Frank Tate (Emmerdale) but Liam was shot and killed by Zoe when she was trying to "save" Chris. In October 2010, Holly Barton passed out on Frank and Chris's grave, following drug use. Frank Tate (Emmerdale) Frank Tate is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale", played by Norman Bowler. He made his first appearance on 21 November 1989 and remained a regular for almost eight years, before Bowler opted to quit in 1996, leading to his character’s exit the following year. Introduced as the patriarch of the new Tate family, who were brought in as part of the show’s
Emmerdale plane crash 1994 episode of Channel 4 soap "Brookside", character Mick Johnson (Louis Emerick) was seen reading a newspaper with the front page headline "AIR DISASTER TOLL RISES - Village Mourns As Many Die", reflecting the events in Emmerdale. Emmerdale plane crash The "Emmerdale" Plane Crash, also known as the Beckindale Air Disaster, was a storyline for British soap opera "Emmerdale". It occurred on 30 December 1993, and gave "Emmerdale" its highest-ever viewing figures of 18 million. "Emmerdale Farm" was originally devised as similar in concept to the long-running BBC Radio 4 soap "The Archers", focusing on the farm life of the