"Emmerdale Farm" (1972) TV series 1972-????

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Creator:

Kevin Laffan

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

16 October 1972 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

"Emmerdale Farm" was renamed "Emmerdale" in 1989. The rich Tate family, headed by Frank Tate, will sometime...

Plot Keywords:

Family Relationships | Rural Setting | Soap | Soap Opera | Neighbor

Awards:

27 wins & 70 nominations

Cast

Elizabeth Estensen	...	Diane Sugden / ... (452 episodes, 1999-2009)
Mark Charnock	...	Marlon Dingle (442 episodes, 1996-2009)
Nick Miles	...	Jimmy King (439 episodes, 2004-2009)
Charlie Hardwick	...	Val Lambert / ... (422 episodes, 2004-2009)
Lucy Pargeter	...	Chas Dingle / ... (412 episodes, 2003-2009)
Charley Webb	...	Debbie Dingle / ... (409 episodes, 2002-2009)
Antony Audenshaw	...	Bob Hope / ... (408 episodes, 1997-2009)
Jane Cox	...	Lisa Dingle / ... (400 episodes, 1996-2009)
Tom Lister	...	Carl King / ... (387 episodes, 2004-2009)
John Middleton	...	Ashley Thomas / ... (380 episodes, 1994-2009)
Steve Halliwell	...	Zak Dingle / ... (378 episodes, 1995-2009)
Chris Chittell	...	Eric Pollard (376 episodes, 1986-2009)
Paula Tilbrook	...	Betty Eagleton (362 episodes, 1995-2009)
Kelvin Fletcher	...	Andy Sugden / ... (356 episodes, 1996-2009)
Deena Payne	...	Viv Hope / ... (353 episodes, 1993-2009)
Dominic Brunt	...	Paddy Kirk / ... (333 episodes, 1997-2009)
Nicola Wheeler	...	Nicola De Souza / ... (332 episodes, 2001-2009)
Charlotte Bellamy	...	Laurel Thomas / ... (328 episodes, 2002-2009)
Patrick Mower	...	Rodney Blackstock (327 episodes, 2000-2009)
Billy Hartman	...	Terry Woods (325 episodes, 1995-2009)
Shirley Stelfox	...	Edna Birch (317 episodes, 2000-2009)
Verity Rushworth	...	Donna Windsor-Dingle / ... (300 episodes, 1998-2009)
Sammy Winward	...	Katie Sugden / ... (295 episodes, 2003-2009)
Richard Thorp	...	Alan Turner / ... (290 episodes, 1982-2009)
James Hooton	...	Sam Dingle / ... (286 episodes, 1995-2009)
Luke Tittensor	...	Darren Eden / ... (271 episodes, 2003-2009)
Meg Johnson	...	Pearl Ladderbanks (267 episodes, 2003-2009)
Matt Healy	...	Matthew King (265 episodes, 2004-2008)
Emily Symons	...	Louise Appleton / ... (254 episodes, 2001-2008)
Adele Silva	...	Kelly Windsor / ... (253 episodes, 1993-2007)
Andy Devine	...	Shadrach Dingle / ... (246 episodes, 1998-2009)
Jeff Hordley	...	Cain Dingle (243 episodes, 2000-2009)
Clive Hornby	...	Jack Sugden / ... (242 episodes, 1980-2008)
Kate McGregor	...	Emily Kirk / ... (225 episodes, 1999-2008)
Matthew Bose	...	Paul Lambert (216 episodes, 2004-2009)
Matthew Wolfenden	...	David Metcalfe (212 episodes, 2006-2009)
Emma Atkins	...	Charity Tate / ... (198 episodes, 2000-2009)
Alex Carter	...	Jamie Hope (190 episodes, 2006-2009)
Joseph Gilgun	...	Eli Dingle (187 episodes, 2006-2009)
Isabel Hodgins	...	Victoria Sugden (185 episodes, 2006-2009)
Duncan Preston	...	Douglas Potts (185 episodes, 2007-2009)

Also Known As:

Emmerdale (UK) (new title)

Runtime:

UK:30 min (including commercials)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:PG | Canada:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Arncliffe, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

Yorkshire Television (YTV)

Trivia:

Emmerdale has a long tradition of double length episodes (which are assigned double episode numbers eg 3939/3940) these are split in half for international sales. For a few months in 2008 these double length episodes had individual titles.

Quotes:

Laurel Potts: Oh, it's like me, I'm never so assertive when I'm on my own. My mirror has had more time lashings. I'm sure it winces every time I go near it.
Bettina 'Betty' Eagleton: Probably your face, love!
[Betty starts to laugh and naively, Laurel starts to laugh with her]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Sex, Lies & Soaps: Bad Behaviour (#1.2)" (2006)

A good old British soap.

Emmerdale is a good old British soap.

Although the stars in this are changing all the while, I still enjoy watching it.

Some of the best stars in this are Betty and Edna. They bring comedy relief, which it needs at times as there have been several tragedies over the years, including a plane crash and minibus crash, where several characters were killed off.

Unfortunately, Stan Richards who played Seth died earlier this year (2005) and Emmerdale won't be the same without him.

Some of the story lines in Emmerdale at present are rather silly, especially the affair between Viv and Paddy. Looks like yet another marriage breaking up (Emily and Paddy). For some reason, scriptwriters seem against people being happily married. There won't be any married couples left in Emmerdale the way things are going. You would not get this many marriage and relationship break ups in such a small community in real life.

Despite all this, Emmerdale is an excellent soap and I still watch it.

Rating: 4 stars out of 5.