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
Scheduling of Emmerdale previous evening episode, in certain regions. By 1 January 1997, ITV had opted to increase their output to three episodes a week with the additional episode being screened on Wednesdays Scottish Television used the 19:00 slot to broadcast daily regional programmes, including Take the High Road resulting in "Emmerdale" moving to 17:10, from early September 1993 until early 1998 when the show went back to the 19:00 slot. From 2 October 2000, a further two episodes were added on a Monday and Friday evening, thus making "Emmerdale" a daily soap. A sixth episode begin to air on Sundays in 2004,