Frank Tate (Emmerdale)
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Francis Ronald "Frank" Tate is a fictional character
on the ITV
soap opera
Emmerdale
. He was played by Norman Bowler
.
Frank arrived in Beckindale in 1989 with his second wife Kim, son Chris and daughter Zoe. When Kim had an affair with Neil Kincaid in 1992, he threw her out, but after being thrown back together during the chaos and destruction of the plane crash
, Frank and Kim reconciled which led to their eventual re-marriage in December 1994. Kim then had another affair with employee Dave Glover
and Frank hired a private detective to follow them. On finding Kim and Dave in bed together, Frank uttered the line "What do you call this Dave, overtime?" Frank paid Kim £1 million to name him as the father of her baby, who they named James Francis Tate. Dave, as a result of the affair with Kim, later died in a fire at Home Farm whilst saving baby James on Christmas Eve 1996. When Kim disappeared, Frank was arrested and charged with her murder but was released due to lack of evidence. Frank died of a heart attack when Kim returned for James after having faked her own death. He was 59 years old.
Since Frank's death, two of his sons have died: his long-lost son Liam was killed by Zoe after kidnapping Chris. Chris committed suicide, having used a wheelchair for the final decade of his life after being injured by falling debris during the plane crash.
Fictional character
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on the ITV
ITV
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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...
. He was played by Norman Bowler
Norman Bowler
Norman Clifford Bowler is a British actor.Born in London, son of a watch repairer in Mill Lane, NW6, he became a member of the 1950s Soho set alongside the likes of John Minton, Francis Bacon and Daniel Farson. There he met Henrietta Moraes, who divorced her first husband, Michael Law, and...
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Frank arrived in Beckindale in 1989 with his second wife Kim, son Chris and daughter Zoe. When Kim had an affair with Neil Kincaid in 1992, he threw her out, but after being thrown back together during the chaos and destruction of the plane crash
Major Emmerdale storylines
Popular ITV soap Emmerdale has featured numerous famous storylines since it began in 1972. For a full list of major storylines in Emmerdale, see List of major storylines in Emmerdale.-The Plane Crash :...
, Frank and Kim reconciled which led to their eventual re-marriage in December 1994. Kim then had another affair with employee Dave Glover
Dave Glover
David Edward "Dave" Glover is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale played by Ian Kelsey.-Storylines:Dave arrived in the village with his parents Ned and Jan and younger siblings Linda and Roy in August 1994. He got a job working as a farmhand at Home Farm.Until 1995, Dave...
and Frank hired a private detective to follow them. On finding Kim and Dave in bed together, Frank uttered the line "What do you call this Dave, overtime?" Frank paid Kim £1 million to name him as the father of her baby, who they named James Francis Tate. Dave, as a result of the affair with Kim, later died in a fire at Home Farm whilst saving baby James on Christmas Eve 1996. When Kim disappeared, Frank was arrested and charged with her murder but was released due to lack of evidence. Frank died of a heart attack when Kim returned for James after having faked her own death. He was 59 years old.
Since Frank's death, two of his sons have died: his long-lost son Liam was killed by Zoe after kidnapping Chris. Chris committed suicide, having used a wheelchair for the final decade of his life after being injured by falling debris during the plane crash.