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John Barton is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale played by James Thornton. The actor was asked to audition for the part and he called it the most frightening audition he had ever done. Thornton won the role of John who was introduced to Emmerdale along with his family as part of an overhaul of the show by the series producer Gavin Blyth. The Barton family took over the running of Butler’s Farm and they were described as being sexy modern and contemporary.