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I haven't got a clue why someone's put 'The programme is now shown in Canada on the CBC, on weekdays at 3:00 pm Eastern-Time' under Disasters in Emmerdale. Beside that, according to the CBC Broadcast Schedule, Emmerdale is aired on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Kioku 23:32, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
In the beginning, did Emmerdale Farm air nationally? I was always under the impression that it only aired in Yorkshire for the first decade or more. Mike H 23:55, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)
Isn't the village called Beckindale? I think it's a common misconception that the village is called Emmerdale] 13:12, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Don't quote me on this but I was under the impression that Beckindale was the village where Emmerdale is shot and that Emmerdale is the name of the village. One clue to the latter is that in the opening credits there is a shot of a sign saying "Welcome to Emmerdale: Please drive carefully through our village." user:sotakeit 12:30, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
- Emmerdale is no longer shot in a real village. The "village" is a custom built set by Yorkshire Television in the grounds of Harewood House (the home of Lord Harewood - the Queen's cousin), Leeds. The village was called Beckindale from the outset until the plane crash. It was decided among the fictional villagers that they should rename the village after such a big disaster and they chose to name it after Jack Sugden's farm and thus Emmerdale was born as a village.
Emmerdale "Second most popular British soap opera"
This is clearly not true.
If you visit the BARB (British Audience Research Board) site - you will see that constantly week by week, month by month and year by year that Emmerdale remains the third most popular soap opera on British television. Coronation Street and EastEnders are still both rated higher on average, just because they go head to head does not make one or the other more popular as there are a number of things that could affect it.
Here is the link for British Audience Research Board, which backs up my theory.
http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=weeklyterrestrial
- I have reinstated what I imagine to be the original paragraph about it being the 3rd most popular. Anon is right, SqueakBox 19:27, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
- EastEnders has been consistently less popular, and I changed it to reflect that Emmerdale's move to #2 was recent and very well temporary. Mike H 01:24, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
In BARB's latest figures EE got 10.50, 9.96 and 9.00 in it's top 3; Emmerdal got 9.24, 8.89 and 7.81, nowhere near the popularity, so I have reverted the Custom's latest edits that imply Emmerdal is more popular. We mjust use BARB stats as everyone else does, SqueakBox 01:50, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
Why this keeps being changed to say that Emmerdale is the second highest ranking soap opera is beyond me...it is still behind EastEnders on a general basis, please can you stop changing this until it becomes actual fact? Once again you need to be directed to BARB - http://www.barb.co.uk/viewingsummary/weekreports.cfm?report=weeklyterrestrial
Filming location
Originally, and for several years, the village of Arncliffe in Littondale was the location used for filming Emmerdale Farm. The local pub, known as The Falcon, became The Woolpack during filming. I'm amending the article to reflect this. Perhaps someone could determine when the location moved from Arncliffe to Esholt. I recall it happening in the series, which explained away the change of appearance to The Woolpack by having it move to new premises - I think. Arcturus 20:48, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
The Cardigans
I've also taken out the 'Emmerdale was also the title of the debut album by The Cardigans' rubbish from the end of the article, where it is totally misplaced, and put it at the top.
I have revetred your edit, as I believe that the soap is fae more than the album. At the end is quite appropriate given this fact, and given that anything else looks like using this page to promote the band, which we do not want to do, SqueakBox 03:02, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Emmerdale in Canada
The CBC shows 3 episodes a week. The episode lag is now 4 years and will only continue to grow :( Pendragon39 14:02, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
TV magazine in Noreen's house
Can anyone confirm what the name of the programme was that replaced Emmerdale in the 7pm ITV1 slot in the TV magazine that Val found in Noreen's house? Best I could make out it was "Castle Bridge" but if anyone could confirm or dispute this I would be grateful. TomPhil 23:32, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
Video Specials
Emmerdale has over the years spawned the occasional 'video special' a familiar extra for a number of British soaps. Presumably these have not been all that successful as it has been some time since they have made one for Emmerdale.
Some of these have featured the adventures of the Dingle family. They have relatives scattered all around the world. When they go for a European holiday, they and some familiar faces go to Venice. Here they encounter Reg Holdsworth as well as the Dinglesi's who run a restaurant.
Further afield, they go to Australia in the video 'The Dingles Down Under'. Butch, Zak, Mandy and Marlon join other Emmerdale characters - notably their local band 'The Woolpackers'. This was part of the series 25th Anniversary celebrations and includes a 'making of', out-takes and some classic clips.
These productions were released on VHS PAL video in the UK but have not been released on DVD as yet.
Locations
Article descibes location taping in Arncliffe and later in Esholt, followed by a switch to a purpose-built set. Were these changes addressed in the storyline, and if so, how? Presumably the place crash in 1993 destroyed much of the town and the storyline was at least partly designed to explain a change in the appearance of the town when it switched locations (presumbly to the purpose built set?) However the article says nothing about this. Asa01 11:07, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Avril Kent AFD
An Emmerdale character, Avril Kent, has been nominated for deletion. Kappa 18:08, 22 September 2006 (UTC)