Sarah Sugden (originally played by Madeleine Howard) first appeared in April, with Dennis Rigg (Richard Franklin) debuting in July.
In July 2024, it was revealed that Barbara had recently died,[1] as Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) attended her funeral.
Unbeknownst to Jack, Barbara had fallen pregnant as a result of their fling, and their son, John was born later that year, who took his last name.
He cheats Alan Turner (Richard Thorp) into selling his share of Home Farm to him at a low price.
Alan's business partner, Joe Sugden (Frazer Hines), is angry at this and promptly sells his share too.
Denis goes on to terrorise the villagers by threatening to evict them all from their homes if they refuse to comply with his demands, since he owns the majority of the houses and farms in the area.
In the barn, a bull gets aggravated by Denis' threatening and aggressive behaviour, and crushes him against a wall, killing him.
Kate quits her job as a waitress and buys Matt Skilbeck's (Frederick Pyne) share of Emmerdale Farm.
In 2017, Rachel and Chris' son Joseph Tate (now Ned Porteous) returns to the village under the false name Tom Waterhouse to get revenge on Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins).
He becomes a troublesome teenager, which coincided with his mother's relationship and subsequent marriage to Joe Sugden (Frazer Hines).
He is subsequently arrested and given a warning at the police station, meanwhile, his mother collapses and suffers a miscarriage; Mark blames himself for this.
Mark is crushed by a falling wall, and Jack Sugden (Clive Hornby) identifies his body after recognising his watch amongst recovered items.