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;
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