2008

Events

 * 1st January - Matthew King disrupts the funeral of Rosemary King by attempting to fill in her grave.
 * 19th February - Andy Sugden and Jo Stiles marry.
 * 21st February - Daniel Thomas dies of cot death. Jack Sugden makes his final appearance.
 * 3rd March - Paul Lambert and Jonny Foster enter a civil partnership, the first of its kind in a primetime soap opera.
 * 6th March - Daniel Thomas' funeral takes place.
 * 25th March - In a moment of anger, Andy Sugden lashes out at his wife Jo by throwing her to the floor.
 * 3rd June - Eric Pollard and Val Lambert marry.
 * 24th June - Sam and Eli Dingle burn down Eric Pollard's factory.
 * 8th July - Donald De Souza's daughter Anna arrives in the village.
 * 19th August - PCs Donna Windsor-Dingle and Ross Kirk are involved in car accident while in hot pursuit of conman Freddie Yorke.
 * 7th October - Andy Sugden get impaled on a spike after trapping his wife Jo in a barn. Jo leaves Andy to die but has a change of heart and helps him.
 * 28th October - After seven years, Louise Appleton leaves the village.
 * 18th November - Donald De Souza dies of a heart attack following an argument with Matthew King.
 * 1st December - Corrupt police officer Shane Doyle is murdered by Jasmine Thomas.
 * 16th December - Matthew King dies on his wedding day to Anna De Souza after colliding his van with a wall and being catapulted out of the windshield.
 * 25th December - Victoria Sugden falls through ice and discovers the body of Shane Doyle underneath.
 * 25th December - Victoria Sugden falls through ice and discovers the body of Shane Doyle underneath.

Real life events

 * 1st January - Emmerdale airs its first regularly hour-long Tuesday episode, with each of these episodes having a title, a practice that lasted until August the same year.
 * 6th January - Emmerdale airs its final Sunday episode.
 * 3rd March - Anita Turner replaces Kathleen Beedles as the producer of the show.
 * 1st May - Bernard Archard (Leonard Kempinski) dies.
 * 3rd July - Clive Hornby (Jack Sugden) dies.