Emmerdale is a British soap opera first broadcast on 16 October 1972. The following is a list of characters that first appeared during 2013, by order of first appearance. (Michael Parr) made his debut in July. (Denise Black) made her first appearance in August. October saw the introduction of (Nimmy March), the mother of established character Ruby Haswell (Alicya Eyo), and former Coronation Street actor Bill Ward as . (Katherine Dow Blyton) and (David Easter) debuted in November, while , played by Hollyoaks star Anthony Quinlan, and (Joe Gill) arrived in December. Additionally, multiple appear throughout the year.