Emmerdale Her next appearance on 10 October attracted 6.7 million, then Thursday's 7pm episode attracted 6.9 million, the highest while 8pm's got 6.8 million. 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
Major Emmerdale storylines inhalation, and the estate agent David from burns. This was an hour long episode, and attracted 6.7 million viewers, beating "EastEnders" in the ratings. It was the most watched television programme of the day. At the 2007 British Soap Awards "Emmerdale" won two awards, one of which was "Most Spectacular Scene" for the Kings River Explosion. The House Collapse won an ITV competition to find the best "Emmerdale" moment, coinciding with "Emmerdale"'s 5000th Episode. In September 2006, Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) and Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) plotted to kidnap millionaire Tom King (Ken Farrington) and demand a £2.5 million ransom.