. . . . . . . . . "Zak Dingle"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1994"^^ . . . . "Zachariah Bartholomew 'Zak' Dingle is the former head of the Dingle family, the father of Nathan Dingle, Butch Dingle, Ben Dingle, Cain Dingle, Sam Dingle, Tina Dingle and Belle Dingle. Zak first appeared in 1994, challenging old adversary Ned Glover to a bare-knuckle fight, which he went on to lose. Zak was former bare knuckle champion of the Dales and his family were notorious throughout the village for their rogueish behaviour."@en . . . "1994-10-20"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Zak Dingle"@en . . . "Handyman/Pig Farmer"@en . . . . . "Tina Dingle"@en . . . . "Zachariah Bartholomew 'Zak' Dingle is the former head of the Dingle family, the father of Nathan Dingle, Butch Dingle, Ben Dingle, Cain Dingle, Sam Dingle, Tina Dingle and Belle Dingle. Zak first appeared in 1994, challenging old adversary Ned Glover to a bare-knuckle fight, which he went on to lose. Zak was former bare knuckle champion of the Dales and his family were notorious throughout the village for their rogueish behaviour. His original family consisted of wife Nellie, sons Butch and Sam and daughter Tina. He had another son, Ben, who was killed in a fight with the local doctor's son, Luke McAllister. He was later found to have a heart defect but this did not stop the Dingles pointing the finger at Luke. Tina had mentioned a brother named Nathan, but he never appeared in the series and was never even acknowledged again. The family quickly established themselves in the village, and forced Luke's family away, although he stayed and ended up with Tina, much to the annoyance of Zak, who arrived in the village and began to beat Luke, and was only stopped in his tracks when Tina announced her pregnancy. However, it was established she had lied to humiliate him at the altar in revenge for Ben's death, leading to him killing himself in his car and nearly Tina in the process. As the former head of the Dingle clan, Zak is no stranger to drama. His first wife, Nellie, left him, and he lost two sons, Ben and Butch, in tragic circumstances but Zak soldiers on. He is ever hopeful that the Dingle family can overcome all obstacles. In 2015, he declared son Cain as the new head of the family."@en . . . . . . "1952-01-19"^^ . . . .