2001

Events

 * 10th January - Bernice Thomas meets her long-lost sister, Nicola. (First appearance of the character)
 * 5th February - Bob Hope and Viv Windsor marry.
 * 21st February - Sean Reynolds' father Len arrives in the village following the death of Sean's mother Eileen. (First appearance of the character)
 * 9th July - Latisha Daggert gives birth to a son. (First appearance of the character)
 * 18th July - Katie Addyman makes her first appearance.
 * 10th September - As part of Emmerdale's 3000th episode, Marc Reynolds, his sister Ollie, Eve Birch, Donna Windsor, Andy Sugden, his adoptive brother Robert and girlfriend Katie Addyman went on a night out in Hotten. While driving back to the village they ran over their headmistress Jean Strickland, who was killed instantly.
 * 4th October - Nicola Blackstock jilts her fiancee Carlos Diaz at the altar when his affair with Nicola's sister Bernice is revealed.
 * 27th November - Chris Tate and Charity Dingle marry.
 * 28th November - Kathy Glover brings her niece Alice back to the village.
 * 20th December - Kathy Glover leaves the village after 16 years to live in Australia with her niece Alice and her mother Elsa.
 * 25th December - Bernice Thomas gives birth to a baby girl, Gabby.

Real life events

 * 10th September - Emmerdale's 3000th episode airs.
 * 24th October - Annelise Manojlovic (the second Gabby Thomas) born.
 * 24th November - Jemma Giles (the first Gabby Thomas) born.