Sam Dingle
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| Emmerdale character | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | James Hooton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1995–1998, 2000– | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 14 February 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Emmerdale: The Dingles, For Richer for Poorer (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Home | Tenant's Cottage | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Family | Dingle |
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| Father | Zak Dingle |
| Mother | Nellie Dingle |
| Stepmother | Lisa Dingle |
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| Sisters | Tina Dingle |
| Half-brothers | Cain Dingle |
| Half-sisters | Belle Dingle |
| Wife | Alice Wilson (2006) |
| Sons | Samson Dingle |
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| Grandmothers | Peg Dingle |
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| Nieces | Debbie Dingle |
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Samuel Jonah "Sam" Dingle is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, Emmerdale, played by James Hooton.
Sam arrived in Emmerdale village in February 1995, following his release from a young offenders institute. He got involved in several dodgy schemes with his family, one of which was taking part in an armed robbery with his uncle Albert in 1998. However, they were caught by the police and subsequently jailed. Sam was released from prison in 2000 and he returned to the village for his brother Butch's funeral. During 2004, Sam served a prison sentence for accidentally running over pensioner Edna Birch. He was in prison alongside his distant relative, Solomon.
In 2005, Sam began a relationship with Alice Wilson and they later left Emmerdale to start life on their own farm in Norfolk. They returned to Emmerdale soon afterwards, when Sam discovered Alice was pregnant. In early 2006, Alice gave birth to their son Samson via caesarean section so she could start cancer treatment. Belle accidentally named the baby, she mistook "Sam's son" as his name, and Sam and Alice married on discovering her cancer was terminal. Eventually, she became so weak that she was unable to hold Samson so, at Alice's request, Sam got morphine from Eli and gave Alice an overdose, ending her life. The police got involved when Louise Appleton's police boyfriend, Martin, heard Ashley tell Diane that he thought Sam had helped Alice die. He opened a murder investigation and when the police came to arrest Sam at Wishing Well Cottage, the Dingles barricaded themselves inside. After eventually gaining entry and arresting Sam, Delilah Dingle said she did it so she was arrested too. Soon, all the Dingles admitted killing her to protect Sam. Eventually the police picked holes in their stories but worried that Social Services would remove Samson if Sam confessed, Cain told Sam to describe Alice's death in as much detail as possible so the police would believe he was responsible.
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