On 7 August 2024, a relative named John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth), revealed to be another son of Jack and Victoria's half brother, joined the series.
Eventually their daughter Peggy married Matt Skilbeck (Frederick Pyne) and had two children Sam and Sally.
Jack left the village in the spring of 1964 after an argument with father Jacob over intensive farming, wanting to see more of the world than Beckindale, and went to London.
[2] Actress (Sheila Mercier) — whose career had been mainly theatrical — was chosen to play the role and went on to be the serial's longest running original actor.
Mercier has commented "I had done a lot of television from the stage of the Whitehall, but very little else before joining Emmerdale Farm…I remember, at first, playing to the Gods!
Matriarchal Annie aimed to rebuild the ailing farm by reuniting her two feuding sons, Jack and Joe.
She sold part of Emmerdale Farm to village outsider, Henry Wilks, who had made his fortune in the wool industry and brought his business acumen to Beckindale.
In 1985, Pat learned that she pregnant and gave birth to Jack's second son, Robert (Richard Smith), on 22 April 1986.
Jack was left devastated when Pat died in a car crash four months later, leaving him to bring up Robert with the help of Annie.
Initially Kate and Joe argued after he shot her dog for bothering his sheep but eventually they fell in love.
Jackie disliked Sarah at first and felt that she was trying to replace Pat but warmed to her thanks to intervention from his wife Kathy (Malandra Burrows).
A plane crashed into Emmerdale village and left Annie comatose and her new husband Leonard Kempinski (Bernard Archard) dead.
After moving to Spain in 1994, Annie returned to Emmerdale in 1995 to bury her son Joe, who had died in a car accident.
The Sugdens adopted Andy Hopwood (Kelvin Fletcher) a school friend of Robert (now Christopher Smith ).
Andy came clean to Richie about the fire and begged him to change his statement and he agreed, resulting in Jack's freedom.
When they missed the bus, they stole a car and accidentally killed their headteacher Barbara Strickland (Alex Hall).
Katie, however, felt neglected by Andy working long hours and turned to Robert when he promised her excitement.
After a revenge attempt against Andy for killing Sarah backfired, resulting in the death of Max King (Charlie Kemp), Robert fled from the village.
Victoria flirted with an older boy and he tried to force himself on her but Billy Hopwood (David Crellin) stopped him and rescued her.
Billy drove her home but his brakes failed, due to Kelly Windsor (Adele Silva) sabotaging them, and they crashed into a lake.
Jo eventually left after Lee Naylor (Lewis Linford) helped her sell the farm equipment to fund her escape.
Debbie then suggested they tried artificial insemination despite their partners Cameron Murray (Dominic Power) and Alicia Gallagher (Natalie Anderson) being unhappy with this situation, they choose to go ahead regardless but were unsuccessful, despite trying repeatedly.
Desperate to save her daughter, Debbie got Andy to meet her at a hotel and apologized for her previous actions and seduced him, telling him it was just about them and that she wanted him.
Debbie discovered that she was pregnant and Andy was delighted, while Cameron felt left out but believed the baby was a result of artificial insemination.
Debbie went into labour in October and gave birth to a boy and they named him Jack after Andy's late adoptive father.
Victoria was heartbroken to learn that Adam had slept with local vet Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) and had impregnated her.
In February 2015, Katie died after finally discovering that Robert had been having an affair with a man, Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller).
Robert did not want Chrissie to find out so he pushed Katie and she fell through rotting floorboards, breaking her neck and killing her.
Andy began a sexual relationship with Tracy Shankley (Amy Walsh), and also made a move on ex-girlfriend, Bernice.
[4] Also, the accident involving Victoria and Billy was nominated for "Spectacular Scene of the Year" at the 2007 British Soap Awards.