{"id":27842,"date":"2025-03-02T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=27842"},"modified":"2025-02-28T15:00:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T15:00:40","slug":"inside-emmerdale-star-mark-charnocks-secret-hobby-dream-away-from-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/cast\/inside-emmerdale-star-mark-charnocks-secret-hobby-dream-away-from-acting\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Emmerdale star Mark Charnock\u2019s secret hobby and dream away from acting: ‘I’d like to be acknowledged’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale star Mark Charnock, who has been playing Marlon Dingle since 1996 actually has a surprising hobby that he would love to take further.<\/p>

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This year marks 29 years since Marlon Dingle<\/a> showed up on our screens. Over the years he has been involved in huge storylines. In recent times, Marlon suffered a stroke and has been dealing with the recovery. And he is currently very involved as his daughter, April, went missing for six weeks.<\/a><\/p>\n

But acting isn\u2019t the only thing that Emmerdale star Mark Charnock<\/a> could see himself doing. As away from the soap, he likes to think of himself as an aspiring writer.<\/p>\n

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Mark admits he would love to be a writer one day (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Emmerdale Mark Charnock\u2019s passion for writing<\/h2>\n

Mark has expressed that he would love to be \u2018acknowledged\u2019 as an author one day, alongside acting. But in order to do that, he would have to release some novels. Which he has written.<\/p>\n

A few years ago, Mark opened up to The Guardian<\/a> in a sit down interview about his time on Emmerdale. The 56-year-old took the opportunity to reveal his desire for penmanship, but admitted he never truly believed anyone would want to read his words.<\/p>

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