Emmerdale in 1996

1996 was Emmerdale's 25th year.

Episodes

#	No.	Date	Part	Writer	Director
1	2040/ 2041	Tuesday 2nd January		Bill Lyons	Graham Wetherell
2	2042	Thursday 4th January		Bill Lyons	Steve Shill
3	2043	Tuesday 9th January		Bill Lyons	Steve Shill
4	2044	Thursday 11th January		Catherine Hayes	Steve Shill
5	2045	Tuesday 16th January		Graham Carlisle	John Darnell
6	2046	Thursday 18th January		Andy Lynch	John Darnell
7	2047	Tuesday 23rd January		David Lane	John Darnell
8	2048	Thursday 25th January		David Lane	John Darnell
9	2049	Tuesday 30th January		John Chambers	Paul Annett
10	2050	Thursday 1st February		Tim Dynevor	Paul Annett
11	2051	Tuesday 6th February		Tim Dynevor	Paul Annett
12	2052	Thursday 8th February		Tim Dynevor	Paul Annett
13	2053	Tuesday 13th February		Graham Carlisle	Steven Shill
14	2054	Thursday 15th February		Catherine Hayes	Steven Shill
15	2055	Tuesday 20th February		Andy Lynch	Steven Shill
16	2056/ 2057	Thursday 22nd February		Jan McVerry	Graham Wetherell
17	2058	Tuesday 27th February		Bill Lyons	John Darnell
18	2059	Thursday 29th February		John Chambers	John Darnell
19	2060	Tuesday 5th March		David Lane	John Darnell
20	2061	Thursday 7th March		Tim Dynevor	John Darnell
21	2062	Tuesday 12th March		Tim Dynevor	Paul Annett
22	2063	Thursday 14th March		Bill Lyons	Paul Annett
23	2064	Tuesday 19th March		Andy Lynch	Paul Annett
24	2065	Thursday 21st March		Catherine Hayes	Paul Annett
25	2066	Tuesday 26th March		John Chambers	Graham Wetherell
26	2067	Thursday 28th March		Graham Carlisle	Graham Wetherell
27	2068	Tuesday 2nd April		David Lane	Graham Wetherell
28	2069	Thursday 4th April		Jan McVerry	Graham Wetherell
29	2070	Tuesday 9th April		John Chambers	Paul Wroblewski
30	2071	Thursday 11th April		Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
31	2072	Tuesday 16th April		Andy Lynch	Paul Wroblewski
32	2073	Thursday 18th April		Tim Dynevor	Paul Wroblewski
33	2074	Tuesday 23rd April		Graham Carlisle	Paul Annett
34	2075	Thursday 25th April		Catherine Hayes	Paul Annett
35	2076	Tuesday 30th April		David Lane	Paul Annett
36	2077	Thursday 2nd May		David Lane	Paul Annett
37	2078	Tuesday 7th May		Tim Dynevor	Graham Wetherell
38	2079	Thursday 9th May		David Lane	Graham Wetherell
39	2080	Tuesday 14th May		Graham Carlisle	Graham Wetherell
40	2081	Thursday 16th May		Jan McVerry	Graham Wetherell
41	2082	Tuesday 21st May		David Joss Buckley	Paul Wroblewski
42	2083	Thursday 23rd May		Catherine Hayes	Paul Wroblewski
43	2084	Tuesday 28th May		Andy Lynch	Paul Wroblewski
44	2085	Thursday 30th May		Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
45	2086	Tuesday 4th June		David Joss Buckley	Paul Wroblewski
46	2087	Thursday 6th June		Tim Dynevor	Paul Annett
47	2088	Tuesday 11th June		Catherine Hayes	Paul Annett
48	2089	Thursday 13th June		Bill Lyons	Paul Annett
49	2090	Tuesday 18th June		David Lane	Graham Wetherell
50	2091	Thursday 20th June		John Chambers	Graham Wetherell
51	2092	Tuesday 25th June		Andy Lynch	Graham Wetherell
52	2093	Thursday 27th June		Jan McVerry	Graham Wetherell
53	2094	Tuesday 2nd July		Jan McVerry	Peter Walker
54	2095	Thursday 4th July		Tim Dynevor	Peter Walker
55	2096	Tuesday 9th July		John Chambers	Peter Walker
56	2097	Thursday 11th July		John Chambers	Peter Walker
57	2098	Tuesday 16th July		Catherine Hayes	Paul Wroblewski
58	2099	Thursday 18th July		David Lane	Paul Annett
59	2100	Tuesday 23rd July		Catherine Hayes	Paul Wroblewski
60	2101	Thursday 25th July		Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
61	2102	Tuesday 30th July		David Lane	John Michael Phillips
62	2103	Thursday 1st August		Glen McCoy	John Michael Phillips
63	2104	Tuesday 6th August		Tim Dynevor	John Michael Phillips
64	2105	Thursday 8th August		Jan McVerry	John Michael Phillips
65	2106	Tuesday 13th August		Catherine Hayes	Garth Tucker
66	2107	Thursday 15th August		John Chambers	Garth Tucker
67	2108	Tuesday 20th August		Andy Lynch	Garth Tucker
68	2109	Thursday 22nd August		Andy Lynch	Garth Tucker
69	2110	Tuesday 27th August		Andy Lynch	Paul Wroblewski
70	2111	Thursday 29th August		Graham Carlisle	Paul Wroblewski
71	2112	Tuesday 3rd September		Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
72	2113	Thursday 5th September		Glen McCoy	Paul Wroblewski
73	2114	Tuesday 10th September		Tim Dynevor	Garth Tucker
74	2115	Thursday 12th September		John Chambers	Garth Tucker
75	2116	Tuesday 17th September		David Lane	Garth Tucker
76	2117	Thursday 19th September		Catherine Hayes	Garth Tucker
77	2118	Tuesday 24th September		Jan McVerry	John Michael Phillips
78	2119	Thursday 26th September		Jan McVerry	John Michael Phillips
79	2120	Tuesday 1st October		David Lane	John Michael Phillips
80	2121	Thursday 3rd October		David Lane	John Michael Phillips
81	2122	Tuesday 8th October		Catherine Hayes	Oliver Horsbrugh
82	2123	Thursday 10th October		Tim Dynevor	Oliver Horsbrugh
83	2124	Tuesday 15th October		Glen McCoy	Oliver Horsbrugh
84	2125	Thursday 17th October		Andy Lynch	Oliver Horsbrugh
85	2126	Tuesday 22nd October		David Lane	Garth Tucker
86	2127	Thursday 24th October		John Chambers	John Darnell
87	2128	Tuesday 29th October		Bill Lyons	Garth Tucker
88	2129	Thursday 31st October		Bill Lyons	Garth Tucker
89	2130	Tuesday 5th November		Bill Lyons	John Michael Phillips
90	2131	Thursday 7th November		Tim Dynevor	John Michael Phillips
91	2132	Tuesday 12th November		John Chambers	John Michael Phillips
92	2133	Thursday 14th November		John Chambers	John Michael Phillips
93	2134	Tuesday 19th November		Andy Lynch	Sue Dunderdale
94	2135	Thursday 21st November		Graham Carlisle	Sue Dunderdale
95	2136	Tuesday 26th November		David Lane	Sue Dunderdale
96	2137	Thursday 28th November		Jan McVerry	Sue Dunderdale
97	2138	Tuesday 3rd December		Catherine Hayes	Oliver Horsbrugh
98	2139	Thursday 5th December		Tim Dynevor	Oliver Horsbrugh
99	2140	Tuesday 10th December		David Lane	Oliver Horsbrugh
100	2141	Thursday 12th December		David Lane	Oliver Horsbrugh
101	2142	Tuesday 17th December		Greg Snow	Stephen Garwood
102	2143	Thursday 19th December		Marvin Close	Stephen Garwood
103	2144	Tuesday 24th December		Bill Lyons	John Darnell
104	2145	Thursday 26th December		Andy Lynch	Stephen Garwood
105	2146	Tuesday 31st December		David Lane	Graham Wetherell

Main Cast

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Terry Woods	Billy Hartman	Full year	101	192	5
2	Linda Glover/Fowler	Tonicha Jeronimo	Full year	99	188	19
3	David Glover	Ian Kelsey	Full year	96	223	1
4	Biff Fowler	Stuart Wade	Full year	95	242	3
4	Viv Windsor	Deena Payne	Full year	95	280	14
6	Frank Tate	Norman Bowler	Full year	92	622	7
6	Kathy Bates/Glover	Malandra Burrows	Full year	92	939	11
8	Kim Tate	Claire King	Full year	91	578	5
9	Butch Dingle	Paul Loughran	Full year	90	174	17
9	Mandy Dingle	Lisa Riley	Full year	90	94	45
11	Tina Dingle	Jacqueline Pirie	Until December	89	179	9
11	Ned Glover	Johnny Leeze	Full year	89	208	10
13	Zak Dingle	Steve Halliwell	Full year	88	171	13
14	Betty Eagleton	Paula Tilbrook	Full year	86	213	4
14	Christopher Tate	Peter Amory	Full year	86	5421	20
16	Rachel Hughes	Glenda McKay	Full year	84	602	22
16	Vic Windsor	Alun Lewis	Full year	84	270	15
18	Jan Glover	Roberta Kerr	Full year	83	194	11
19	Alan Turner	Richard Thorp	Full year	81	1284	2
20	Eric Pollard	Christopher Chittell	Full year	80	640	18
21	Zoe Tate	Leah Bracknell	Full year	79	381	24
22	Jack Sugden	Clive Hornby	Full year	76	1427	25
22	Seth Armstrong	Stan Richards	Full year	75	1390	8
24	Sarah Sugden	Alyson Spiro	Full year	73	583	23
25	Sam Dingle	James Hooton	Until October	65	125	25
26	Roy Glover	Nicky Evans	Full year, except November	64	116	30
27	Susan Wilde	Louise Heaney	March to October	52	52	N/A
28	Kelly Windsor	Adele Silva	Full year	51	121	36
28	Scott Windsor	Toby Cockerell	Until September, November to December	51	151	35
30	Sean Rossi	Mark Cameron	February to September	49	49	N/A
31	Steve Marchant	Paul Opacic	March to April, from September	44	44	N/A
32	Joseph Tate	Oliver Young	Full year	36	64	40
33	Emma Nightingale	Rachel Ambler	Until May	35	87	29
34	Alice Bates	Rachel Tolboys	Full year, except September	32	230	37
35	Robert Sugden	Christopher Smith	March, May and from July	31	357	33
36	Nick Bates	Cy Chadwick	Until April	29	717	20
37	Donna Windsor	Sophie Jeffrey	Full year, except August and October	24	84	39
38	James Tate	Jake Meays/Elliot Suckley	From September	22	22	N/A
38	Marlon Dingle	Mark Charnock	From October	22	22	N/A
40	Tom Bainbridge	Jeremy Turner-Welch	From October	19	19	N/A
41	Andy Hopwood	Kelvin Fletcher	July to September, from December	17	17	N/A
42	Sophie Wright	Jane Cameron	From October	15	15	N/A
43	Lisa Clegg	Jane Cox	August to October, from December	13	13	N/A
43	Victoria Sugden	Jessica Heywood	January, July and from September	13	65	36
45	Albert Dingle	Bobby Knutt	January and December only	5	8	46
45	Rev Ashley Thomas	John Middleton	From December	5	5	N/A
47	Caroline Bates	Diana Davies	April to May	3	669	37
48	Annie Brearly	Sheila Mercier	November only	2	1592	44

Storylines

to be added

Who lives where

Main Street

• The Woolpack - Alan Turner and Terry Woods. Viv Windsor (from November).

• Pear Tree Cottage - Faye Clarke (July to October). Steve Marchant (from August).

• Mill Cottage - Rachel Hughes and Joseph Tate. Christopher Tate (until October).

• Victoria Cottage - Eric Pollard.

• Keepers Cottage - Betty Eagleton and Seth Armstrong. Biff Fowler (until July). Linda Glover (until January). Tom Bainbridge (from October).

• Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Vic, Kelly, and Donna Windsor. Scott Windsor (until September). Viv Windsor (until November).

Church Lane

• Tenant House - David Glover (April to November). Kim Tate (April to May). Sean Rossi (July to September).

• The Flat, The Old School House - Kathy Glover. Nick Bates (until January). Alice Bates (until January, and from April). David Glover (November to December).

• St. Mary's Vicarage - Ashley Thomas (from December).

Hotten Road

• Smithy Cottage - Zoe Tate. Emma Nightingale (until May). Susan Wilde (March to October).

Robblesfield Way

• Wishing Well Cottage - Zak, Butch, and Mandy Dingle. Sam Dingle (until October). Tina Dingle (until December). Marilyn (March to April). Marlon Dingle (from October).

• Holdgate Farm - Ned, Jan and Roy Glover. David Glover (until February). Linda Glover (January to July).

Connelton Lane

• Home Farm - Frank Tate. Kim Tate (until April, May to June, and from September). David Glover (February to April). James and Christopher Tate (both from October).

• Nursery Flat, Home Farm - Nick and Alice Bates (both January to April). Kim Tate and Jean Bell (both June to August). Sophie Wright (from October).

• Gamekeepers Cottage, Home Farm - Biff and Linda Fowler (both from July).

Others

• Hawthorn Cottage/Emmerdale Farm II - Jack, Sarah, Robert, and Victoria Sugden. Andy Hopwood (from December).

• Clegg's Farm - Lisa and Barry Clegg.

Awards and Nominations

National Television Awards

• Most Popular Newcomer: Lisa Riley (Winner)