"Emmerdale Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a British soap opera set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, ""Emmerdale Farm"" was first broadcast on 16 October 1972. Produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their Leeds studio since its inception. The programme is broadcast in every ITV region. The series originally aired during the afternoon until 1978, when it was moved to an early-evening prime time slot in most regions; London and Anglia followed during the mid-1980s. Until December 1988, ""Emmerdale"" took seasonal breaks;"
"however, Sarah used her calm intellect to take advantage of the situation. She was eventually released, and Jim was sent back to prison. The plot line of a plane crashing in the village of Beckindale occurred on 30 December 1993. The crash killed four regular characters and led to the onscreen renaming of Beckindale to Emmerdale; the village name change was a tribute to the Sugden family, whose farm was known as Emmerdale Farm. The story garnered significant press and audience attention, giving ""Emmerdale"" its highest ever viewing figures of 16 million. The plot line attracted controversy due to the"
"dead wood, and reinvent the soap virtually from scratch,"" which included survivors changing the village name from ""Beckindale"" to ""Emmerdale"". Since the plane crash, ""Emmerdale"" has had increasingly dramatic storylines and glamorous characters. In 1994, former ""Coronation Street"" producer Mervyn Watson was hired to inject more humour into the show. New long-term characters, such as the Windsor and Dingle families, were also introduced in the 1990s. The Tates became the soap's leading family during the decade, overshadowing the Sugdens and remaining at Home Farm for 16 years. Family members left or died and the last, Zoe Tate, left in 2005."
"Scheduling of Emmerdale The scheduling of ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"" has varied since it was first shown in 1972. For the first 25 years, there were only 2 episodes per week. Between 1997 and 2004 the number of episodes per week increased in stages, and since 2004 there have been 6 episodes a week. Until December 1988, ""Emmerdale Farm"" took seasonal breaks; since then, it has been broadcast year-round. This was a change which occurred around the same time as the show was renamed from Emmerdale Farm to Emmerdale. From 1977 the series moved out of Daytime, with the majority"
"characters. The village changed its name to Emmerdale in 1994, although the change of name for the series happened in 1989. Haldane Duncan directed his first episode of ""Emmerdale"" for Yorkshire Television on 8 November 1999. The producer was Kieran Roberts and the script was by Bill Lyons. He devoted much of his time over the next nine years to the programme making 260 Episodes. The last known contribution to the soap opera from him as director was on 27 August 2008. He is now retired Haldane Duncan Haldane Duncan (born 25 July 1940, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a television producer"
"show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a fictional village in the Yorkshire Dales. A farmhouse, Emmerdale Farm, was the original focal point of the show when it first broadcast in 1972. The farm was the home of the Sugden family, having been purchased by Jacob Sugden in the 1930s. Jacob ran the farm into the ground, drinking away its profits. The badly-maintained farm's future looked bleak when it was passed on to Jacob's son Jack upon the latter's death. The farmhouse was written out of the series in the early 1990s. Local public house, The Woolpack,"
"Emmerdale plane crash The ""Emmerdale"" Plane Crash, also known as the Beckindale Air Disaster, was a storyline for British soap opera ""Emmerdale"". It occurred on 30 December 1993, and gave ""Emmerdale"" its highest-ever viewing figures of 18 million. ""Emmerdale Farm"" was originally devised as similar in concept to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap ""The Archers"", focusing on the farm life of the Sugden family. Originally a low profile, rural drama broadcast in the daytime, efforts were made by Yorkshire Television to transform the show into a more dramatised serial along the lines of the ITV network's main soap Coronation"
"soap's popularity gradually began to improve. Richardson produced the programme for 24 years, overseeing its transformation from a minor, daytime, rural drama into a major prime time UK soap opera. By 1993, ""Emmerdale"" was beginning its third decade on the air. December 1993 saw a major turning point in the show's history, when an episode featured a plane crashing into the village of Beckindale, killing four main characters. The episode gave ""Emmerdale"" its highest-ever audience of 18 million and marked its ""graduation"" into a major prime time soap opera. The plane crash ""allowed the writers to get rid of much"
"But now things are different. Jack has made a success of Emmerdale and Henry's interest in the farm and Annie herself has made her relax. She's mellower now."" Despite suffering from arthritis, Mercier managed to undertake location filming for the show from 1972-1990. In the final episode of Emmerdale Farm before the transition to Emmerdale, broadcast in November 1989, she appeared on location at Lindley Farm near Harrogate, which served as the exterior for Emmerdale Farm, for scenes in which Annie greeted son Jack on his return from a trip to Italy. From the early 1990s, Sheila Mercier cut back"
"gave the serial its highest ratings ever with 9 million viewers. ""Coronation Street"" and ""Brookside"" began releasing straight-to-video features. The ""Coronation Street"" releases generally kept the pace and style of conventional programs episodes with the action set in foreign locations. The ""Brookside"" releases were set in the usual locations, but featured stories with adult content not allowed on television pre-watershed, with these releases given '18' certificates. ""Emmerdale Farm"" was renamed ""Emmerdale"" in 1989. The series was revamped in 1993 with many changes executed via the crash of a passenger jet that partially destroyed the village and killed several characters. This"
"Joe, who had died in a car accident. 23 years after his first proposal, Amos Brearly proposed to Annie again; this time she accepted. Annie and Amos returned to Spain where they married on 5 November 1995, though Annie returned briefly on 7 November 1996 to ask Jack to sell Emmerdale Farm; he refused. After a 13-year absence, Annie returned to the village on 9 February 2009 for Jack's funeral. Jack had been staying with her in Spain and had suffered a fatal heart attack; she accompanied his body to Emmerdale. She grieved with Jack's family, which included his widower"
"1976, the original Woolpack was found to be suffering from subsidence. Another building was bought by landlords Amos Brearly and Henry Wilks and made its debut as The Woolpack later the same year. This was to cover ""Emmerdale Farm""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s move from Arncliffe to Esholt for location filming. The first Woolpack was the Falcon Inn in Arncliffe. When the outdoor scenes were moved to Esholt in 1976 the Commercial Inn was chosen as the new Woolpack. The present Woolpack is on the purpose-built Emmerdale village set on the Harewood estate which is based on Esholt. The 1993 plane crash saw the"
"there for him. The couple move in together in 1990, and Jack often proposes but she keeps turning him down. Sarah falls pregnant in 1993 and gives birth to a daughter in March 1994, Victoria (Jessica Heywood) whose crying wakes up Annie, who had been knocked comatose following a plane crash in which Jack became one of the heroes of the hour by helping rebuild the destroyed Skipdale Bridge. Jack and Sarah marry in May 1994 and in the same month the village is renamed Emmerdale. Jack faces more grief when he learns of Joe's death in a car crash"
"""is the heart of the community."" Home Farm is a sprawling mansion in Emmerdale; it was first introduced on-screen as Miffield Hall in 1973 and was renamed in 1978. Other locales include a factory and a bed-and-breakfast. Character types on ""Emmerdale"" have included ""bad boys"", such as Cain Dingle, Ross Barton, Carl King, Robert Sugden and Aaron Livesy; ""bitches"", such as Kim Tate, Charity Dingle, Nicola King, Chrissie White, Kelly Windsor and Sadie King; ""villains"", such as Cameron Murray, Lachlan White, Pierce Harris, Steph Stokes, Rosemary King, Gordon Livesy, Emma Barton and Sally Spode; caring characters, such as Laurel Thomas,"
"him stealing sheep. The following morning, Mowlem was found dead and Matt was charged with manslaughter. Matt was cleared when Mowlam's crooked associate Derek Warner confessed to the crime. In late 1987 Matt discovered that he had inherited Crossgill Farm from the previous owner. Dolly insisted that they move out of Emmerdale but Matt refused. Dolly and Matt began to grow apart resulting in her affair with timber consultant Stephen Fuller in 1988. Crossgill's farmhouse ended up burning down. After the failure of his second marriage, Matt left the village in December 1989 to run a farm in Norfolk but"
"largely outdoors, and Yorkshire Television sent people to its set in County Meath to see the programme's production firsthand. The show's early years as ""Emmerdale Farm"" centred on the Sugden family and rural farm life. The show was originally broadcast twice a week in the afternoon, and was regarded by critics as a ""sleepy soap"" where not much happened. The first episode aired on 16 October 1972 at 1.30pm, and began with the serial's characters convening in the fictional village of Beckindale for Jacob Sugden's funeral. Jacob upset the family when he left Emmerdale Farm to his eldest son, Jack,"
"fell in love and in 1989 she moved into Emmerdale Farm. She married Joe later that year much to the disappointment of her children Rachel and Mark who wanted their mother to remarry their dad; David. In 1989, Kate decided to quit her job as a waitress and checkout girl in Hotten and with her savings she bought out her brother in law; Matt Skilbeck's (who was departing for Norfolk following the collapse of his second marriage to Dolly) share of Emmerdale Farm and she thrived in her new career as a farmer. She made friends with Dolly, Sandie, Cathy"
"be a fitting way to celebrate the life and memory of one of ""Emmerdale""'s dearest characters"". Born Annie Pearson in Beckindale on 5 July 1920, she was the only child of young labourer Sam Pearson and his wife Grace. Annie married local farmer Jacob Sugden in 1945. He moved her into Emmerdale Farm and they had 3 children Peggy born in 1944, Jack in 1947 and Joe in 1949. Annie's mum died in 1968 the year her daughter Peggy married Matt Skilbeck. The audience was introduced to farmer's wife Annie Sugden in the soap's first episode in 1972. It was"
"was in a coma for several months. The cries of her new baby granddaughter Victoria finally woke Annie from her coma but she was devastated to discover Leonard had died. Widowed again, Annie was left to mourn a second husband. At Jack's wedding to Sarah Connolly in 1994, Amos announced that the residents of Beckindale had decided to rename the village Emmerdale, in honour of Annie. He remarked that people had voted for the name Emmerdale as they held Annie in such high regard. After moving to Spain in 1994, Annie returned to Emmerdale in 1995 to bury her son"
"1994 episode of Channel 4 soap ""Brookside"", character Mick Johnson (Louis Emerick) was seen reading a newspaper with the front page headline ""AIR DISASTER TOLL RISES - Village Mourns As Many Die"", reflecting the events in Emmerdale. Emmerdale plane crash The ""Emmerdale"" Plane Crash, also known as the Beckindale Air Disaster, was a storyline for British soap opera ""Emmerdale"". It occurred on 30 December 1993, and gave ""Emmerdale"" its highest-ever viewing figures of 18 million. ""Emmerdale Farm"" was originally devised as similar in concept to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap ""The Archers"", focusing on the farm life of the"
"1990s on Sky Soap, the episodes shown in March 1997 were from 1973, but by the time Sky Soap ended in April 1999 the episodes shown were from 1988. In July 1998, episodes from the first episode of the renamed soap were repeated on Granada Plus, and the 2001 episodes were being shown when the channel ended in November 2004. the repeats ended with Episode #2827 – Thursday 4 January 2001. Scheduling of Emmerdale The scheduling of ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"" has varied since it was first shown in 1972. For the first 25 years, there were only 2 episodes"
"was forced to help Jack raise his young son Robert. In early 1993, Emmerdale Farm began collapsing due to subsidence. Although the family moved into Hawthorn Cottage, Annie remained unhappy until it was renamed Emmerdale Farm. In December that year, Annie and her second husband, Leonard Kempinski, whom she had married in October, planned to go on holiday to Spain. The night they were supposed to fly out was the night of a plane crash. As Joe was driving them to the airport, a wing of a plane collided with the car. Joe escaped with a broken leg; however, Annie"
"Reckitt Benckiser took over until 2009, advertising Calgon, Air Wick, Veet, and Lemsip. Tombola Bingo underwrote the show from November 2009 to March 2012, followed by Bet365 Bingo until March 2014. McCain Foods began a two-year, £8 million sponsorship on 7 April 2014. An average ""Emmerdale"" episode generally attracts 6–8 million viewers, making it one of Britain's most popular television programmes. During the 1990s, the series had an average of 10–11 million viewers per episode. On 30 December 1993, ""Emmerdale"" had its largest-ever audience of 18 million when a plane crashed into the village. On 27 May 1997, 13 million"
"boy"" and ""one of the most complex, conniving characters in ""Emmerdale"" history."" Chris first appeared in November 1989 when his father Frank and stepmother Kim bought Home Farm. He was the managing director of his father's haulage firm. He had owned a flat in Skipdale, but moved into Home Farm soon afterwards to be closer to love interest Kathy Merrick. He had a tense relationship with his father Frank Tate (Norman Bowler), partly due to the death of Chris's mother Jean, who had died five years ago from cancer, and Frank's remarriage to his secretary Kim, who was only a"
"since then, it has been broadcast year-round. Episodes air on ITV weekday evenings at 19:00, with a second Thursday episode at 20:00. The programme began broadcasting in high definition on 10 October 2011. ""Emmerdale"" is the United Kingdom's second-longest-running television soap opera (after ITV's ""Coronation Street""), and attracts an average of five to seven million viewers per episode. October 2012 marked the 40th anniversary of the show. During that month, the show made a live episode to mark the anniversary. ""Emmerdale Farm"" came about after creator Kevin Laffan was asked to write a lunchtime farming serial for ITV, as the"
"Len Reynolds. ""Emmerdale"" has featured a number of families, some defining an era of the show: The Sugdens and their relatives, the Merricks and the Skilbecks, were at the centre of the show during the series' first two decades in the 1970s and 1980s (the ""Emmerdale Farm"" era). The Sugdens, owners of Emmerdale Farm, were its first family. Many of its members, and those of the Merrick and Skilbeck families, have left or been killed off since the mid-1990s. Sugdens remaining in the village include Jack's widow, Diane; his three children, Andy, Robert and Victoria Barton; Andy's children Sarah and"
"a paramedic told him that they were unable to save Leonard but Annie was still alive. Many buildings in the village were left in ruins as a result of the plane crash. Excluding the four dead characters, many other bodies were found all over the village. The Emmerdale storyline also made a brief crossover into ""Brookside"", as the Liverpool Echo (a real newspaper based in Liverpool), which was being read by one of the characters in Brookside, had a front-page story featuring the crash in Emmerdale. In 1994, Reg Dawson (Niven Boyd) turned up in Emmerdale, claiming that he wanted"
"again in November 1985. Later it emerged that Dolly had a son by Richard Roper in the mid-1960s and gave him up for adoption. Her illegitimate child, Graham Lodsworth, came to find her in 1986. In late 1987, Matt discovered that he had inherited Crossgill Farm from the previous owner. Dolly wanted to move out of Emmerdale but Matt refused and they began to grow apart, resulting in her affair with timber consultant Stephen Fuller in 1988. Fuller was killed by a falling tree in November 1988 and Dolly arranged his funeral. Dolly left Matt and began divorce proceedings in"
"March 2016 for a six-month stint. The character was killed off on 29 September 2016. In May 2009, it was announced that ""Emmerdale's"" new series producer, Gavin Blyth, would introduce The Bartons, a new farming family, as part of an ongoing overhaul of the show. The family, which comprises five members - mother, father, two daughters and a son - took over the running of Butler's Farm. Of the family, Blyth said ""I don't want to make Emmerdale a show about teenagers and young people, it's about family values. The Bartons are sexy, modern and contemporary. They're almost happy -"
"from July 2014, twenty one months behind the UK airings. Location shooting was originally filmed in the village of Arncliffe in Littondale, a quiet valley in the Yorkshire Dales. The Falcon, the village hotel, served as the fictional Woolpack Inn. When the filming location became public it was moved to the village of Esholt in 1976, where it remained for 22 years. Filming returned to Esholt for a one off episode in 2016 for the Ashley Thomas dementia special which aired December 2016. The location was used to represent Ashley's onset of dementia to the viewer. The original ""Emmerdale Farm"""
"Blyth. He began his journalism career in 1985 with his father's company Mercury Press Agency in Liverpool. On 17 January 2009, it was announced that Anita Turner had quit her role as ""Emmerdale""'s series producer after just one year. Blyth was later announced as producer on 22 January 2009. Blyth's first credited episode was broadcast on 13 March 2009. He introduced several characters to the show, including Faye Lamb (Kim Thomson), Lizzie Lakely (Kitty McGeever), Ryan Lamb (James Sutton), Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson), Nikhil Sharma (Rik Makarem), Priya Sharma (Fiona Wade), Sally Spode (Siân Reeves), Jackson Walsh (Marc Silcock), Hazel"
"to direct six more instalments of ""Coronation Street"" in 2003 and 2004. Since 1999, Duncan has worked on the one other major soap opera so far not mentioned – ""Emmerdale"", which airs on the ITV network several times a week. Beginning in 1972 as ""Emmerdale Farm"", it initially centred on just the agricultural base of the Sugden family, with other characters appearing there from the surrounding areas. Over time, the village of Beckindale was included more often, the most famous landmark of the early days being The Woolpack public house, which became a social meeting place for many of the"
"(formerly called Beckindale) in September 1986 and immediately annoys Sandie Merrick (Jane Hutcheson). He makes himself very unpopular, even threatening Sandie with a poker when drunk. Eric quickly becomes the villain of the show and is involved in a number of illegal schemes, often with his crooked business associate, Charlie Aindow (David Fleeshman). In 1987, he loses his position as manager of Hotten Market thanks to Sandie, and he is dismissed. This occurred when Sandie finds that he is fiddling the accounts. Eric launched a hate campaign against Sandie by breaking into Mill Cottage where she lives. In April 1987,"