Emmerdale 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 to an early-evening prime time slot in most regions; London and Anglia followed during the mid-1980s. Until December 1988, "Emmerdale" took seasonal breaks;
Brenda Walker (Emmerdale) killing Carl King (Tom Lister) the previous year. Following this, Brenda becomes good friends with Kerry Wyatt (Laura Norton). In 2015 Bob's troublesome daughter Carly returns to the village having left her fiancee and stays with Brenda and Bob. Brenda immediately clashes with her new stepdaughter, who is taking Bob for a ride and trying to break up Bob and Brenda's marriage. Brenda Walker (Emmerdale) Brenda Walker is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale", played by Lesley Dunlop. She made her first appearance on 2 April 2008. She was introduced as the adoptive mother to Gennie