Schedule

Scheduling
When Emmerdale was first broadcast in 1972, it was twice a week in an afternoon slot. It later moved to a 19:00 slot and the number of episodes has steadily increased, with there now being six half-hour episodes each week. Emmerdale is filmed roughly between 4–6 weeks before it is first broadcast on ITV1.

Canada
VisionTV started showing Emmerdale on 20th September 2010, immediately after Eastenders at 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. Emmerdale had formerly been shown on CBC Television, but that ended many years ago. When shown on CBC Television, Canadian episodes were four years behind the UK story.

Ireland
Emmerdale reaches viewers in the Republic of Ireland via both the widely available UTV from Northern Ireland and the TV3 Television Network in the Republic of Ireland. UTV and TV3 screen Emmerdale simultaneously in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Emmerdale was broadcast as a Daytime soap on RTÉ One from 1972 to 2001 before moving to TV3, RTÉ were a number of months behind – since for many years they choose to broadcast five days a week rather than ITV's three days a week and RTÉ took a break during the summer months, however as the series began a five night week RTÉ got further and further behind ITVs broadcasts.

Sweden
Emmerdale has been shown in Sweden since the 1970s – originally on TV2 and since 1994 on commercial channel TV4. Under the title Hem till gården ("Home to the Farm"), the programme is broadcast twice a day (previously only once a day) on Monday to Friday 11:55–12:55.

Finland
The programme is shown in Finland on commercial channel MTV3, where it goes out at 18:00 to 18:30, and 18:30 to 19:00 Mondays to Fridays with a repeat of each episode at 11:00 and 11:25 on the following weekday.

New Zealand
Emmerdale is shown in New Zealand on TV One from Monday to Friday at 12:00 to 12:30, +1 from 13:00 to 13:30, and are accessible on TVNZ On Demand for 2 weeks after airing.

Australia
Emmerdale was shown in Australia for the first time in July 2006 when subscription television channel UKTV began airing the 2006 series from Episode 4288. In 2006 UKTV were showing episodes 4 months behind UK transmission, but as UKTV only airs 5 episodes a week instead of 6 (as broadcast in UK). Emmerdale is also broadcast on 7Two weekdays at 10:30.

Romania
On 2nd February 2007 it was announced that Emmerdale would be broadcast on the Romanian free-to-air channel Pro TV. The station has bought 50 episodes of the soap dating back to 2000.

Elsewhere

 * Satellite channel Granada TV is currently showing the programme in the Middle East, Cyprus, and Malta.
 * Members of the British Forces and their families can watch Emmerdale on BFBS TV1, which is also available free-to-air in the Falkland Islands.