Scott Windsor
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Scott Windsor is a fictional character
in the British ITV
soap opera
Emmerdale
.
From 1993-1996, Scott Windsor was played by Toby Cockerell
. In 1996, Scott left Emmedale to join the army and when he returned in 1998, Ben Freeman
took over the role and played Scott until early 2007.
(Deena Payne
), Vic Windsor
(Alun Lewis
), Kelly
(Adele Silva
), and Donna
(Sophie Jeffery
). In 1998 producer Mervyn Watson recast the role to Ben Freeman
.
confirmed that Ben Freeman had been axed from Emmerdale. However, the ITV website claims that Freeman had simply not renewed his contract, for practical reasons. His contract was due to expire at the end of 2007. In October 2008, Freeman was cleared of rape charges, and reports surfaced that he might return to the role of Scott. However in June 2009 Freeman announced he would not be returning to the soap.
.
and Reg Dawson. Reg deserted them when Scott was young and Viv remarried Vic Windsor
, who adopted Scott. Scott has a half-sister Donna
and a stepsister Kelly
.
The Windsor family moved to the village in 1993. Scott's natural father, Reg, followed them to the village and took Viv and Shirley Turner
hostage at gunpoint, accidentally killing Shirley before being shot dead himself. Scott then got in with a bad crowd who forced him to steal from his family's post office and threatened his sisters. When Vic found out about the stealing, he declared that Scott was 'no son of his' and Scott left to join the army.
When he returned, he was now played by another actor and had turned into a womaniser. He had been discharged from the army for 'psychiatric reasons', but it was eventually revealed that this was because he was having an affair with a high-ranking officer's wife.
Scott and Kelly were always close, but as they got older Scott began to develop romantic feelings for her. At the same time, Kelly was revealed to be the daughter of Vic and his first wife rather than Vic and Viv's daughter and Scott's half-sister. The couple shared their first kiss on Christmas Day 1998, just as Vic was being murdered by Billy Hopwood
in the post office. Scott claimed to be in love with Kelly and in 1999, as she prepared to marry Roy Glover, they began sleeping together. The stress of their affair took its toll on Kelly and after discovering she was pregnant she attempted to commit suicide
in 2000, leaving letters that told the truth about what they’d done.
Scott burnt the evidence but the whole sordid truth was eventually revealed by Donna who announced it in the pub. With Kelly gone, Scott tried to resume a normal life - and started dating newcomer Chloe Atkinson
.
After just a few months dating, Chloe and Scott moved in together and, when their housemate Jason Kirk left, they were joined by builder Syd Woolfe
. While Scott was clearly jealous of Syd, it was him - not Chloe - who cheated.
One night he drove Zoe Tate
home and, in the grip of schizophrenia
, she slept with him. The result was baby Jean Tate, whose paternity
remained a mystery for months as Zoe could not remember how she got pregnant. Scott kept quiet about being the father and was horrified when Chloe became Jean's nanny. Scott decided to come clean to Zoe when Jean was seriously injured in hospital. It turned out that Jean’s accident happened while Chloe was having sex with Syd behind Scott’s back when she should have been taking care of Jean. Furious, Chris Tate
evicted them from Peartree Cottage.
Meanwhile, Scott found himself under suspicion of raping Zoe. She still could not remember sleeping with him and it was assumed that he had raped her because she is a lesbian. When the police decided not to press charges, Zoe's brother, Chris, launched a hate campaign against him, burning down his garage and having him beaten up before paying a stripper, Yolanda, to sleep with Scott and accuse him of rape. When Zoe found out what Chris had done, she paid Yolanda to drop the charges if Scott signed away his rights to baby Jean.
When Chris committed suicide, Scott was delighted and was one of the few people who believed his wife Charity's story that Chris had framed her for murder. With Chris gone, Scott got closer to Zoe and they began parenting little Jean together. With Scott now working at Home Farm, Zoe began relying on him more and more and in her loneliness, ended up in a clinch with him - despite the fact she was a lesbian
. Although the duo tried to have a romantic relationship, Zoe just wasn't attracted to Scott and ended it.
Alone again, Scott began to get closer his new stepsister (since Viv had remarried), Dawn Woods
. She left her husband, stroke victim Terry
, and soon started dating Scott.
However, when convicted rapist Frank Bernard Hartbourne, Pearl Ladderbanks
' estranged son came to the village, Scott - due to a misunderstanding about his sister Donna (Frank had only tried to see if Donna was hurt when she crashed her Scooter) - beat him up badly. Facing a criminal charge, Scott forced Dawn to lie for him - only to get his comeuppance a few days later when she retracted her statement. Scott later received a twelve month suspended sentence.
After some time apart, Scott and Dawn rekindled their relationship but Scott wasn’t bothered about her. When he discovered Zoe had planned to move abroad and take his daughter with her, Scott reacted very badly. Scott was delighted when Zoe asked him to go with them and thought nothing of leaving Dawn behind. But just as it looked like Scott was about to get what he’d always wanted, Zoe caught on to Scott and his mother Viv's plot to stop her and Jean leaving.
When Scott asked Zoe to marry him, she told him she would 'rather stick needles in her eyes'. Scott then tried to rape Zoe for real and Zoe stabbed him with an animal anesthetic in self-defence. She then stabbed him a second time while he lay helpless on the floor. Scott was rescued by Zoe's business partner Paddy Kirk
, but was left fighting for his life. Scott recovered from his ordeal but was determined to bring Zoe down. He relished the chance of taking her to court and very nearly got her sent down for attempted murder. However, his bullying of witness Paddy led him to change his statement and Zoe was acquitted. Scott was incensed and took Zoe, her nephew Joseph and employee Callum hostage at gunpoint and threatened to kill all of them, including Jean. Viv reminded him of what had happened to his natural father as well as Vic and managed to persuade him to let Zoe leave with her daughter.
Scott then attacked Paddy and in the process hit Dawn, while she and Marlon Dingle
were trying to break up the fight. Scott was sentenced to four months imprisonment after pleading guilty to the assault. Kelly (who had returned when Scott was hospitalised) was the only member of his family who attended court with him. Scott only served half his sentence, due to good behaviour.
When he was released, Scott was horrified to discover Dawn was now dating local good guy Danny Daggert
. Determined to get her back, Scott deliberately schemed to split them up. It worked temporarily, but Dawn didn’t want Scott back and insisted he moved out or she would report him to the police for punching Danny.
Emasculated, Scott was forced to back down and vowed to avenge himself. Scott took his time but he found a way to hurt Dawn. Dawn had been doing all sorts of odd jobs to keep afloat, so Scott reported her for benefit fraud. When Dawn was arrested and charged, everyone turned their back on Scott – with Viv being particularly horrified by his behaviour.
Thrown out of house and home, Scott’s only consolation was when Dawn got sent down for six weeks. When she was released, Scott continued to be spiteful towards her. It was clear he would do anything to get at Dawn still, however petty.
Dawn died on 13 July 2006 from the injuries she received in the Kings River Showhome explosion, Scott felt very guilty for the way he had treated her in the last months of her life, but blamed her brother, his stepbrother Jamie Hope
for not doing more to save her.
After becoming involved with his teenage apprentice, Debbie Dingle
, Scott then left the village to stay with an old army mate down in London selling stolen cars, leaving the garage in the hands of Debbie. On January 4, 2008, Scott phoned Viv and told her he would not be coming back and he was putting Tug Ghyll up for sale. Scott has rarely been mentioned on-screen since his departure. In January 2011, he attend his mother Viv's funeral off screen in Essex.
Fictional character
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in the British ITV
ITV
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soap opera
Soap opera
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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...
.
From 1993-1996, Scott Windsor was played by Toby Cockerell
Toby Cockerell
Toby Cockerell is an English actor who played the part of Scott Windsor in ITV's Emmerdale from 1993–1996.-External links:...
. In 1996, Scott left Emmedale to join the army and when he returned in 1998, Ben Freeman
Ben Freeman
Benedict "Ben" Freeman is an English television actor, best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as Scott Windsor.-Personal life:...
took over the role and played Scott until early 2007.
Casting
In 1993 series producer Nicholas Prosser introduced Scott as part of the new Windsor family. Among them were VivViv Hope
Vivienne "Viv" Hope was a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Emmerdale. Portrayed by Deena Payne, the character first appeared on 10 August 1993, and remained until 13 January 2011, becoming one of the longest serving characters, after nearly 18 years in the show.In November...
(Deena Payne
Deena Payne
Deena Payne is an English actress and former singer who is best known for playing Viv Hope in ITV's Emmerdale.Payne was born in Orpington, Kent. She used to tour with ex-Animals keyboard player Alan Price as a backing singer and she was a member of the novelty girl band Cats U.K....
), Vic Windsor
Vic Windsor
Victor "Vic" Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Alun Lewis for a period of five years, from 1993 until 1998. Vic was the second husband of shopkeeper, Viv Hope then Windsor, and also father of Kelly Windsor and Donna Windsor-Dingle...
(Alun Lewis
Alun Lewis
Alun Lewis , was a poet of the Anglo-Welsh school, and is regarded by many as Britain's finest Second World War poet.- Education :...
), Kelly
Kelly Windsor
Kelly Windsor is a fictional character from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Adele Silva. The character first appeared on 10 August 1993. Silva portrayed her from August 1993 until November 2000. In February 2005 it was announced that Silva would be reprising her role and she...
(Adele Silva
Adele Silva
Adele Silva is an English actress and television personality who has been on stage and television since she was a young girl. She is best known for playing the role of Kelly Windsor in the television soap opera Emmerdale....
), and Donna
Donna Windsor-Dingle
Donna Windsor Dingle is a fictional character that appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was originally played by Sophie Jeffery, and later replaced by Verity Rushworth in 1998. Donna was the third longest running character on Emmerdale at the time of her departure. She made her first...
(Sophie Jeffery
Sophie Jeffery
Sophie Jeffery is an English actress known for her part as Donna Windsor in ITV's Emmerdale which she played from 1993–1997, when she was replaced by Verity Rushworth.-References:...
). In 1998 producer Mervyn Watson recast the role to Ben Freeman
Ben Freeman
Benedict "Ben" Freeman is an English television actor, best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as Scott Windsor.-Personal life:...
.
Departure
In early 2007, Scott Windsor was written out due to the court case of Freeman's rape allegations. Freeman was expected to return but it had not been confirmed if he would return to the show, he had been absent since January 2007. On 16 December 2007 Digital SpyDigital Spy
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confirmed that Ben Freeman had been axed from Emmerdale. However, the ITV website claims that Freeman had simply not renewed his contract, for practical reasons. His contract was due to expire at the end of 2007. In October 2008, Freeman was cleared of rape charges, and reports surfaced that he might return to the role of Scott. However in June 2009 Freeman announced he would not be returning to the soap.
.
1993-2006
Scott is the son of Viv HopeViv Hope
Vivienne "Viv" Hope was a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Emmerdale. Portrayed by Deena Payne, the character first appeared on 10 August 1993, and remained until 13 January 2011, becoming one of the longest serving characters, after nearly 18 years in the show.In November...
and Reg Dawson. Reg deserted them when Scott was young and Viv remarried Vic Windsor
Vic Windsor
Victor "Vic" Windsor is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Alun Lewis for a period of five years, from 1993 until 1998. Vic was the second husband of shopkeeper, Viv Hope then Windsor, and also father of Kelly Windsor and Donna Windsor-Dingle...
, who adopted Scott. Scott has a half-sister Donna
Donna Windsor-Dingle
Donna Windsor Dingle is a fictional character that appeared in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was originally played by Sophie Jeffery, and later replaced by Verity Rushworth in 1998. Donna was the third longest running character on Emmerdale at the time of her departure. She made her first...
and a stepsister Kelly
Kelly Windsor
Kelly Windsor is a fictional character from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Adele Silva. The character first appeared on 10 August 1993. Silva portrayed her from August 1993 until November 2000. In February 2005 it was announced that Silva would be reprising her role and she...
.
The Windsor family moved to the village in 1993. Scott's natural father, Reg, followed them to the village and took Viv and Shirley Turner
Shirley Turner
Shirley K. Turner is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 1998, where she represents the 15th Legislative District....
hostage at gunpoint, accidentally killing Shirley before being shot dead himself. Scott then got in with a bad crowd who forced him to steal from his family's post office and threatened his sisters. When Vic found out about the stealing, he declared that Scott was 'no son of his' and Scott left to join the army.
When he returned, he was now played by another actor and had turned into a womaniser. He had been discharged from the army for 'psychiatric reasons', but it was eventually revealed that this was because he was having an affair with a high-ranking officer's wife.
Scott and Kelly were always close, but as they got older Scott began to develop romantic feelings for her. At the same time, Kelly was revealed to be the daughter of Vic and his first wife rather than Vic and Viv's daughter and Scott's half-sister. The couple shared their first kiss on Christmas Day 1998, just as Vic was being murdered by Billy Hopwood
Billy Hopwood
William "Billy" Hopwood is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale and was played by David Crellin. Billy is the biological father of half-brothers Andy Sugden and Daz Eden.-Storylines:...
in the post office. Scott claimed to be in love with Kelly and in 1999, as she prepared to marry Roy Glover, they began sleeping together. The stress of their affair took its toll on Kelly and after discovering she was pregnant she attempted to commit suicide
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair or attributed to some underlying mental disorder, such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcoholism, or drug abuse...
in 2000, leaving letters that told the truth about what they’d done.
Scott burnt the evidence but the whole sordid truth was eventually revealed by Donna who announced it in the pub. With Kelly gone, Scott tried to resume a normal life - and started dating newcomer Chloe Atkinson
Chloe Atkinson
Chloe Atkinson is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Amy Nuttall. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 4 December 2000. Nuttal quit the serial in order to pursue a singing career after performing at a football event.-Character casting and...
.
After just a few months dating, Chloe and Scott moved in together and, when their housemate Jason Kirk left, they were joined by builder Syd Woolfe
Syd Woolfe
Sydney "Syd" Woolfe was a fictional character in the soap opera Emmerdale, played by Nathan Gladwell.-Character's background:A jack the lad builder who arrived in the village with his workmate Jerry "Mack" MacKinley...
. While Scott was clearly jealous of Syd, it was him - not Chloe - who cheated.
One night he drove Zoe Tate
Zoe Tate
Zoe Tate is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. She was played by Leah Bracknell. She appeared between December 1989 and September 2005.-1989–2001:...
home and, in the grip of schizophrenia
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a disintegration of thought processes and of emotional responsiveness. It most commonly manifests itself as auditory hallucinations, paranoid or bizarre delusions, or disorganized speech and thinking, and it is accompanied by significant social...
, she slept with him. The result was baby Jean Tate, whose paternity
Paternity (law)
In law, paternity is the legal acknowledgment of the parental relationship between a man and a child usually based on several factors.At common law, a child born to the wife during a marriage is the husband's child under the "presumption of legitimacy", and the husband is assigned complete rights,...
remained a mystery for months as Zoe could not remember how she got pregnant. Scott kept quiet about being the father and was horrified when Chloe became Jean's nanny. Scott decided to come clean to Zoe when Jean was seriously injured in hospital. It turned out that Jean’s accident happened while Chloe was having sex with Syd behind Scott’s back when she should have been taking care of Jean. Furious, Chris Tate
Chris Tate
Christopher Francis "Chris" Tate is a fictional character from the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Peter Amory.-Early storylines:...
evicted them from Peartree Cottage.
Meanwhile, Scott found himself under suspicion of raping Zoe. She still could not remember sleeping with him and it was assumed that he had raped her because she is a lesbian. When the police decided not to press charges, Zoe's brother, Chris, launched a hate campaign against him, burning down his garage and having him beaten up before paying a stripper, Yolanda, to sleep with Scott and accuse him of rape. When Zoe found out what Chris had done, she paid Yolanda to drop the charges if Scott signed away his rights to baby Jean.
When Chris committed suicide, Scott was delighted and was one of the few people who believed his wife Charity's story that Chris had framed her for murder. With Chris gone, Scott got closer to Zoe and they began parenting little Jean together. With Scott now working at Home Farm, Zoe began relying on him more and more and in her loneliness, ended up in a clinch with him - despite the fact she was a lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
. Although the duo tried to have a romantic relationship, Zoe just wasn't attracted to Scott and ended it.
Alone again, Scott began to get closer his new stepsister (since Viv had remarried), Dawn Woods
Dawn Woods
Dawn Woods is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Julia Mallam.-Storylines:Dawn came to Emmerdale in early 2003 as the fiance of Terry Woods. It was revealed that she is Bob Hope's daughter but she had not seen much of him since he left her, her mother Jean,...
. She left her husband, stroke victim Terry
Terry 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:...
, and soon started dating Scott.
However, when convicted rapist Frank Bernard Hartbourne, 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:...
' estranged son came to the village, Scott - due to a misunderstanding about his sister Donna (Frank had only tried to see if Donna was hurt when she crashed her Scooter) - beat him up badly. Facing a criminal charge, Scott forced Dawn to lie for him - only to get his comeuppance a few days later when she retracted her statement. Scott later received a twelve month suspended sentence.
After some time apart, Scott and Dawn rekindled their relationship but Scott wasn’t bothered about her. When he discovered Zoe had planned to move abroad and take his daughter with her, Scott reacted very badly. Scott was delighted when Zoe asked him to go with them and thought nothing of leaving Dawn behind. But just as it looked like Scott was about to get what he’d always wanted, Zoe caught on to Scott and his mother Viv's plot to stop her and Jean leaving.
When Scott asked Zoe to marry him, she told him she would 'rather stick needles in her eyes'. Scott then tried to rape Zoe for real and Zoe stabbed him with an animal anesthetic in self-defence. She then stabbed him a second time while he lay helpless on the floor. Scott was rescued by Zoe's business partner Paddy Kirk
Paddy Kirk
Patrick Frederick "Paddy" Kirk is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Dominic Brunt. Paddy demonstrates the dedication of the soap's writers towards maintaining a comedic tone in plotlines. While he has appeared at the centre of some grave storylines, Paddy is often...
, but was left fighting for his life. Scott recovered from his ordeal but was determined to bring Zoe down. He relished the chance of taking her to court and very nearly got her sent down for attempted murder. However, his bullying of witness Paddy led him to change his statement and Zoe was acquitted. Scott was incensed and took Zoe, her nephew Joseph and employee Callum hostage at gunpoint and threatened to kill all of them, including Jean. Viv reminded him of what had happened to his natural father as well as Vic and managed to persuade him to let Zoe leave with her daughter.
Scott then attacked Paddy and in the process hit Dawn, while she and Marlon Dingle
Marlon Dingle
Marlon Sebastian Dingle is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Mark Charnock. -1996–:...
were trying to break up the fight. Scott was sentenced to four months imprisonment after pleading guilty to the assault. Kelly (who had returned when Scott was hospitalised) was the only member of his family who attended court with him. Scott only served half his sentence, due to good behaviour.
When he was released, Scott was horrified to discover Dawn was now dating local good guy Danny Daggert
Danny Daggert
Danny Daggert is a fictional character on the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Cleveland Campbell.-Character's background:When Danny and his family arrived in the village in 2001, it was clear they were really struggling for money. At the first chance he got, Danny went out to get a job so...
. Determined to get her back, Scott deliberately schemed to split them up. It worked temporarily, but Dawn didn’t want Scott back and insisted he moved out or she would report him to the police for punching Danny.
Emasculated, Scott was forced to back down and vowed to avenge himself. Scott took his time but he found a way to hurt Dawn. Dawn had been doing all sorts of odd jobs to keep afloat, so Scott reported her for benefit fraud. When Dawn was arrested and charged, everyone turned their back on Scott – with Viv being particularly horrified by his behaviour.
Thrown out of house and home, Scott’s only consolation was when Dawn got sent down for six weeks. When she was released, Scott continued to be spiteful towards her. It was clear he would do anything to get at Dawn still, however petty.
Dawn died on 13 July 2006 from the injuries she received in the Kings River Showhome explosion, Scott felt very guilty for the way he had treated her in the last months of her life, but blamed her brother, his stepbrother Jamie Hope
Jamie Hope
James "Jamie" Hope is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Alex Carter and first appeared onscreen on 16 February 2006...
for not doing more to save her.
After becoming involved with his teenage apprentice, Debbie Dingle
Debbie Dingle
Deborah "Debbie" Dingle is a fictional character in the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale. She is portrayed by Charley Webb...
, Scott then left the village to stay with an old army mate down in London selling stolen cars, leaving the garage in the hands of Debbie. On January 4, 2008, Scott phoned Viv and told her he would not be coming back and he was putting Tug Ghyll up for sale. Scott has rarely been mentioned on-screen since his departure. In January 2011, he attend his mother Viv's funeral off screen in Essex.