Emmerdale newcomers’ secret past exposed: You won’t believe their EastEnders and Call the Midwife roles!
23:08, 15 Jun 2026
Emmerdale has introduced a fresh face as Kyle Winchester (Huey Quinn) was officially inducted into the cadets. As devotees of the ITV drama will recall, troubled Kyle had been secretly setting fires at Robert Sugden’s (Ryan Hawley) farm while grappling with his father Cain Dingle’s (Jeff Hordley) prostate cancer diagnosis.
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The youngster was discovered by Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough), who encouraged Kyle to pursue a fresh purpose in life and enrolled him in the cadets.
On Monday (June 15), Kyle was thrilled as his father turned up to observe him at the swearing-in ceremony; nevertheless, mere moments afterwards, Cain hastily vanished following a toileting incident after his surgery to eliminate the cancer.
Once the proceedings had concluded, Kyle was met by his commander outside the village hall, with Graham also expressing his admiration for the lad. Cain subsequently returned and was compelled to confess to his bathroom mishap, leaving the garage owner feeling mortified.
Emmerdale audiences might recognise the Cadet Commander, portrayed by James McGregor, who has previously appeared in the ITV drama alongside other well-known programmes.
In 2025, McGregor depicted police officer Matteo Carmichael in EastEnders across two episodes. In one particular scene, he turns up at the Queen Vic to inform new landlord Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) that her gathering is causing a disturbance for local residents, reports the Express.
The situation rapidly intensified when Mo Harris (Laila Morse) drunkenly delivers a flirtatious innuendo to the uniformed police officer who detains her for being drunk and disorderly.
McGregor has also appeared as Mr Rudd in Call the Midwife, in series 14, episode 2. The period drama instalment saw Dr Turner (Stephen McGann) charged with tracing the origin of sexually transmitted infections during a Poplar outbreak.
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Last year, he additionally featured as Pecha Jansky in the American television programme FBI: International, alongside Jamie in Here We Go.
In 2023, McGregor appeared in the Apple TV programme Silo, working with Tim Robbins and Rebecca Ferguson, following a single-episode stint in BBC medical drama Casualty as Jez Abbot.
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His additional television work encompasses Serial Thriller, Foyle’s War, Our World War, Waking the Dead, and The Great Train Robbery.
This marks not the actor’s first Emmerdale appearance; he made his debut as Matt Dunn in August 2012, before returning as a vicar for a single episode in 2017.
Emmerdale broadcasts weekdays on ITV and ITVX.