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. Interior scenes have been filmed
at The Leeds Studios since its inception. Exterior scenes were first
filmed in Arncliffe in Littondale, and the series may have taken its
name from Amerdale, an ancient name of Littondale. Exterior scenes
were later shot at Esholt, but are now shot at a purpose built set on
the Harewood estate. 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; since then, it has been broadcast
year-round. The programme began broadcasting in high definition on 10
October 2011. Since January 2019, ten sequential classic episodes of
the inception of Emmerdale have been broadcast weekly on ITV3. From 5
May 2020 the ITV3 Classic Emmerdale reruns shortly after
re-transmission were made available on the streaming catch-up app ITV
Hub.Emmerdale Farm was created when Kevin Laffan was asked to write a
lunchtime farming serial for ITV, as the network was looking to expand
its daytime programming after government restrictions on broadcasting
hours were relaxed. Laffan had worked on a farm for six months in his
youth, and said on writing about farm life: "I was intrigued by the
idea that farming was a way of life, as opposed to simply a way of
earning a living."
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. Interior scenes have been filmed
at The Leeds Studios since its inception. Exterior scenes were first
filmed in Arncliffe in Littondale, and the series may have taken its
name from Amerdale, an ancient name of Littondale. Exterior scenes
were later shot at Esholt, but are now shot at a purpose built set on
the Harewood estate. 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; since then, it has been broadcast
year-round. The programme began broadcasting in high definition on 10
October 2011. Since January 2019, ten sequential classic episodes of
the inception of Emmerdale have been broadcast weekly on ITV3. From 5
May 2020 the ITV3 Classic Emmerdale reruns shortly after
re-transmission were made available on the streaming catch-up app ITV
Hub.Emmerdale Farm was created when Kevin Laffan was asked to write a
lunchtime farming serial for ITV, as the network was looking to expand
its daytime programming after government restrictions on broadcasting
hours were relaxed. Laffan had worked on a farm for six months in his
youth, and said on writing about farm life: "I was intrigued by the
idea that farming was a way of life, as opposed to simply a way of
earning a living."
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