Emmerdale celebrates 10,000 episodes including 118 weddings and 49 births
ok.co.ukEmmerdale will reach its 10,000th episode tonight, Wednesday, 22 May after beginning 53 years ago on 16 October 1972. Since its beginning, when the ITV soap was known as Emmerdale Farm, there have been 118 weddings, 49 births and 163 deaths.
Emmerdale was originally commissioned for only 26 episodes, so it’s a huge milestone that it will reach number 10,000 tonight.The cast have opened up on how they feel about the show reaching the anniversary episode.
Claire King, who plays Kim Tate on the show, told BBC Radio York: "This is what goes on in real life. "Emmerdale is very good at following it through and getting a true reflection of what happens." Emmerdale was created by former actor and playwright Kevin Laffan and was first broadcast on October 16 1972 by Yorkshire Television as “the living story of the Sugden family”.The ITV soap opened with the funeral of patriarch Jacob Sugden, and the original family is represented by actress Isabel Hodgins, who plays Victoria Sugden.
Victoria has had some huge storylines during her time on the show, from the breakdown of her relationship with Adam Barton, to having a child after being sexually assaulted after a night out.The word farm was dropped from the title of the programme on November 14 1989, as the show shifted the focus beyond the Sugden family and the land to the wider village.
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