{"id":39086,"date":"2025-05-14T11:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=39086"},"modified":"2025-05-14T11:55:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:55:23","slug":"billy-hopwood-classic-emmerdalebrutal-murder-feud-sugdens-steamy-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/billy-hopwood-classic-emmerdalebrutal-murder-feud-sugdens-steamy-affair\/","title":{"rendered":" Billy Hopwood: Brutal murder, his feud with the Sugdens and a steamy affair"},"content":{"rendered":"

Billy Hopwood is back in the village in Classic Emmerdale, having been released from prison. But no one is very pleased to see him!<\/p>

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Billy was the biological dad of Andy Sugden and Daz Eden, but as far as fathers go, he was definitely lacking.<\/p>\n

We thought it was time for a recap on what exactly Billy did to get on the wrong side of just about everyone in Emmerdale.<\/p>\n

Billy Hopwood arrives in Emmerdale<\/h2>
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Billy first appeared in Emmerdale back in 1997. Andy had been fostered by the Sugden family after his grandfather died. So it was a shock when his estranged dad Billy showed up, having been released from prison.<\/p>\n

Despite the Sugdens\u2019 objections,\u00a0 Andy went to live with his dad in a caravan. But it wasn\u2019t a happy existence! Billy was scratching a living taking on jobs here and there \u2013 mostly illegal! And Andy was left to fend for himself.<\/p>

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