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. On 8 February 2010, Carter announced that he was quitting the show, citing his reason that he found the Emmerdale filming schedule too exhausting.

Creation and Development

Jamie is the second child and oldest son of Bob Hope. Jamie's mother was Bob's first wife Jean. When Jamie was born he already had an older sister, Dawn. After initially walking out and divorcing Jean following Dawn's birth, Bob went back to her after Jamie was born. They remarried but Bob was unable to make the marriage work and walked out again leaving Jean to raise Dawn and Jamie alone in Spain.

Jean and Dawn arrived in the village in February 2003 but although Jamie was mentioned by name by Bob, Jean and Dawn, he didn't arrive in the village until 2006.

Storylines

2006–10

It took Jamie a long time to come to Emmerdale. He felt his father Bob had abandoned him and his sister Dawn when they were children and although she had managed to rebuild her relationship with Bob, Jamie wasn’t sure he could. The marriage of Bob to his fourth wife Viv proved enough of a draw to get Jamie to let bygones be bygones. When they met, it was immediately clear Jamie and Bob were cut from the same cloth.