Emmerdale 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 to an early-evening prime time slot in most regions; London and Anglia followed during the mid-1980s. Until December 1988, "Emmerdale" took seasonal breaks;
Graham Clark (Emmerdale) Graham Clark (Emmerdale) Graham Clark is a fictional character from the British soap opera "Emmerdale", played by Kevin Pallister. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 20 August 1998. In early August 1998, Steven Murphy of "Inside Soap" reported that Rachel Hughes (Glenda McKay) would gain a new love interest in the form of "a handsome teacher" called Graham. Murphy said "But in traditional soap style, all isn't going to exactly to plan with the budding romance." Graham is a local schoolteacher who looks around Keeper's Cottage after Lady Tara Oakwell evicts Seth Armstrong and Betty