Declan Macey
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Declan Macey is a fictional character
in the British
soap opera
Emmerdale
, introduced in an episode that aired on the 15 April 2010. He is portrayed by Jason Merrells
.
star Jason Merrells would be joining the cast of Emmerdale as Natasha Wylde
's new love interest. When the actress who plays Natasha quit the role, Declan become the new owner of Home Farm. In mid 2010, it was announced that a new dynasty would hit Home Farmit included Declan's estranged ex-wife, their daughter and his father, however they left in 2011 after being axed by series producer, Stuart Blackburn. Although it was announced in October 2011, that Gaynor Faye
had joined the cast as Megan Macey, Declan's half sister. .
in April 2010 as friend of Jai
and Nikhil Sharma
. Declan is first seen when he is chatted up by Mrs. Charity Tate
and falls into her trap. She steals his car keys and drives off in his car. Declan later appears in the pub with Jai and Nikhil and spots Charity without her wig on and then blackmails her by saying if she goes on a date with him, he will not call the police, so she did so and they ended up kissing in the corridor of the Woolpack. But he already knew that Charity and Cain were together and did it to make Cain jealous after Charity revealed that he was her partner in crime. After giving the Sharma brothers some advice about Home Farm, Declan buys a share in Home Farm himself from Natasha Wylde
, unaware that it is her son Nathan
's share of the estate.
When Nathan returns, he takes an instant dislike to Declan and tells him that he wants his share back. Declan refuses and Nathan realises that he won't be able to push Declan around. Declan and Natasha then got very close and they ended up kissing. A relationship then developed between them. They decided to keep their relationship private from the rest of the village.
Declan soon purchases a property in the village that he intended to move into and gets a phone number from Adam Barton
about a builder that could do the renovating to his property. The builder turns out to be Jackson Walsh
, which causes tension with the garage workers Aaron Livesy
, Jackson's boyfriend and Cain Dingle
, who had already had a run-in with Declan over his car theft.
In July 2010 Declan took Natasha to a health spa for a treat but Natasha received a phone call from Nathan to tell her that the body of her husband Mark
, who she had murdered earlier in the year, had been discovered.
In August 2010 Natasha's daughter Maisie Wylde
tells Declan that she thinks Nathan killed their father so he demands answers from Natasha believing she is covering for Nathan. He offers to help her, believing that Nathan is blackmailing her but Natasha tells Declan that Nathan did not kill Mark so Declan ends their relationship.
In September 2010 Declan sacks Nathan from his job as estate manager and gives former employee Nicola King her old job back. Declan refused Nathan's and Natasha's deal to sell his 51% of Home Farm. Declan then approches Faye Lamb and offers to help her contest Mark's will in order to take over the estate. He also promises to support Faye financially when her son Ryan
is accused of Mark's murder. Declan then gets a call from his ex-wife in Singapore telling him that his daughter has been injured in a road accident and he flies out to be with her.
Declan returns on the day Ryan is found guilty of Mark's murder. He comforts Faye on the courtroom steps and offers to help fund an appeal against Ryan's conviction. Declan is later shocked when Natasha later confesses to Mark's murder. He apologizes to Nathan for believing he was Mark's killer and makes him an offer. Because Natasha could not benefit from Mark's will after confessing to his murder, the money would be split between Faye, Ryan, Nathan, Will and Maisie. If Nathan could convince Natasha to sell Home Farm and her 49% of the business to Declan then he would give Nathan the money and enable him to move away from the village with Maisie and Will and make a fresh start. Nathan, however, refuses point blank to sell Home Farm to Declan, despite being unable to get any better offers. Later Ella Hart
turns up at Home Farm giving Nathan an offer after he accepts, Ella makes herself at home, much to Declan's fancies but little does Nathan know that Ella is actually Declan's wife and that they have schemed Nathan into giving them Home Farm.
Later in November Ella returns home with their daughter Mia Macey to find Declan in a clinch with Alicia Gallagher.Also in November 2010 Declan gave Dale Head
to Hazel Rhodes so that she could turn it into a suitable home for her son Jackson Walsh
who is parralysed after a nasty train crash. On the 21 December 2010 Declan's unwanted father, Dermot Macey came to stay for Christmas organised by Ella, but before he arrived at Home Farm, Declan saw him in the bus shelter and paid him so that he would not be staying, but when Declan arrived back home, Dermott was sitting with Ella and Mia. On the 31 December 2010 Declan witnessed Mia kissing Adam Barton
, which didn't make Adam's girlfriend Scarlett Nicholls
very happy and Declan told Ella to take Mia home.
Katie Sugden
who works for Declan was given time off after being heled captive by Nick Henshall, so he got a replacement for her and told her to return whenever she wanted to. His PA Nicola King was also given time off when her husband Jimmy King
went missing, so he got Mia to be his temporary PA. In February 2011 Sam Dingle
told Declan that one of the walls has fallen down and that he needs someone to help him do it, so Mia suggested that her on/off lover Adam could help Sam with it, which didn't make Adam's dad John Barton a happy person because Adam was missing so much time off work.
In April 2011 Declan's wife Ella forms a passionate affair with her daughters boyfriend Adam, over months of hiding away and sneaking around, Declan finally finds out about this in June 2011 and throws Ella out of his house. Declan then gets together with Katie Sugden and the pair are currently going out, but Ella doesn't like this and warns Katie of Declan, however this doesn't happen and Ella leaves the village, but before she does, she tells Decalan that he is not Mia's father because Jai is. This leaves Declan furious and tells Jai about what has happened and the men have a showdown, Declan tells Jai to stay away from Mia, but this doesn't happen so Declan asks his father, Dermot, to take Mia back to Ireland and the pair leave.
In November 2011, Katie tells Declan to get in touch Mia, at first he doesn't because he is to scared, but then after an argument with Katie, he see's sense and calls her, he arranges for Mia to stay at Home Fram the following day, she agree's (this is off-screen). However when the day arrives Declan is informed by the police that Mia had died in a car accident, he breaks down and start blanking Katie and shouting at his PA, Nicola.
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Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
, introduced in an episode that aired on the 15 April 2010. He is portrayed by Jason Merrells
Jason Merrells
Jason Merrells is an English actor, who received his big break when he starred in Casualty for three years as receptionist Matt Hawley...
.
Creation
In January 2010 it was announced that former Waterloo RoadWaterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is an award-winning British television drama series, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 9 March 2006. Set in a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, the series focuses on the lives of the school's teacher and students, and confronts social...
star Jason Merrells would be joining the cast of Emmerdale as Natasha Wylde
Natasha Wylde
Natasha Jane Wylde is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Amanda Donohoe. She made her first appearance, along with her husband Mark Wylde, on 15 January 2009. It was announced in July 2010 that Donohoe had quit her role as Natasha, and would leave the series later...
's new love interest. When the actress who plays Natasha quit the role, Declan become the new owner of Home Farm. In mid 2010, it was announced that a new dynasty would hit Home Farmit included Declan's estranged ex-wife, their daughter and his father, however they left in 2011 after being axed by series producer, Stuart Blackburn. Although it was announced in October 2011, that Gaynor Faye
Gaynor Faye
Gaynor Faye is an English actress. She is famous for playing the role of Judy Mallett in the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1995 until 1999...
had joined the cast as Megan Macey, Declan's half sister. .
2010—
Declan was introduced to EmmerdaleEmmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...
in April 2010 as friend of Jai
Jai Sharma
Jai Sharma is a fictional character from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Chris Bisson. He made his first on-screen appearance on 11 September 2009.-Character creation and casting:...
and Nikhil Sharma
Nikhil Sharma
Nikhil Sharma is a fictional character, from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Rik Makarem. He made his first on-screen appearance on 11 September 2009.-Character creation and casting:...
. Declan is first seen when he is chatted up by Mrs. Charity Tate
Charity Tate
Charity Tate is a fictional character on the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Emma Atkins.The character was involved in numerous high-profile storylines during her first stint on the show, such as her marriage to Chris Tate, lesbian affair with Zoe Tate, the arrival of her...
and falls into her trap. She steals his car keys and drives off in his car. Declan later appears in the pub with Jai and Nikhil and spots Charity without her wig on and then blackmails her by saying if she goes on a date with him, he will not call the police, so she did so and they ended up kissing in the corridor of the Woolpack. But he already knew that Charity and Cain were together and did it to make Cain jealous after Charity revealed that he was her partner in crime. After giving the Sharma brothers some advice about Home Farm, Declan buys a share in Home Farm himself from Natasha Wylde
Natasha Wylde
Natasha Jane Wylde is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Amanda Donohoe. She made her first appearance, along with her husband Mark Wylde, on 15 January 2009. It was announced in July 2010 that Donohoe had quit her role as Natasha, and would leave the series later...
, unaware that it is her son Nathan
Nathan Wylde
Nathan Wylde is a fictional character from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Lyndon Ogbourne. He made his first on-screen appearance on 17 February 2009.-Character creation and casting:...
's share of the estate.
When Nathan returns, he takes an instant dislike to Declan and tells him that he wants his share back. Declan refuses and Nathan realises that he won't be able to push Declan around. Declan and Natasha then got very close and they ended up kissing. A relationship then developed between them. They decided to keep their relationship private from the rest of the village.
Declan soon purchases a property in the village that he intended to move into and gets a phone number from Adam Barton
Adam Barton (Emmerdale)
For the English footballer see Adam BartonAdam Barton is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Adam Thomas. He made his first on-screen appearance on 17 July 2009...
about a builder that could do the renovating to his property. The builder turns out to be Jackson Walsh
Jackson Walsh
Jackson Walsh is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Marc Silcock. He made his first on-screen appearance on 22 March 2010. The character was introduced as a love interest for the established Aaron Livesy and Jackson became central to Aaron's coming out storyline...
, which causes tension with the garage workers Aaron Livesy
Aaron Livesy
Aaron Livesy is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Danny Miller, who took over the role from Danny Webb in 2008. He made his first on-screen appearance on 24 December 2003. Aaron is the son of Chastity Dingle and Gordon Livesy...
, Jackson's boyfriend and Cain Dingle
Cain Dingle
Cain Dingle is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Jeff Hordley.-Character creation:In 2000 series producer Kieran Roberts introduced three new members of the Dingle family. The new characters were introduced to the regular cast in 2000, who first arrived...
, who had already had a run-in with Declan over his car theft.
In July 2010 Declan took Natasha to a health spa for a treat but Natasha received a phone call from Nathan to tell her that the body of her husband Mark
Mark Wylde
Mark Wylde was a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Maxwell Caulfield. He made his first appearance on 15 January 2009 and departed on 3 January 2010....
, who she had murdered earlier in the year, had been discovered.
In August 2010 Natasha's daughter Maisie Wylde
Maisie Wylde
Maisie Wylde is a fictional character in the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Alice Coulthard. The character was introduced by series producer Anita Turner and first appeared in 2009...
tells Declan that she thinks Nathan killed their father so he demands answers from Natasha believing she is covering for Nathan. He offers to help her, believing that Nathan is blackmailing her but Natasha tells Declan that Nathan did not kill Mark so Declan ends their relationship.
In September 2010 Declan sacks Nathan from his job as estate manager and gives former employee Nicola King her old job back. Declan refused Nathan's and Natasha's deal to sell his 51% of Home Farm. Declan then approches Faye Lamb and offers to help her contest Mark's will in order to take over the estate. He also promises to support Faye financially when her son Ryan
Ryan Lamb
Ryan Lamb is a rugby union player who plays at fly-half for Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership.-Club career:...
is accused of Mark's murder. Declan then gets a call from his ex-wife in Singapore telling him that his daughter has been injured in a road accident and he flies out to be with her.
Declan returns on the day Ryan is found guilty of Mark's murder. He comforts Faye on the courtroom steps and offers to help fund an appeal against Ryan's conviction. Declan is later shocked when Natasha later confesses to Mark's murder. He apologizes to Nathan for believing he was Mark's killer and makes him an offer. Because Natasha could not benefit from Mark's will after confessing to his murder, the money would be split between Faye, Ryan, Nathan, Will and Maisie. If Nathan could convince Natasha to sell Home Farm and her 49% of the business to Declan then he would give Nathan the money and enable him to move away from the village with Maisie and Will and make a fresh start. Nathan, however, refuses point blank to sell Home Farm to Declan, despite being unable to get any better offers. Later Ella Hart
Ella Hart
Ella Hart is a fictional character from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Corrinne Wicks. She made her first on-screen appearance on 17 November 2010. Ella is a businesswoman who is described as "sexy and savvy". She is the ex-wife of Declan Macey and mother of Mia...
turns up at Home Farm giving Nathan an offer after he accepts, Ella makes herself at home, much to Declan's fancies but little does Nathan know that Ella is actually Declan's wife and that they have schemed Nathan into giving them Home Farm.
Later in November Ella returns home with their daughter Mia Macey to find Declan in a clinch with Alicia Gallagher.Also in November 2010 Declan gave Dale Head
Dale Head
Dale Head is a fell in the northwestern sector of the Lake District, in northern England. It is 753 metres or 2,470 feet above sea level and stands immediately north of Honister Pass, the road between Borrowdale and Buttermere.-Topography:...
to Hazel Rhodes so that she could turn it into a suitable home for her son Jackson Walsh
Jackson Walsh
Jackson Walsh is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Marc Silcock. He made his first on-screen appearance on 22 March 2010. The character was introduced as a love interest for the established Aaron Livesy and Jackson became central to Aaron's coming out storyline...
who is parralysed after a nasty train crash. On the 21 December 2010 Declan's unwanted father, Dermot Macey came to stay for Christmas organised by Ella, but before he arrived at Home Farm, Declan saw him in the bus shelter and paid him so that he would not be staying, but when Declan arrived back home, Dermott was sitting with Ella and Mia. On the 31 December 2010 Declan witnessed Mia kissing Adam Barton
Adam Barton
Adam James Barton is a footballer who plays for Preston North End. English by birth, he has played internationally for both Northern Ireland, in a senior friendly, and Republic of Ireland at under-21 level.-Career:...
, which didn't make Adam's girlfriend Scarlett Nicholls
Scarlett Nicholls
Scarlett Mary Nicholls is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Kelsey-Beth Crossley and made her first appearance on 2 March 2007. It was announced on 8 May 2011, that Crossley was leaving the show. She made her final appearance on 28 July...
very happy and Declan told Ella to take Mia home.
Katie Sugden
Katie Sugden
Katherine "Katie" Sugden is a fictional character in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, and is played by Sammy Winward. She originally appeared between 2001 and 2005 and returned in 2006 and has remained in the show since.-Casting:...
who works for Declan was given time off after being heled captive by Nick Henshall, so he got a replacement for her and told her to return whenever she wanted to. His PA Nicola King was also given time off when her husband Jimmy King
Jimmy King (Emmerdale)
James Frederick "Jimmy" King is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Nick Miles. He made his first appearance on 19 February 2004 and has appeared on the show ever since.-Backstory:...
went missing, so he got Mia to be his temporary PA. In February 2011 Sam Dingle
Sam Dingle
Samuel Jonah "Sam" Dingle is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale played by James Hooton.-Storylines:Sam first appears in 1995 and he demands ransom money from the Sugden family. After his release from prison, he worked as a dogsbody for Eric Pollard and was constantly conned...
told Declan that one of the walls has fallen down and that he needs someone to help him do it, so Mia suggested that her on/off lover Adam could help Sam with it, which didn't make Adam's dad John Barton a happy person because Adam was missing so much time off work.
In April 2011 Declan's wife Ella forms a passionate affair with her daughters boyfriend Adam, over months of hiding away and sneaking around, Declan finally finds out about this in June 2011 and throws Ella out of his house. Declan then gets together with Katie Sugden and the pair are currently going out, but Ella doesn't like this and warns Katie of Declan, however this doesn't happen and Ella leaves the village, but before she does, she tells Decalan that he is not Mia's father because Jai is. This leaves Declan furious and tells Jai about what has happened and the men have a showdown, Declan tells Jai to stay away from Mia, but this doesn't happen so Declan asks his father, Dermot, to take Mia back to Ireland and the pair leave.
In November 2011, Katie tells Declan to get in touch Mia, at first he doesn't because he is to scared, but then after an argument with Katie, he see's sense and calls her, he arranges for Mia to stay at Home Fram the following day, she agree's (this is off-screen). However when the day arrives Declan is informed by the police that Mia had died in a car accident, he breaks down and start blanking Katie and shouting at his PA, Nicola.