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Emmerdale - Wikipedia. Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1. Britishsoap opera set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1. Yorkshire Dales. Created by Kevin Laffan, Emmerdale Farm was first broadcast on 1. October 1. 97. 2. Produced by ITV Yorkshire, it has been filmed at their Leeds studio since its inception.

The programme has been broadcast in every ITV region. The series originally appeared during the afternoon until 1. London and Anglia followed during the mid- 1. Until December 1. Emmerdale took seasonal breaks; since then, it has been broadcast year- round. Episodes air on ITV weekday evenings at 1. Thursday episode at 2.

The programme began broadcasting in high definition on 1. October 2. 01. 1. 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 2. 01. 2 marked the 4.

During that month, the show made a live episode to mark the anniversary. Conception. The premise of Emmerdale Farm was similar to the BBC radio soap opera The Archers, focusing on a family, a farm and characters in a nearby village. The programme's farmyard filming was originally modelled on RT. The Riordans broke new ground for soap operas by being filmed largely outdoors (on a farm, owned on the programme by Tom and Mary Riordan) rather than in a studio—the usual practice of British and American soap operas. The programme pioneered farmyard location shooting, with farm animals and equipment. During the 1. 96. OBUs) was in its infancy due to higher costs and reliance on the weather.

The Riordans' success demonstrated that a soap opera could be filmed largely outdoors, and Yorkshire Television sent people to its set in County Meath to see the programme's production firsthand. The programme has also had changing residences and businesses for its characters, including a bed- and- breakfast and a factory. The Miffield estate was the largest employer in the village of Beckindale, 3. Bradford and 5. 2 miles (8. Leeds. Lord Miffield leased Emmerdale Farm, on the edge of the village, to the Sugden family during the 1. Josh Sugden sacrificed his life for the earl's son in the Crimean War. Josh's grandson Joseph married Margaret Oldroyd and their son, Jacob, was born in January 1.

During the 1. 93. Jacob Sugden purchased Emmerdale Farm.

In 1. 94. 5 he married Annie Pearson, daughter of farm labourer Sam Pearson. Margaret Sugden died in 1. Joseph died the following year. Jacob Sugden ran the farm into the ground, drinking away its profits. The badly- maintained farm's future looked bleak at his death on 1. X Factor Episodes Online.

October 1. 97. 2. He was survived by his wife Annie, two sons and a daughter: Jack, the eldest; Peggy and Joe, the youngest of the three. These characters formed the basis of Emmerdale Farm. Character types on Emmerdale have included . The show has had a number of matriarchs, including Diane Sugden, Viv Hope, Lisa Dingle, Annie Sugden and Moira Barton.

Older characters in Emmerdale include Edna Birch, Betty Eagleton, Pearl Ladderbanks, Sandy Thomas, Seth Armstrong, Alan Turner, Sam Pearson, Lily Butterfield and Len Reynolds. First episode. The Sugden family in the first episode. The first episode of Emmerdale Farm, aired on 1. October 1. 97. 2, began with Jacob Sugden's funeral.

Jacob upset the family when he left the farm to his eldest son, Jack, who left home at 1. Jack appeared in the opening episode, avoiding the funeral and waiting for the Sugdens at Emmerdale Farm. Over the next few months Jack sold a share of the farm to Annie, Joe, Peggy and his grandfather, Sam Pearson. Emmerdale Farm Ltd was formed when Henry Wilks bought Sam's share of the estate. The first episode, along with the others, have been repeated and released on a variety of media.

Reflecting this change, on 1. November 1. 98. 9 its title was changed to Emmerdale. Coinciding with the title change was the introduction of the Tate family. These changes and more exciting storylines and dramatic episodes, such as Pat Sugden's 1. Crossgill fire, gradually began to improve the soap's popularity under new executive producer Keith Richardson. Richardson produced the programme for 2.

UK soap opera. On 3. December 1. 99. 3 Emmerdale attracted its highest- ever audience (over 1. The survivors had the village name changed from Beckindale to Emmerdale, to help them recover.

Emmerdale had dramatic storylines for the rest of the 1. Dingle family, were introduced. The Tates became the soap's leading family during the decade, overshadowing the Sugdens and remaining at Home Farm for 1. Family members left or died and the last, Zoe, left in 2. The early and mid- 2. Kings River explosion, Sarah Sugden's death in a barn fire and the Sugden house fire (set in 2.

Victoria Sugden, who was seeking the truth about her mother's death). It also saw the introduction of major long- term characters, including the King family and Cain and Charity Dingle (who left before returning in 2. In 2. 00. 9 the longest- tenured character, Jack Sugden, was killed off after the death of actor Clive Hornby (who had played Jack since 1. Jack's funeral featured the first on- screen appearance in 1. Annie Sugden (Sheila Mercier). Early that year, executive producer Keith Richardson was replaced by former series producer Steve November (later replaced by John Whiston). Gavin Blyth became the series producer, followed by Stuart Blackburn after his death.

Emmerdale celebrated its 4. October 2. 01. 2. On 1 May 2. 01. 2, it was announced that the show would have its first- ever live episode. Although Emmerdale's village and interior sets are miles apart, its producers wanted The Woolpack to feature in the live episode.

The story of Carl's death took the show into 2. Blackburn (who became producer of Coronation Street). At the beginning of August 2. Emmerdale introduced a new storyline: . Who will meet their summer fate?

A promo for the storyline was released on 1. July. A disaster storyline had been rumoured, confirmed by the promo. The disaster was identified on 1 August, two days before the disaster week began, as a helicopter crash.

The crash was triggered by an argument between Chrissie and Robert Sugden; Chrissie set Robert's car ablaze, causing exploding gas canisters to collide with a helicopter. The helicopter crashed into the village hall during Debbie Dingle and Pete Barton's wedding reception. Regular characters Ruby Haswell and Val Pollard were killed in the aftermath of the crash. Although Ross Barton was apparently murdered by his brother Pete, it was learned three weeks later that he survived. Families. Emmerdale has featured a number of families, some defining an era of the show: The Sugden family (1. The Bates family (1. The Tate family (1.

The Windsor/Hope families (1. The Dingle family (1. The Glover family (1. The Thomas family (1. The Blackstock/Lambert family (1.

The Reynolds family (1. The King family (2. The Sinclair family (2.

The Wylde/Lamb family (2. The Barton family (2.

The Sharma family (2. The Macey family (2. The Spencer family (2. The White family (2.

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 1. 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- 1. December 1. 98. 4 saw the arrival of Caroline Bates; her teenage children, Kathy and Nick, followed in late 1.

Caroline left the show in 1. Nick was written out of the show when he was sentenced to ten years in prison in 1. Kathy and her niece, Alice, remained in the village until late 2.

Kathy had outlived two husbands. Through her, the Bateses are related to two of Emmerdale's central families: the Sugdens (through Jackie Merrick) and the Tates (through Chris Tate).