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| Adam Barton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Adam Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2009–2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 5350 17 July 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | Episode 8031 2 January 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced by | Steve November | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adam Barton is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, portrayed by Adam Thomas. The character first appeared during the episode broadcast on July 17, 2009, after the character and Thomas's role were announced alongside that other Barton family characters in May 2009. Thomas called Adam "a family man." Thomas decided to leave the show after seven years following a break from acting in 2016 to participate in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. Adam's departure was announced on 22 June 2017, with the episode airing on 2 January 2018.
Storylines featuring Adam have included: a bromance with Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller), suffering a breakdown and committing arson following the death of his father, John Barton (James Thornton); discovering his uncle, James Barton (Bill Ward), is actually his biological father; his on-off marriage to Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins); believing he fathered Johnny Woodfield after a one-night stand with Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick); his fertility issues which prevent him having a child with Victoria; and admitting to killing Emma Barton (Gillian Kearney) to protect his mother Moira (Natalie J. Robb), who had actually killed her.