On 4 January 2018, Tom was revealed to be Joseph Tate in a surprise on-screen twist which revealed that Joseph had returned to take revenge on Charity, blaming her for his father, Chris' death.^[2][3]

On 11 October 2018, Joe was killed after a single punch by Cain Dingle. Graham then put Joe in the boot of his Car, Joe's hand twitched, Graham then drove off as the police and an ambulance arrived at Home Farm, and was then seen walking away from a bridge, throwing his pair of black gloves into the boot of his car and Joe's body was no longer there.

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