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 Village's 500th anniversary the community. The rest of the villagers looked on in shock as the ambulance climbed the hill, taking their dear friend away. For this episode "Emmerdale" gained an average 8.6 million viewers, which peaked to 9.1 million viewers when Tom's son Carl confessed to the murder, between 7pm and 8pm. EastEnders could only manage 4 million between 7.30pm and 8pm. Emmerdale Village's 500th anniversary Emmerdale Village's 500th anniversary was a pivotal and historical episode for the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale". It first aired on 17 May 2007 on ITV1 in England and Wales, on UTV in Northern Ireland, STV in