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Emmerdale (known as Emmerdale Farm until 1989) is a British television soap opera set in the fictional Yorkshire village of Beckindale, played by the village of Esholt. The show was created by Kevin Laffan .Much of the action in this series is set in the village pub, The Woolpack. It is produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on the ITV network, and first aired on October 16, 1972. It was originally conceived and broadcast as a daytime programme in an afternoon slot, before in the 1980s moving to its current position as an early evening programme.
In ratings terms, it ranks high in the British popularity stakes, being outdone regularly only by the two major mainstream British soaps, Eastenders and Coronation Street.
The programme is also popular in Sweden where it has been shown since the 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends (originally TV2TV2 is a common name for television channels. It can refer to: TV 2 (Denmark) TV2 (Finland) TV2 (Sweden) TV 2 (Norway) TV2 (New Zealand) TV2 (Malaysia) See also: Lists of television channels''., since 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an on commercial channel TV4), and in FinlandSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 kmē 9. 4% Population Tot where it is currently aired five days a week by MTV3MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station. It is the most watched television channel in Finland. MTV3 is owned by Alma Media. The name MTV3 comes from the words "Mainos-TV 3", which means "Commercial television". Number 3 because when MTV3 started a.
Emmerdale was also the title of the debut album by The CardigansThe Cardigans are a Swedish indie/ pop band that formed in 1992. They remain best-known for their breakthrough album, Life ( 1995) and hit singles including "Lovefool". Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson, both heavy metal musicians, formed the group in.
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