Emmerdale Farm

EMMERDALE FARM. British soap opera set in the fictional village of Emmerdale in the Yorkshire Dales. First broadcast on 16th October 1972 (as of May 2015 there have been 7188 episodes). It is produced by ITV Yorkshire and has been filmed at their Leeds studios since its inception. The programme, which is currently the UK's second oldest television soap opera (behind Coronation Street) has been transmitted in every ITV region throughout its existence. The series was originally transmitted during daytime afternoons until 1978, when it was moved to an early evening timeslot in most regions (London and Anglia followed in the mid-1980s). Until December 1988, Emmerdale took seasonal breaks, but since then it has been broadcast year-round. Emmerdale episodes air on the ITV network once every weekday evening at 19:00 (with an additional second Thursday episode airing at 20:00) The programme began broadcasting in high definition from 10th October 2011. It regularily attracts on average 5–7 million viewers per episode