Bill Lyons has written 458 episodes of Emmerdale since 1984. Bill is the longest running writer, has penned the most scripts for the programme and is the only writer remaining from the Emmerdale Farm era. He has also written for EastEnders and Z Cars.
Episodes written by Bill Lyons[]
1980s[]
1984 (4 episodes)[]
- Episode 849 (31st January 1984)
- Episode 850 (2nd February 1984)
- Episode 851 (7th February 1984)
- Episode 852 (9th February 1984)
1990s[]
1992 (8 episodes)[]
- Episode 1645 (24th March 1992)
- Episode 1646 (26th March 1992)
- Episode 1661 (19th May 1992)
- Episode 1662 (21st May 1992)
- Episode 1703 (13th October 1992)
- Episode 1704 (15th October 1992)
- Episode 1715 (24th November 1992)
- Episode 1716 (26th November 1992)
1993 (8 episodes)[]
- Episode 1775 (22nd June 1993)
- Episode 1776 (24th June 1993)
- Episode 1791 (17th August 1993)
- Episode 1792 (19th August 1993)
- Episode 1807 (12th October 1993)
- Episode 1808 (14th October 1993)
- Episode 1823 (7th December 1993)
- Episode 1824 (9th December 1993)
1994 (22 episodes)[]
- Episode 1831 (5th January 1994)
- Episode 1832 (6th January 1994)
- Episode 1837 (25th January 1994)
- Episode 1838 (27th January 1994)
- Episode 1847 (1st March 1994)
- Episode 1848 (3rd March 1994)
- Episode 1855 (29th March 1994)
- Episode 1856 (31st March 1994)
- Episode 1861 (19th April 1994)
- Episode 1862 (21st April 1994)
- Episode 1871 (24th May 1994)
- Episode 1872 (26th May 1994)
- Episode 1881 (28th June 1994)
- Episode 1882 (30th June 1994)
- Episode 1903 (13th September 1994)
- Episode 1904 (15th September 1994)
- Episode 1905 (20th September 1994)
- Episode 1906 (22nd September 1994)
- Episode 1913 (18th October 1994)
- Episode 1914 (20th October 1994)
- Episode 1919 (8th November 1994)
- Episode 1920 (10th November 1994)
1995 (11 episodes)[]
- Episode 1938 (12th January 1995)
- Episode 1939 (17th January 1995)
- Episode 1950 (23rd February 1995)
- Episode 1973 (16th May 1995)
- Episode 1984 (22nd June 1995)
- Episode 1995 (1st August 1995)
- Episode 2007 (7th September 1995)
- Episode 2008 (12th September 1995)
- Episode 2016 (10th October 1995)
- Episode 2023 (2nd November 1995)
- Episode 2033 (7th December 1995)
1996 (15 episodes)[]
- Episode 2040/2041 (2nd January 1996)
- Episode 2042 (4th January 1996)
- Episode 2043 (9th January 1996)
- Episode 2058 (27th February 1996)
- Episode 2063 (14th March 1996)
- Episode 2071 (11th April 1996)
- Episode 2085 (30th May 1996)
- Episode 2089 (13th June 1996)
- Episode 2101 (25th July 1996)
- Episode 2112 (3rd September 1996)
- Episode 2128 (29th October 1996)
- Episode 2129 (31st October 1996)
- Episode 2130 (5th November 1996)
- Episode 2144 (24th December 1996)
1997 (20 episodes)[]
- Episode 2157 (23rd January 1997)
- Episode 2159 (29th January 1997)
- Episode 2175 (6th March 1997)
- Episode 2176 (11th March 1997)
- Episode 2186 (2nd April 1997)
- Episode 2201 (7th May 1997)
- Episode 2202 (8th May 1997)
- Episode 2203 (13th May 1997)
- Episode 2215 (11th June 1997)
- Episode 2216 (12th June 1997)
- Episode 2224 (2nd July 1997)
- Episode 2238 (5th August 1997)
- Episode 2247 (26th August 1997)
- Episode 2258 (19th September 1997)
- Episode 2259 (23rd September 1997)
- Episode 2271 (21st October 1997)
- Episode 2272 (22nd October 1997)
- Episode 2273 (23rd October 1997)
- Episode 2287 (26th November 1997)
- Episode 2291 (4th December 1997)
1998 (17 episodes)[]
- Episode 2305 (1st January 1998)
- Episode 2309 (13th January 1998)
- Episode 2322 (11th February 1998)
- Episode 2328 (25th February 1998)
- Episode 2329 (26th February 1998)
- Episode 2345 (8th April 1998)
- Episode 2346 (9th April 1998)
- Episode 2352 (28th April 1998)
- Episode 2362 (15th May 1998)
- Episode 2370 (2nd June 1998)
- Episode 2387 (9th July 1998)
- Episode 2388 (14th July 1998)
- Episode 2393 (23rd July 1998)
- Episode 2415 (14th September 1998)
- Episode 2418 (17th September 1998)
- Episode 2434 (22nd October 1998)
- Episode 2453 (8th December 1998)
1999 (14 episodes)[]
- Episode 2471 (13th January 1999)
- Episode 2475 (21st January 1999)
- Episode 2496 (11th March 1999)
- Episode 2505 (1st April 1999)
- Episode 2513 (22nd April 1999)
- Episode 2528 (27th May 1999)
- Episode 2530 (1st June 1999)
- Episode 2544 (1st July 1999)
- Episode 2564 (17th August 1999)
- Episode 2573 (8th September 1999)
- Episode 2577 (15th September 1999)
- Episode 2593 (15th October 1999)
- Episode 2603 (8th November 1999)
- Episode 2611 (23rd November 1999)
2000s[]
2000 (13 episodes)[]
- Episode 2638 (18th January 2000)
- Episode 2645 (2nd February 2000)
- Episode 2655 (22nd February 2000)
- Episode 2669 (22nd March 2000)
- Episode 2670 (23rd March 2000)
- Episode 2690 (9th May 2000)
- Episode 2701 (1st June 2000)
- Episode 2717 (10th July 2000)
- Episode 2725 (25th July 2000)
- Episode 2745 (7th September 2000)
- Episode 2756 (3rd October 2000)
- Episode 2757 (4th October 2000)
- Episode 2799 (1st December 2000)
2001 (19 episodes)[]
- Episode 2829 (12th January 2001)
- Episode 2830 (15th January 2001)
- Episode 2849 (9th February 2001)
- Episode 2854 (16th February 2001)
- Episode 2870 (9th March 2001)
- Episode 2892 (11th April 2001)
- Episode 2902 (25th April 2001)
- Episode 2918 (17th May 2001)
- Episode 2932 (6th June 2001)
- Episode 2943 (21st June 2001)
- Episode 2964 (20th July 2001)
- Episode 2973 (2nd August 2001)
- Episode 2986 (20th August 2001)
- Episode 2987 (21st August 2001)
- Episode 3010 (24th September 2001)
- Episode 3026 (16th October 2001)
- Episode 3044 (9th November 2001)
- Episode 3056 (27th November 2001)
- Episode 3070 (17th December 2001)
2002 (17 episodes)[]
- Episode 3086 (8th January 2002)
- Episode 3100 (27th January 2002)
- Episode 3122 (27th February 2002)
- Episode 3138 (21st March 2002)
- Episode 3139 (22nd March 2002)
- Episode 3149 (5th April 2002)
- Episode 3175 (10th May 2002)
- Episode 3179 (16th May 2002)
- Episode 3199 (13th June 2002)
- Episode 3223 (17th July 2002)
- Episode 3226 (22nd July 2002)
- Episode 3253 (28th August 2002)
- Episode 3265 (13th September 2002)
- Episode 3281 (7th October 2002)
- Episode 3300 (1st November 2002)
- Episode 3311/3312 (18th November 2002) (co-written with Janys Chambers)
- Episode 3331 (15th December 2002)
2003 (10 episodes)[]
- Episode 3412 (8th April 2003)
- Episode 3429 (30th April 2003)
- Episode 3462 (11th June 2003)
- Episode 3463 (12th June 2003)
- Episode 3492 (18th July 2003)
- Episode 3512 (15th August 2003)
- Episode 3530 (10th September 2003)
- Episode 3564 (21st October 2003)
- Episode 3589 (19th November 2003)
- Episode 3605 (10th December 2003)
2004 (23 episodes)[]
- Episode 3632 (11th January 2004)
- Episode 3656 (8th February 2004)
- Episode 3657 (9th February 2004)
- Episode 3674 (29th February 2004)
- Episode 3702 (1st April 2004)
- Episode 3703 (2nd April 2004)
- Episode 3745 (20th May 2004)
- Episode 3751 (26th May 2004)
- Episode 3752 (27th May 2004)
- Episode 3769 (17th June 2004)
- Episode 3779 (30th June 2004)
- Episode 3789 (12th July 2004)
- Episode 3806 (1st August 2004)
- Episode 3807 (2nd August 2004)
- Episode 3839 (8th September 2004)
- Episode 3840 (9th September 2004)
- Episode 3856 (28th September 2004)
- Episode 3857 (29th September 2004)
- Episode 3869 (13th October 2004)
- Episode 3894 (11th November 2004)
- Episode 3895 (12th November 2004)
- Episode 3896 (14th November 2004)
- Episode 3918 (9th December 2004)
2005 (21 episodes)[]
- Episode 3971 (9th February 2005)
- Episode 3977 (16th February 2005)
- Episode 3998 (15th March 2005)
- Episode 3999 (16th March 2005)
- Episode 4021 (11th April 2005)
- Episode 4052 (17th May 2005)
- Episode 4053 (18th May 2005)
- Episode 4080 (22nd June 2005)
- Episode 4081 (23rd June 2005)
- Episode 4097 (12th July 2005)
- Episode 4117 (4th August 2005)
- Episode 4118 (5th August 2005)
- Episode 4138 (29th August 2005)
- Episode 4158 (21st September 2005)
- Episode 4176 (12th October 2005)
- Episode 4177 (13th October 2005)
- Episode 4204 (14th November 2005)
- Episode 4205 (15th November 2005)
- Episode 4209 (20th November 2005)
- Episode 4233 (15th December 2005)
- Episode 4234 (16th December 2005)
2006 (21 episodes)[]
- Episode 4270 (27th January 2006)
- Episode 4271 (29th January 2006)
- Episode 4292 (22nd February 2006)
- Episode 4293 (23rd February 2006)
- Episode 4319 (26th March 2006)
- Episode 4334 (12th April 2006)
- Episode 4335 (13th April 2006)
- Episode 4344 (24th April 2006)
- Episode 4368 (22nd May 2006)
- Episode 4369 (23rd May 2006)
- Episode 4405 (7th July 2006)
- Episode 4406/4407 (11th July 2006) (co-written with Julie Parsons)
- Episode 4416 (20th July 2006)
- Episode 4417 (21st July 2006)
- Episode 4460 (10th September 2006)
- Episode 4461 (11th September 2006)
- Episode 4480 (2nd October 2006)
- Episode 4481/4482 (3rd October 2006) (co-written with Philip Meeks)
- Episode 4517 (14th November 2006)
- Episode 4534 (3rd December 2006)
- Episode 4535 (4th December 2006)
2007 (17 episodes)[]
- Episode 4563 (3rd January 2007)
- Episode 4576 (19th January 2007)
- Episode 4607 (23rd February 2007)
- Episode 4643 (6th April 2007)
- Episode 4652 (17th April 2007)
- Episode 4653 (18th April 2007)
- Episode 4682 (21st May 2007)
- Episode 4709 (21st June 2007)
- Episode 4720 (4th July 2007)
- Episode 4721 (5th July 2007)
- Episode 4766 (27th August 2007)
- Episode 4771 (2nd September 2007)
- Episode 4803 (11th October 2007)
- Episode 4834 (16th November 2007)
- Episode 4835 (18th November 2007)
- Episode 4852 (6th December 2007)
- Episode 4853 (7th December 2007)
2008 (17 episodes)[]
- Episode 4889 (17th January 2008)
- Episode 4907 (7th February 2008)
- Episode 4933 (10th March 2008)
- Boiling Point (25th March 2008)
- Episode 4973 (29th April 2008)
- Episode 5007 (9th June 2008)
- Episode 5039 (16th July 2008)
- Behind Closed Doors (5th August 2008)
- Episode 5093/5094 (18th September 2008)
- Episode 5108 (6th October 2008)
- Episode 5121 (21st October 2008)
- Episode 5149 (21st November 2008)
- Episode 5150 (24th November 2008)
- Episode 5180 (26th December 2008)
2009 (15 episodes)[]
- Episode 5216 (6th February 2009)
- Episode 5217 (9th February 2009)
- Episode 5228 (20th February 2009)
- Episode 5229 (23rd February 2009)
- Episode 5264 (7th April 2009)
- Episode 5286 (4th May 2009)
- Episode 5302 (22nd May 2009)
- Episode 5320 (12th June 2009)
- Episode 5353 (22nd July 2009)
- Episode 5380 (21st August 2009)
- Episode 5403 (17th September 2009)
- Episode 5425 (13th October 2009)
- Episode 5447 (6th November 2009)
- Episode 5448 (9th November 2009)
- Episode 5473 (8th December 2009)
2010s[]
2010 (12 episodes)[]
- Episode 5515 (26th January 2010)
- Episode 5533 (16th February 2010)
- Episode 5557 (16th March 2010)
- Episode 5575 (6th April 2010)
- Episode 5576 (7th April 2010)
- Episode 5639 (24th June 2010)
- Episode 5646 (4th July 2010)
- Episode 5683 (16th August 2010)
- Episode 5707 (13th September 2010)
- Episode 5740 (20th October 2010)
- Episode 5749 (28th October 2010)
- Episode 5777 (1st December 2010)
2011 (12 episodes)[]
- Episode 5807 (3rd January 2011)
- Episode 5825 (24th January 2011)
- Episode 5867 (14th March 2011)
- Episode 5886 (5th April 2011)
- Episode 5902 (22nd April 2011)
- Episode 5923 (18th May 2011)
- Episode 5965 (7th July 2011)
- Episode 5993 (9th August 2011)
- Episode 6023 (13th September 2011)
- Episode 6048 (11th October 2011)
- Episode 6072 (7th November 2011)
- Episode 6108 (16th December 2011)
2012 (12 episodes)[]
- Episode 6136 (17th January 2012)
- Episode 6151 (2nd February 2012)
- Episode 6176 (2nd March 2012)
- Episode 6197 (28th March 2012)
- Episode 6233 (9th May 2012)
- Episode 6256 (5th June 2012)
- Episode 6285 (10th July 2012)
- Episode 6311 (8th August 2012)
- Episode 6320 (17th August 2012)
- Episode 6359 (3rd October 2012)
- Episode 6399 (16th November 2012)
- Episode 6423 (14th December 2012)
2013 (12 episodes)[]
- Episode 6455 (21st January 2013)
- Episode 6485 (25th February 2013)
- Episode 6509 (25th March 2013)
- Episode 6530/6531 (18th April 2013) (co-written with Jane Pearson)
- Episode 6552/6553 (14th May 2013) (co-written with Owen Lloyd-Fox)
- Episode 6567 (31st May 2013)
- Episode 6593 (1st July 2013)
- Episode 6636 (20th August 2013)
- Episode 6667 (25th September 2013)
- Episode 6683 (11th October 2013)
- Episode 6705 (6th November 2013)
- Episode 6735 (10th December 2013)
2014 (11 episodes)[]
- Episode 6758 (3rd January 2014)
- Episode 6784 (4th February 2014)
- Episode 6802 (25th February 2014)
- Episode 6832 (1st April 2014)
- Episode 6850 (22nd April 2014)
- Episode 6896 (17th June 2014)
- Episode 6902 (1st July 2014)
- Episode 6942 (11th August 2014)
- Episode 6955 (26th August 2014)
- Episode 6987 (1st October 2014)
- Episode 7027 (17th November 2014)
2015 (13 episodes)[]
- Episode 7072 (6th January 2015)
- Episode 7082 (16th January 2015)
- Episode 7112 (20th February 2015)
- Episode 7137 (23rd March 2015)
- Episode 7175 (6th May 2015)
- Episode 7178 (8th May 2015)
- Episode 7209 (15th June 2015)
- Episode 7228 (7th July 2015)
- Episode 7259 (11th August 2015)
- Episode 7277 (31st August 2015)
- Episode 7306 (30th September 2015)
- Episode 7341 (10th November 2015)
- Episode 7360 (2nd December 2015)
2016 (13 episodes)[]
- Episode 7397 (13th January 2016)
- Episode 7408 (26th January 2016)
- Episode 7438 (1st March 2016)
- Episode 7468 (5th April 2016)
- Episode 7493 (4th May 2016)
- Episode 7509 (23rd May 2016)
- Episode 7532 (21st June 2016)
- Episode 7563 (21st July 2016)
- Episode 7592 (19th August 2016)
- Episode 7633 (5th October 2016)
- Episode 7656 (1st November 2016)
- Episode 7672 (18th November 2016)
- Episode 7693 (13th December 2016)
2017 (14 episodes)[]
- Episode 7724 (17th January 2017)
- Episode 7725 (18th January 2017)
- Episode 7742 (7th February 2017)
- Episode 7766 (7th March 2017)
- Episode 7802 (18th April 2017)
- Episode 7818 (5th May 2017)
- Episode 7868 (5th July 2017)
- Episode 7871 (7th July 2017)
- Episode 7903 (9th August 2017)
- Episode 7925 (1st September 2017)
- Episode 7957 (10th October 2017)
- Episode 7983 (8th November 2017)
- Episode 8007 (6th December 2017)
- Episode 8029 (29th December 2017)
2018 (12 episodes)[]
- Episode 8069 (13th February 2018)
- Episode 8082 (28th February 2018)
- Episode 8101 (21st March 2018)
- Episode 8135 (27th April 2018)
- Episode 8169 (6th June 2018)
- Episode 8191/8192 (2nd July 2018) (co-written with Linton Chiswick)
- Episode 8220 (1st August 2018)
- Episode 8242 (27th August 2018)
- Episode 8266 (21st September 2018)
- Episode 8299 (30th October 2018)
- Episode 8323 (27th November 2018)
- Episode 8335 (11th December 2018)
2019 (12 episodes)[]
- Episode 8383 (1st February 2019)
- Episode 8419 (15th March 2019)
- Episode 8437 (4th April 2019)
- Episode 8456 (24th April 2019)
- Episode 8480 (17th May 2019)
- Episode 8524 (3rd July 2019)
- Episode 8542 (22nd July 2019)
- Episode 8566 (14th August 2019)
- Episode 8600 (23rd September 2019)
- Episode 8612 (7th October 2019)
- Episode 8649 (15th November 2019)
- Episode 8670 (6th December 2019)
2020s[]
2020 (9 episodes)[]
- Episode 8696 (3rd January 2020)
- Episode 8723 (5th February 2020)
- Episode 8757 (13th March 2020)
- Episode 8782 (27th April 2020)
- Episode 8811 (22nd July 2020)
- Episode 8848 (29th September 2020)
- Episode 8856 (7th October 2020)
- Episode 8897 (25th November 2020)
- Episode 8907 (7th December 2020)
2021 (13 episodes)[]
- Episode 8934 (5th January 2021)
- Episode 8962 (5th February 2021)
- Episode 8995 (16th March 2021)
- Episode 9018 (12th April 2021)
- Episode 9026 (20th April 2021)
- Episode 9057 (26th May 2021)
- Episode 9086 (29th June 2021)
- Episode 9117 (4th August 2021)
- Episode 9130 (19th August 2021)
- Episode 9171 (6th October 2021)
- Episode 9196 (3rd November 2021)
- Episode 9200/9201 (9th November 2021) (co-written with Jo Maris)
- Episode 9229 (10th December 2021)
2022 (12 episodes)[]
- Episode 9264 (19th January 2022)
- Episode 9281 (8th February 2022)
- Episode 9309 (11th March 2022)
- Episode 9330 (6th April 2022)
- Episode 9353 (3rd May 2022)
- Episode 9375 (27th May 2022)
- Episode 9404 (1st July 2022)
- Episode 9443 (17th August 2022)
- Episode 9467 (15th September 2022)
- Episode 9477 (27th September 2022)
- Episode 9518 (11th November 2022)
- Episode 9525/9526 (22nd November 2022) (co-written with Sarah Bagshaw)
2023 (6 episodes)[]
- Episode 9572 (11th January 2023)
- Episode 9587 (27th January 2023)
- Episode 9602 (15th February 2023)
- Episode 9637 (28th March 2023)
- Episode 9649 (11th April 2023)
- Episode 9709 (21st June 2023)