Your faces right now: I've had a few wines and I'm trying to put my mind off *TEACHER TRAINING* in two weeks so fuck it. Let's do this. Let's rate all of the characters in this gold dust, flaw-free programme as of August 2015 (we had to get Valerie in there didn't we?). All the normal rules apply. Half points, one eleven, commentary galore, rate them in the order below, PM me the scores and let's follow Nillness' lead and allow just ONE zero. I've counted at least fifteen (semi)regular Emmerdale viewers on here, so I will personally hound you each and every one of you if you don't take part. I ain't having my first Popjustice rate be a flop. When should our deadline be? Shall we say September 12th? ENJOY: Adam Barton Emma Barton Finn Barton James Barton Moira Barton Pete Barton Ross Barton Edna Birch Bernice Blackstock Rodney Blackstock Rachel Breckle Belle Dingle Cain Dingle Chas Dingle Debbie Dingle Lisa Dingle Marlon Dingle Sam Dingle Zak Dingle Harriet Finch Jacob Gallagher Rhona Goskirk Leyla Harding Ruby Haswell Bob Hope Carly Hope Jimmy King Nicola King Paddy Kirk Kirin Kotecha Rakesh Kotecha Pearl Ladderbanks Aaron Livesy Megan Macey Alicia Metcalfe David Metcalfe Eric Pollard Val Pollard Doug Potts Tracy Shankley Georgia Sharma Jai Sharma Priya Sharma Rishi Sharma Ali Spencer Amelia Spencer Dan Spencer Andy Sugden Diane Sugden Robert Sugden Sarah Sugden Victoria Sugden Charity Tate Noah Tate Ashley Thomas Gabby Thomas Laurel Thomas Sandy Thomas Brenda Walker Chrissie White Lachlan White Lawrence White April Windsor Vanessa Woodfield Joanie Wright Kerry Wyatt (also don't expect any fancy graphics. I'm twenty-one going on seventy-two so I wouldn't even know where to begin)
I'm so here for this. Seeing all the characters listed like that just shows how much stronger the cast is than Eastenders overall. Obviously Easties has some incredible characters, but also some absolute trash too. There's hardly anyone in this list that I actively hate.
The top ten actors in EastEnders BULDOZE everyone else in soap, but Emmerdale are like "Yeah whatever, we've got Nicola and Charity on maternity leave." (I'm on the Baileys now)
Oh I say! How exciting! I didn't do the EE rate because I was really sick of it at the time but Emmerdale has been on fire for months so definitely up for this. It's got the strongest cast of any UK soap these days and I'm not sure even sure who my 0 and 11 will go to at first glance. Can I give Finn a special score for being so lovely?
Yaaaaaaaaaas @MrJames. I can't wait to do this! Seeing them all listed like that makes you realise that it is an incredibly strong cast, not only the big stars but even the supporting cast and the types which get a story once in a blue moon. Not many soaps (well none really) can boast such an all round cast.
Of all of my drunken mistakes, this is definitely the best. I jumped out of bed this morning when I remembered that I'd made this. Enjoy!
Pearl Ladderbanks? I had no idea that was her surname. On my initial draft rating it looks like a few characters have low scores but it's not that I don't like the character, it's just that there's so many other strong ones.
Just writing my commentary for Rachel and I am going IN. The scalping is real. And I'm also stanning for Queen Moira. The woman is a fucking icon.
At first glance, 21 characters scoring 9 or above, and no 0! Come for me with my half a cast of favourites.
