List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 1997

Walsh said receiving the role of Lyn was "like coming home in a way" because she had previously worked with Steve Halliwell (Zak Dingle) and Paul Fox (Will Cairns).

[1] Louise Oswald of The People dubbed Lyn and Kelly Windsor (Adele Silva) Emmerdale's "terrible twosome" and compared them to Coronation Street's Battersby sisters.

[1] Oswald also stated, "Kelly and Lyn are the original sweet-faced kids with a frightening wild streak.

She dates Roy Glover (Nicky Evans) and Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock), who she then cheats on with Scott Windsor (Ben Freeman).

Although, they tell him he cannot come to the service, he attends Zak's stag night and lends him some money for the alcohol for the reception.

John Millar of the Daily Record branded Barry's space travel ambitions as "a laugh.

Eric Pollard flew to the Far East looking for love and found it with Filipino student Dee de la Cruz in a Manila restaurant.

His initial interest was sex, but two weeks later he proposed and the couple made plans for Dee to follow Eric back to Britain.

When she arrived in 1997, dressed in a miniskirt and skimpy coat, and wearing high-heels, the locals in Emmerdale were curious.

Will left the village in January 1999, joining the rest of his family in Germany after his father was injured in a climbing accident.

After her affair with Zoe was exposed, Becky left with her husband Tony for Germany in April 1998 in an attempt to patch up her marriage.

When her younger sister Emma gave birth to a baby a month later, she was devastated to learn her boyfriend, Greg Cox, was the father and this led to her departure in July.

Anthony "Tony" Cairns arrived in Emmerdale in March 1997 following the rest of his family after retiring early from the army.

Initially, Emma's father, Tony Cairns advised her to give Geri up for adoption, which she originally agrees with, but changes her mind after she bonds with her.

She offered Alan Turner (Richard Thorp) a reading for a round of drinks, but he politely declined.

Doug is a businessman,[5] who puts in an offer for the golf course, while "wining and dining" Kathy Glover (Malandra Burrows).