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
Paul Lambert (Emmerdale) on a primetime soap opera to enter a civil partnership since the Civil Partnership Act 2004 came into force on 5 December 2005. Although radio soap "The Archers" and daytime soap "Doctors" had previously featured civil partnerships, "Emmerdale" was the first primetime soap opera to do so. Bose said he was proud "Emmerdale" was the first, and commented that soaps "have a great responsibility to show things as they change and be cutting edge". Paul Lambert (Emmerdale) Paul Lambert is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale", played by Mathew Bose. Paul appeared between 2004 and 2009.