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
Emmerdale since then, it has been broadcast year-round. Episodes air on ITV weekday evenings at 19:00, with a second Thursday episode at 20:00. The programme began broadcasting in high definition on 10 October 2011. "Emmerdale" is the United Kingdom's second-longest-running television soap opera (after ITV's "Coronation Street"), and attracts an average of five to seven million viewers per episode. October 2012 marked the 40th anniversary of the show. During that month, the show made a live episode to mark the anniversary. "Emmerdale Farm" came about after creator Kevin Laffan was asked to write a lunchtime farming serial for ITV, as the