Scheduling of Emmerdale and Central Television chose to move the programme to 19:00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays in February 1989, This was the first time Anglia had screened "Emmerdale Farm" in the 19:00 slot, Central were simply returning to the slots they used until December 1987, for a period Anglia and Central saw episodes one week later than other regions. From January 1990 all other regions followed the Central and Anglia schedule in the familiar Tuesday and Thursday 19:00 slot. Most companies continued to broadcast the series at 7 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, repeats was shown in the daytime slot of the
Emmerdale Live Emmerdale Live On , a live episode of the UK soap opera, "Emmerdale" was broadcast, marking the 40th anniversary of the first episode in 1972. The episode was broadcast at the usual time of 7 pm on ITV1 for England & Wales and STV in Scotland. For the 40th anniversary live episode, "Emmerdale" announced that a character would die, and that character was Carl King (played by Tom Lister), who was hit with a brick by Cameron Murray (Dominic Power). The episode also featured a wedding and two births. Behind-the-scenes footage was also included. To celebrate "Emmerdale"'s 40th anniversary, it