Phil Pearce
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Phil Pearce was a fictional character on Emmerdale Farm, played by Peter Alexander
Peter Alexander (English actor)
Peter Alexander is an English actor and director. He is probably best known for playing the character of Phil Pearce in Emmerdale Farm for three years....

 in the 1980s, beginning in 1986.

Phil Pearce, a builder, left his wife, Lesley, and young daughter, Diane, to move with Sandie Merrick
Sandie Merrick
Sandra "Sandie" Merrick is a fictional character from the British ITV soap Emmerdale Farm played by Jenny Mayors-Clark in 1972 and from 1980 until 1989, she was played by Jane Hutcheson.-Romances with Andy, David and Graham:...

 into Mill cottage. The Mill had been converted into a flat by the company that Phil had just formed with Joe Sugden
Joe Sugden
Joseph "Joe" Sugden is a fictional character in the British soap opera Emmerdale. He was played by Frazer Hines.Joe was one of the main characters in the Yorkshire-set soap for a 22-year period between 1972–1994 with a brief intermittancy of three years in the 1980s...

. Phil and Sandie started an affair which was unveiled by Diane when she found out, to a packed audience in The Woolpack. Sandie's affair caused another village scandal, and Annie Sugden made clear her disapproval.

Pearce was responsible for the incineration of Crossgill's farmhouse by burning old rags indoors. In December 1988 he was jailed for his involvement with an antiques fraud organised by Eric Pollard
Eric Pollard
Eric Charles Pollard is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale played by Chris Chittell.Pollard has appeared on the show since 1986, making him the second longest running current character after Alan Turner who has appeared since 1982. He has lied to, cheated and swindled...

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Peter Alexander
Peter Alexander (English actor)
Peter Alexander is an English actor and director. He is probably best known for playing the character of Phil Pearce in Emmerdale Farm for three years....

 returned briefly to Emmerdale
Emmerdale
Emmerdale, is a long-running British soap opera set in Emmerdale , a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale was first broadcast on 16 October 1972...

as a different character in 2006.
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