Shadrach Dingle

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Shadrach Dingle
Emmerdale character

Played by	[Andy Devine]
Duration	2000-2001, 2002, 2003-
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Marital Status	Separated
Occupation
Family	Zak, Chas

Shadrach Dingle is a fictional character on the British soap opera Emmerdale. He is played by Andy Devine

[edit] About Shadrach

While Cain Dingle is clearly the most unpopular of his infamous clan, there’s no doubt that Shadrach comes a close second.

Lazy, rude, boorish and constantly drunk, Shadrach is one of the most useless people to grace the earth. He may be tolerated by his family, but he does nothing to repay that small favour.

On his arrival in Emmerdale, on the day of Butch Dingle’s funeral, Shadrach got so legless he fell asleep in church - infuriating his brother Zak, who was grieving for his son.

But Zak owed Shadrach. When the two men were younger, Zak had enjoyed a fling with Shadrach’s wife Faith.

Unbeknownst to both men, the product of this passionate affair was Cain Dingle. Since Cain thought Shadrach was his father, he was shocked to discover the man who’d bought him up was just his uncle.

With another family scandal at their door, the Dingles somehow found a way to live through it - but Shadrach wasn’t done yet.

When Zak went to South America in search of the Dingle fortune, he turned up and begged Zak’s wife Lisa to take him in. Sticking to the Dingle code of loyalty, Lisa agreed - only for Shadrach to spend the next few months trying to get her into bed.

Order was restored when Zak returned several months later, but Shadrach’s slovenly behaviour continued to provoke disgust among his clan and the neighbours alike.

A life of heavy drinking has taken its toll on Shadrach and his daughter Chastity has been desperately worried that her father is going to die from alcoholism.

In order to try and wean him off it, Chas bet Zak and Shadrach that they couldn’t stay dry for a month.

Predictably, Shadrach couldn’t and spent the entire time trying desperately to get his hands on some booze.

Where there’s trouble, Shadrach is never far behind and he spends his days boozing, poaching and ordering his family to cater for his every need.

He can’t believe his luck that daughter Chastity has landed herself a rich fiancé in the form of Carl King and thinks this could be his ticket to an everlasting supply of booze.