Duke Woods
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Percy "Duke" Woods was a fictional character
on the ITV
soap opera
Emmerdale
and is played by Dicken Ashworth
. He made his first appearances on screen on June 20, 2007. He thought the name Percy was a "sissy name" and took Duke to be his name.
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Terry brought his father to the village after watching him confront unruly teenagers on the The Jeremy Kyle Show
. He thinks that the peace and quiet of the dales will do his father some good, but soon discovers that there is more to Duke than meets the eye.
The day after being arrested, along with Pearl Ladderbanks
, for vandalizing Jacob's Fold, it was revealed in the Hotton Courier that his real first name is Percy.
Duke left the village on January 28, 2008 to help Ryan Hayworth train to be a professional footballer.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
on the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
soap opera
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
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...
and is played by Dicken Ashworth
Dicken Ashworth
Dicken Ashworth is an English actor who has made several appearances in film and television.His film credits include: Force 10 from Navarone, Tess, Krull, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.On television, can be a regular cast member in several soap operas - playing Alan Partridge...
. He made his first appearances on screen on June 20, 2007. He thought the name Percy was a "sissy name" and took Duke to be his name.
About Duke
Duke is the father of B&B co-owner Terry WoodsTerry Woods (Emmerdale)
Terence "Terry" Woods is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Billy Hartman. He was one of the longest-serving characters in the show when he was killed off in early 2011, after 16 years.-1995–2003:...
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Terry brought his father to the village after watching him confront unruly teenagers on the The Jeremy Kyle Show
The Jeremy Kyle Show
The Jeremy Kyle Show is an award-winning British daytime television tabloid talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle that has been broadcast on ITV since 4 July 2005. The show is recorded and produced by Granada Television at the Granada Studios on Quay Street in Manchester city centre and broadcast each...
. He thinks that the peace and quiet of the dales will do his father some good, but soon discovers that there is more to Duke than meets the eye.
The day after being arrested, along with Pearl Ladderbanks
Pearl Ladderbanks
Pearl Ladderbanks is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She is played by Meg Johnson. She first appeared on the show during the episode airing on 30 July 2003.-2003–07:...
, for vandalizing Jacob's Fold, it was revealed in the Hotton Courier that his real first name is Percy.
Duke left the village on January 28, 2008 to help Ryan Hayworth train to be a professional footballer.