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 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