The Yorkshire Dales soap reaches a milestone on Sunday 16 October because it will be 50 years to the day since the first episode aired on ITV. Here we reveal what’s coming up in the show’s anniversary week, look back at some memorable moments, and test your knowledge of all things Emmerdale!
IN THE BEGINNING
The show was very different from what it is today…
Originally known as Emmerdale Farm, the soap started out as a daytime drama and centred around the Sugden family who lived and worked on the farm, namely mum Annie, sons Jack and Joe, daughter Peggy and her husband Matt, and grandad Sam.
Annie had
