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
Emmerdale drug addiction, anorexia, teenage pregnancy, gambling addiction, bereavement, fraud, suicide, mesothelioma, schizophrenia, manslaughter, becoming a parent in later life, sudden infant death syndrome, self-harming, assisted suicide, epilepsy and premature births. "Emmerdale" was first broadcast two afternoons a week in 1972, and it later moved to a prime time 19:00 slot in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It began broadcasting episodes year-round in 1988. The number of episodes per week has increased, to its current six half-hour episodes each week. Each episode is filmed two to four weeks before it is broadcast on ITV. "Emmerdale" reaches viewers in the Republic