Frank Tate (Emmerdale) 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 rebranding, in 1989, many of Frank’s storylines revolved around his volatile relationship with his wife Kim Tate (Claire King). During his time in the programme, Frank and Kim divorced and
Scheduling of Emmerdale making "Emmerdale" the first British soap to broadcast six episodes a week. In January 2008, as with "Coronation Street", ITV announced they would cease airing "Emmerdale" on a Sunday night; this meant that "Emmerdale" would still air at the same time on a Monday–Friday, but, to compensate, the Tuesday episode would run until 20:00. Producers of the soap revealed that "each hour-long episode on Tuesday will be specially written and won't be two half-hour ones put together. Each Tuesday episode was given an episode title but this practice was stopped in August 2008. The second half-hour of each Tuesday episode