Emmerdale Farm [05/04/76]

Emmerdale Farm [05/04/76] (Emmerdale Farm)

5 Apr 1976
25m

The return of two familiar faces cause concern for the Sugden Family.

Life on the farm becomes unsettled with the return of the prodigal son, Jack, who had been absent for two years, followed by the reappearance of Christine, Joe's wife, who had walked out on him six months earlier. Both are considering a return to Yorkshire. The new arrivals provide plenty of fuel for gossip in The Woolpack. For those unfamiliar with the soap's storylines at this time, the opening family discussion at the kitchen table provides an excellent recap.

The location filming always offers plenty of opportunities for authentic farmyard scenes. For example, this episode includes conversations in the milk shed, contemplating the future while feeding the sheep and a heart-to-heart while bottle-feeding a well-behaved lamb. A familiar face making an appearance in this episode is Lesley Manville, playing cousin Rosemary.

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Emmerdale (1972-)

Life on a Yorkshire farm and beyond

Proving that the countryside is not always the place for a quiet life, Emmerdale is a long running rural soap opera broadcast on ITV. Originally created by playwright Kevin Laffan in 1972 with the title ‘Emmerdale Farm’, it began as a lunchtime drama concerned with the lives of the Sugden family who lived and worked on Emmerdale Farm. The programme later became Emmerdale in 1989 with an early evening timeslot and the establishment of well-known families like the Dingles and the Tates. The fictional village at the centre of the soap was previously known as Beckindale until a dramatic plane crash in 1993, after which it was renamed Emmerdale. The drama continues to be broadcast on weekday evenings on ITV. Here’s a selection of Emmerdale episodes spanning the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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