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;
Chrissie White (Emmerdale) manor and the rest of the village. So they're trying to bring that back in through this. They're trying to separate us by any means necessary I think. Marwood described Chrissie becoming a "soap bitch" as "empowering". Chrissie White (Emmerdale) Chrissie White (also Sugden) was a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, "Emmerdale", played by Louise Marwood. She made her first screen appearance on 23 October 2014. The character and casting was announced on 4 October 2014. The character was the fiancé of established character Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley), who announced the character to return to the series