Emmerdale star James Hooton - aka Sam Dingle -enjoys a night out in Blackpool
Soap star James Hooton has shared various snaps from his night out in Blackpool over the weekend.
British actor James may be better known to you as Emmerdale’s Sam Dingle, as the 52-year-old has held that role for an impressive 30 years now.
The Nottingham born star was however able to take some time away from the Emmerdale farm last week to pay a trip to our dazzling seaside resort.
Taking to Instagram on Saturday, James shared an image of himself in front of the Blackpool Tower.
In the caption, the actor revealed to his 20,000 followers what he was doing in the town, writing “Northern soul at the Blackpool tower…”
James, who is based in Yorkshire, then shared another image from the promenade alongside his three companions with the caption: “I’m so excited!!!”
The event, called ‘Togetherness Northern & Modern Soul Weekender’ was on at the Blackpool Tower between Friday, November 7 and Sunday, November 9.
Now in its 19th year, the Togetherness Weekender saw a whole catelogue of Northern and Modern Soul play across three rooms at the iconic venue.
James evidently had a great time at the event as he later shared a video of himself and partner Nancy dancing away in the Tower Ballroom, alongside the caption: “We did northern soul at the Blackpool tower!!! 🥰 😍❤️🤩”
In the video, James and Nancy can been dancing to the music as a merry Nancy yells “We don’t know what we’re doing!”, “We’re dancing!”
James then mouths the words to the song playing as he pans the camera to show more of the bustling room.
In the comments, James’ former Emmerdale colleague Kelvin Fletcher wrote: “ Yes Jim! The best”
His current colleague, Bradley Johnson, who plays Sam Dingle’s nephew Vinny Dingle, also commented: “Love this!!”