2011

Events

 * 6th January - Lisa Dingle is raped by Derek Benrose when the two do overtime alone in the factory.
 * 13th January - Viv Hope and Terry Woods are killed in a fire caused by Nick Henshall. (Final appearance of both characters)
 * 17th February - Nick Henshall commits suicide by shooting himself after taking his girlfriend Katie Sugden hostage. (Final appearance of the character)
 * 31st May - Rhona Goskirk gives birth to a son.
 * 7th June - Jackson Walsh dies in a suicide assisted by his partner Aaron Livesy.
 * 8th November - Mia Macey dies offscreen in a car accident.
 * 1st December - Amy Wyatt secretly gives birth to a son.
 * 8th December - Cain Dingle is attacked and left for dead by a mystery assailant.
 * 25th December - Amy Wyatt gives her son up for adoption.

Real life events

 * 11th April - Stuart Blackburn replaces Gavin Blyth as the producer of the show, due to the latter's death five months earlier.
 * 30th May - Emmerdale introduces a new title sequence and theme tune.
 * 17th August - Emmerdale's 6000th episode airs.