Events[]
Emmerdale history[]
- 1987 - The villagers try to talk the builders out of dumping nuclear waste into Pencross Fell. When one of the builders grabs Jackie Merrick, Jackie responds by smacking him in the face and is arrested. When Kathy Bates intervenes, she is arrested too.
- 1991 - Chris Tate tries to force himself on girlfriend Kathy Merrick, but she slaps him.
- 1997 - Frank Tate is released from prison. Biff Fowler meets his father, Ron Hudson for the first time in years.
- 1998 - Kim Tate and Steve Marchant marry.
- 2004 - Donna Windsor knees Robert Sugden in between the legs. Andy Sugden makes a pass at Donna. She leaves in tears.
- 2007 - Kelly Windsor is sentenced to two years imprisonment for perverting the course of justice.
- 2008 - After a disagreement with daughter Laurel, Hilary Potts leaves the village.
- 2019 - In a flashback to the Big Night Out, Billy Fletcher is confronted by the brothers of Riley, the person that he attacked and was imprisoned for. Billy pulls a knife but is disarmed and he flees. However, the brothers later stab Ellis Chapman. Billy calls the ambulance for Ellis but he ends up left Ellis before the ambulance arrives. Another flashback which also dating the same date, Maya Stepney is kidnapped by Priya Kotecha, Leyla Harding and Tracy Metcalfe after they discover she'd been grooming Jacob Gallagher, but escapes after jumping out of the moving car. Leyla and Maya fight, in which Leyla hits Maya over the head with a rock and leaves her to die, unaware that Maya has survived and met with Jacob (who was thought by his family to be in Portugal at the time) at a hotel.
- 2021 - Manpreet Sharma discovers her sister Meena Jutla has been texting Ethan Anderson pretending to be his estranged mum.
Real world events[]
- 1982 - Alex Carter (Jamie Hope) is born.
- 2005 - Charity and Tom's failed wedding wins 'Best Single Episode' at The British Soap Awards.
Episodes[]
Episodes were broadcast on 7th May on the following years:
- 1970s - 1973, 1974
- 1980s - 1981, 1985, 1987
- 1990s - 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998
- 2000s - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- 2010s - 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (I) (II), 2018, 2019 (I) (II)
- 2020s - 2021, 2024, 2025
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