These scenes air Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024 on ITV1 at 7:30pm
“Matt, who’s she?” the very first words spoken on Emmerdale Farm, as it was then known, on 16 October 1972. Here we are 10,000 episodes and more than 50 years later in 2024.
As they adjust to living together at Tenants, Ella and Liam navigate their relationship. Liam’s bemused when Ella refuses to get her picture taken and abruptly dashes off. Out in the beer garden, Mandy advises Liam to make sure Ella has no skeletons in the closet before things get serious between them.
Charles is concerned by Ethan’s absence when he fails to show up to Main Street for the village fete. Meanwhile, on the Village outskirts, Ethan’s bloodied and bruised as he lies in the middle of the road after a deliberate hit and run. A car screeches away from the scene. Meanwhile, tensions are high as Ruby and Caleb await news on Nicky’s condition. As the fete takes place in the village, the villagers are alarmed when a battered Ethan limps into view before he collapses on Main Street. As he comes round, Ethan claims he didn’t see his attacker and as his family clusters around him. The three most likely suspects (Cain, Caleb and Ruby) watch the spectacle from a distance.
The fete kicks off in classic style. When Minty goes missing, Isaac suspects Cain and Moira of foul play. As the villagers and a newspaper photographer hunt for Minty.
Mack and Charity get intimate in a barn but are shocked to be interrupted by the newspaper photographer and the search for Minty.
Cast
- Amelia Spencer – Daisy Campbell
- Bob Hope – Tony Audenshaw
- Cain Dingle – Jeff Hordley
- Caleb Miligan – William Ash
- Charles Anderson – Kevin Mathurin
- Claudette Anderson – Flo Wilson
- Ella Forster – Paula Lane
- Ethan Anderson – Emile John
- Gail Loman – Rachael Gill-Davis
- Isaac Dingle – Bobby Dunsmuir
- Jimmy King – Nick Miles
- Kim Tate – Claire King
- Kyle Winchester – Huey Quinn
- Liam Cavanagh – Jonny McPherson
- Lydia Dingle – Karen Blick
- Mackenzie Boyd – Lawrence Robb
- Mandy Dingle – Lisa Riley
- Manpreet Sharma – Rebecca Sarker
- Marlon Dingle – Mark Charnock
- Moira Dingle – Natalie J Robb
- Nicola King – Nicola Wheeler
- Paddy Dingle – Dominic Brunt
- Photographer – Laurence James-Davis
- Rose Jackson – Christine Tremarco
- Ruby Fox-Miligan – Beth Cordingly
- Sam Dingle – James Hooton
- Will Taylor – Dean Andrews
The Yorkshire based serial drama was originally commissioned for just 26 episodes.
A stalwart of ITV’s nightly schedule, globally successful Emmerdale is currently airing 6 episodes of drama each week on ITV and ITVX and screening in 7 territories worldwide; Australia, New Zealand, Eire, Canada, Sweden, Finland and the US.
To celebrate the 10,000 episode milestone Emmerdale has decided to thank the local community for its endless support by helping with the maintenance of 10000 trees. Head of Production Nader Mabadi explains how they are swapping the Woolpack for the Woodland:
“Our Studios and Village are a large part of the community, helping us beam the beautiful Yorkshire Dales to countries across the world, and all of us on the team are grateful to the Leeds and the wider Yorkshire communities for their continued support over the last 52 years of filming Emmerdale in the region. With this in mind we thought a great way to celebrate our 10 000 milestone would be to pay that support forward, by making a sustainable contribution to the local environment in helping with the woodland project near to our village. The University of Leeds Gair Wood project aims to build up an ecological corridor, taking carbon from the atmosphere and improving the biodiversity of the countryside, so this summer the Emmerdale Production team are swapping the Woolpack for the woodland and under the guidance of Dr Cat Scott and Dr Thomas Sloan from the University of Leeds, we will be helping with the maintenance of 10 000 young trees on site, ensuring the beauty of our part of the world is retained for generations to come.”
He continues: “The woodland project is one of many ways we engage with sustainability. Working with organisations like BAFTA albert (wearealbert.org), our transition to a net-zero production is incredibly important to us at Emmerdale. Whether it’s behind the scenes or in the onscreen daily lives of our characters, we feel a responsibility to show and talk about these things.”
John Whiston Managing Director of Continuing Drama & Head of ITV in the North says: “Very few TV programmes in the world have made it to 10,000 eps. Even fewer dramas have managed to get that far. And for a drama to do it in such style is vanishingly rare. Emmerdale today feels full of excitement, full of mischief, full of fun and full of life. Long may it continue to prosper and thrive.”
With Emmerdale consistently pulling in millions of viewers each episode the show remains at the heart of UK culture.