Emmerdale at 40

Emmerdale at 40 is a documentary series on ITV1 focusing on the best moments in Emmerdale's history. Each episode focussed on a particular topic, such as, in the first edition, examples of the programme making front-page headlines. The series contained five episodes and was narrated by Gaynor Faye.

Episode Guide
Cast members past and present celebrate 40 years of the Yorkshire-based soap, recalling its biggest storylines and their favourite moments. In the first edition, Tom Lister (Carl King), Leah Bracknell (Zoe Tate), Charlotte Bellamy (Laurel Thomas), John Middleton (Ashley Thomas) and Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy) discuss controversial events that made the headlines, from cot deaths to gay relationships. Cast members past and present recall some of their more sizzling storylines, revealing what happened when their characters jumped into bed with people they shouldn't have. Narrator Gaynor Faye remembers Chas's revenge on Carl for cheating with sexy seductress Eve, Cain and Charity's on-off affair and the Sugden brothers Andy and Robert's rivalry over the same girl. Cast members past and present look back at some of the biggest crimes in the soap's history, including Cain Dingle's kidnapping of Sadie and Tom King, Kim Tate's part in the death of husband Frank, and the bigamy of Mark Wylde. Nearly 60 couples have tied the knot in the four decades since the soap began, and this edition looks back at some of the biggest and most dramatic wedding days in the village, from Jimmy and Nicola's dash down the aisle after their day in court, to the revelation of Diane's cancer during her and Jack's ceremony. Cast members past and present look back at some of the most dramatic days in the Woolpack's turbulent history, from the village pub's near-destruction in the storm of 2004 to landlady Diane's financial demise at the hands of a conman in 2010.
 * "The Headline Makers" - 11th October 2012
 * "The Affairs" - 18th October 2012
 * "The Crimes" - 25th October 2012
 * "The Weddings" - 1st November 2012
 * "The Woolpack" - 8th November 2012