"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 / ... (396 episodes, 1999-2009)
Mark Charnock	...	Marlon Dingle (395 episodes, 1996-2009)
Nick Miles	...	Jimmy King (391 episodes, 2004-2009)
Charlie Hardwick	...	Val Lambert / ... (381 episodes, 2004-2009)
Jane Cox	...	Lisa Dingle / ... (375 episodes, 1996-2009)
Lucy Pargeter	...	Chas Dingle / ... (365 episodes, 2003-2009)
Antony Audenshaw	...	Bob Hope / ... (361 episodes, 1997-2009)
Charley Webb	...	Debbie Dingle / ... (355 episodes, 2002-2009)
Tom Lister	...	Carl King / ... (339 episodes, 2004-2009)
John Middleton	...	Ashley Thomas / ... (337 episodes, 1994-2009)
Kelvin Fletcher	...	Andy Sugden / ... (332 episodes, 1996-2009)
Steve Halliwell	...	Zak Dingle / ... (320 episodes, 1999-2009)
Paula Tilbrook	...	Betty Eagleton (304 episodes, 2000-2009)
Chris Chittell	...	Eric Pollard (303 episodes, 1986-2009)
Dominic Brunt	...	Paddy Kirk / ... (295 episodes, 1997-2009)
Verity Rushworth	...	Donna Windsor-Dingle / ... (292 episodes, 1998-2009)
Patrick Mower	...	Rodney Blackstock (292 episodes, 2000-2009)
Nicola Wheeler	...	Nicola De Souza / ... (290 episodes, 2001-2009)
Shirley Stelfox	...	Edna Birch (287 episodes, 2000-2009)
Charlotte Bellamy	...	Laurel Thomas / ... (278 episodes, 2002-2009)
Deena Payne	...	Viv Hope / ... (273 episodes, 1993-2008)
Luke Tittensor	...	Darren Eden / ... (268 episodes, 2003-2009)
Billy Hartman	...	Terry Woods (262 episodes, 1995-2009)
Sammy Winward	...	Katie Sugden / ... (258 episodes, 2003-2009)
Matt Healy	...	Matthew King (257 episodes, 2004-2008)
Richard Thorp	...	Alan Turner / ... (253 episodes, 1982-2009)
Emily Symons	...	Louise Appleton / ... (247 episodes, 2001-2008)
Meg Johnson	...	Pearl Ladderbanks (242 episodes, 2003-2009)
Andy Devine	...	Shadrach Dingle / ... (233 episodes, 1998-2009)
James Hooton	...	Sam Dingle / ... (227 episodes, 2002-2009)
Kate McGregor	...	Emily Kirk / ... (225 episodes, 1999-2008)
Clive Hornby	...	Jack Sugden / ... (218 episodes, 1980-2008)
Matthew Bose	...	Paul Lambert (214 episodes, 2004-2009)
Jeff Hordley	...	Cain Dingle (192 episodes, 2000-2009)
Emma Atkins	...	Charity Tate / ... (178 episodes, 2000-2005)
Isabel Hodgins	...	Victoria Sugden (173 episodes, 2006-2009)
Matthew Wolfenden	...	David Metcalfe (170 episodes, 2006-2009)
Alex Carter	...	Jamie Hope (160 episodes, 2006-2009)

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:

Cain Dingle's (Jeff Hordley) birthday is 30 November.

Quotes:

Diane Blackstock: [about a plate of food that accidentally ended up on the floor] You can't serve that now!
Marlon: It's for Shadrach.
Diane Blackstock: Fair enough.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Loose Women: (2009-07-10)" (2009)

A Right Load Of Manure

The accepted myth is that from 1972-89, 'Emmerdale Farm' consisted entirely of Annie Sugden brewing tea in the kitchen while Matt and Joe ate doorstep sandwiches and discussed the best way to fix a broken tractor. Even I.T.V.-1 allowed the myth to fester in their 'Emmerdale Family Album' programmes.

But it was never like that. Had it been so, it would have gotten cancelled - and rightly so.

User 'mathewowen' describes 'Emmerdale Farm' as 'having shed its image as a boring drama'. It never had one. I think he has confused 'boring' with 'believable'.

From 1972-89, 'Emmerdale Farm' was a natural, true-to-life series with interesting characters ( 'Amos Brierly' and 'Mr.Wilkes' spring to mind ) and it didn't insult the intelligence of its audience. Then something dreadful happened. 'Brookside' maestro Phil Redmond was brought in to fix something that wasn't broken. Like a film of a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis played in reverse, 'Emmerdale Farm' was reborn as...wait for it...'EMMERDALE'!

In one of the most tasteless soap story lines of all time, a plane crashed on the village of Beckendale, mirroring the real-life Lockerbie disaster of the previous year. More than just a few minor characters died. So did the show's spirit, its soul, its individuality. These days, 'Emmerdale' rivals 'Eastenders' for sheer stupidity, with shouting in lieu of acting, and formulaic plots about adultery, adultery, and, oh yes, adultery. Don't get me started on the Dingles! There're like something out of 'Viz'! The ridiculous title sequence sets the tone for the show, featuring an over-orchestrated arrangement of Tony Hatch's theme, and pictures of people not in the actual programme, as 'Harry Hill's T.V. Burp' cynically pointed out.

I've recently submitted a script to the 'Emmerdale' production office. It begins with a nuclear explosion in 'The Woolpack' and the radiation it unleashes causes the beer in the pumps to mutate into a sentient life form. Think they'll use it?