Emmerdale favourite Cain Dingle has been crowned the soap’s best ever character as the soap reaches its 50th anniversary,
Entertainment Daily invited its avid soap readers to choose their favourite figure from a carefully selected shortlist of 15.
A whopping 40% of Emmerdale fans voted for bad boy Cain Dingle.
Delighted Emmerdale star Jeff Hordley, who plays Cain Dingle, told ED!: “Thanks to all those who have voted for him. Cain has been a joy and an honour to play for such a long time.”
Emmerdale fave Cain Dingle is at Number 1 – but who else has made the list?
Read on for the top 50 countdown of the best Emmerdale characters of all time!
50. Nicola King
Councillor Nicola King was once a flirty, manipulative daddy’s girl who was heartbroken when her scheme to trick boyfriend Carlos into marrying her went wrong.
Nicola had lied that she was pregnant but Carlos was sleeping with her sister, Bernice. Awks!
She went through more men than the villagers have had hot dinners, including marrying a wealthy older man called Donald De Souza – though her plan to murder him for his money also went awry!
Nicola got together with Jimmy King in 2009, and found herself pregnant with daughter Angelica. Since then she’s also taken on Jimmy’s sons Elliott Windsor (whose mum is Kelly Windsor) and Carl Holliday and loves them like her own.
Nicola was injured in a fire but pulled through and recently has been fighting PTSD after a vicious beating.
49. Bob Hope
Much-married Bob is seen as a joker around Emmerdale but he’s had his fair share of dramas in his time too.
Bob had been married four times before he even arrived in the village, then tied the knot with Viv Windsor and Brenda Walker – twice.
He lost his daughter Dawn Woods in the Kings River explosion, and his stepdaughter Donna Windsor also died.
He’s supported Brenda through her brain tumour, and the murder of her daughter Gennie, and coped with losing his home and his livelihood.
His affair with Laurel Thomas wasn’t a hit with fans, but since then Bob’s been winning over viewers again with his good-natured quips.
Emmerdale fave Cain Dingle is at Number 1 – but who follows?
48. Belle Dingle
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