Emmerdale in 1998

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Title caption from December

1998 was Emmerdale's 27th year.

Viewership

BARB's website only includes viewing data from 29th June 1998 onwards, therefore viewing figures are only available for episodes broadcast after this date. This also makes it impossible to make a year-on-year comparison with 1997. From Episode 2382 (30th June 1998) onwards, the average viewing figure for the year was 11.27 million viewers. It should be noted that some episodes (usually the Tuesday edition) were repeated the day after their original broadcast and BARB combined the viewing figures for both showings of these episodes, which inflated their viewing figures slightly. The most-watched episode of the year was Episode 2432 (20th October 1998), with 13.91 million viewers (combined), while the least-watched episode was Episode 2419 (18th September 1998), with 9.53 million viewers. 34 episodes ranked within the weekly top 10 for all UK TV.

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Writer	Director	Viewing Figures	Chart Position
1	2305	Thursday 1st January	Bill Lyons	Paul Walker
2	2306	Tuesday 6th January	Marvin Close	Tim Dowd
3	2307	Wednesday 7th January	Tim Dynevor	Tim Dowd
4	2308	Thursday 8th January	Katharine Hay	Tim Dowd
5	2309	Tuesday 13th January	Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
6	2310	Wednesday 14th January	John Chambers	Paul Wroblewski
7	2311	Thursday 15th January	Greg Snow	Paul Wroblewski
8	2312	Tuesday 20th January	Tom Elliott	John Michael Phillips
9	2313	Wednesday 21st January	Karin Young	John Michael Phillips
10	2314	Thursday 22nd January	Karin Young	John Michael Phillips
11	2315	Tuesday 27th January	Marvin Close	Graham Wetherell
12	2316	Wednesday 28th January	Tim Dynevor	Graham Wetherell
13	2317	Thursday 29th January	Tim Dynevor	Graham Wetherell
14	2318	Tuesday 3rd February	Marvin Close	Oliver Horsbrugh
15	2319	Wednesday 4th February	John Chambers	Oliver Horsbrugh
16	2320	Thursday 5th February	Tom Elliott	Oliver Horsbrugh
17	2321	Tuesday 10th February	Greg Snow	Paul Walker
18	2322	Wednesday 11th February	Bill Lyons	Paul Walker
19	2323	Thursday 12th February	Karin Young	Paul Walker
20	2324	Tuesday 17th February	Katharine Hay	Tim Dowd
21	2325	Wednesday 18th February	Dave Simpson	Tim Dowd
22	2326	Thursday 19th February	Dave Simpson	Tim Dowd
23	2327	Tuesday 24th February	Tom Elliott	Paul Wroblewski
24	2328	Wednesday 25th February	Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
25	2329	Thursday 26th February	Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
26	2330	Tuesday 3rd March	Greg Snow	John Michael Phillips
27	2331	Wednesday 4th March	John Chambers	John Michael Phillips
28	2332	Thursday 5th March	John Chambers	John Michael Phillips
29	2333	Tuesday 10th March	Marvin Close	Graham Wetherell
30	2334	Wednesday 11th March	Karin Young	Graham Wetherell
31	2335	Thursday 12th March	Tim Dynevor	Graham Wetherell
32	2336	Tuesday 17th March	Dave Simpson	Paul Walker
33	2337	Thursday 19th March	Karin Young	Paul Walker
34	2338	Tuesday 24th March	Tom Elliott	Paul Walker
35	2339	Wednesday 25th March	Tom Elliott	Adrian Bean
36	2340	Thursday 26th March	Marvin Close	Adrian Bean
37	2341	Tuesday 31st March	Marvin Close	Adrian Bean
38	2342	Wednesday 1st April	Greg Snow	Tim Dowd
39	2343	Thursday 2nd April	John Chambers	Tim Dowd
40	2344	Tuesday 7th April	John Chambers	Tim Dowd
41	2345	Wednesday 8th April	Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
42	2346	Thursday 9th April	Bill Lyons	Paul Wroblewski
43	2347	Tuesday 14th April	Dave Simpson	Paul Wroblewski
44	2348	Thursday 16th April	Karin Young	John Michael Phillips
45	2349	Tuesday 21st April	John Chambers	John Michael Phillips
46	2350	Wednesday 22nd April	Greg Snow	John Michael Phillips
47	2351	Thursday 23rd April	Marvin Close	Graham Wetherell
48	2352	Tuesday 28th April	Bill Lyons	Graham Wetherell
49	2353	Wednesday 29th April	Tom Elliott	Graham Wetherell
50	2354	Thursday 30th April	Tim Dynevor	Kay Patrick
51	2355	Tuesday 5th May	Tim Dynevor	Kay Patrick
52	2356	Wednesday 6th May	Pippa McCarthy	Kay Patrick
53	2357	Thursday 7th May	John Chambers	Diana Patrick
54	2358	Friday 8th May	John Chambers	Adrian Bean
55	2359	Tuesday 12th May	Tom Elliott	Adrian Bean
56	2360	Wednesday 13th May	Marvin Close	Paul Walker
57	2361	Thursday 14th May	Dave Simpson	Paul Walker
58	2362	Friday 15th May	Bill Lyons	Paul Walker
59	2363	Tuesday 19th May	Karin Young	Terry Dyddgen-Jones
60	2364	Thursday 21st May	Paul Coates	Terry Dyddgen-Jones
61	2365	Friday 22nd May	Greg Snow	Terry Dyddgen-Jones
62	2366	Tuesday 26th May	Tim Dynevor	John Michael Phillips
63	2367	Wednesday 27th May	Tom Elliott	John Michael Phillips
64	2368	Thursday 28th May	Marvin Close	John Michael Phillips
65	2369	Friday 29th May	Dave Simpson	Stephen Butcher
66	2370	Tuesday 2nd June	Bill Lyons	Stephen Butcher
67	2371	Wednesday 3rd June	John Chambers	Stephen Butcher
68	2372	Thursday 4th June	Pippa McCarthy	Kay Patrick
69	2373	Tuesday 9th June	John Chambers	Kay Patrick
70	2374	Wednesday 10th June	John Chambers	Kay Patrick
71	2375	Thursday 11th June	Greg Snow	Adrian Bean
72	2376	Tuesday 16th June	Tim Dynevor	John Michael Phillips
73	2377	Wednesday 17th June	Karin Young	Adrian Bean
74	2378	Thursday 18th June	Marvin Close	Paul Walker
75	2379	Tuesday 23rd June	Tim Dynevor	Paul Walker
76	2380	Wednesday 24th June	Dave Simpson	Paul Walker
77	2381	Thursday 25th June	Dave Simpson	Terry Dyddgen-Jones
78	2382	Tuesday 30th June	Karin Young	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	11,630,000*	9
79	2383	Wednesday 1st July	Pippa McCarthy	Terry Dyddgen-Jones	10,530,000	13
80	2384	Thursday 2nd July	Marvin Close	John Anderson	10,320,000	14
81	2385	Tuesday 7th July	Marvin Close	John Anderson	12,090,000*	11
82	2386	Wednesday 8th July	Paul Coates	John Anderson	10,780,000	12
83	2387	Thursday 9th July	Bill Lyons	Stephen Butcher	9,590,000	15
84	2388	Tuesday 14th July	Bill Lyons	Stephen Butcher	11,270,000*	8
85	2389	Wednesday 15th July	Tim Dynevor	Stephen Butcher	10,570,000	9
86	2390	Thursday 16th July	Karin Young	Kay Patrick	9,930,000	11
87	2391	Tuesday 21st July	Paul Coates	Kay Patrick	11,040,000*	8
88	2392	Wednesday 22nd July	Tim Dynevor	Kay Patrick	10,520,000	9
89	2393	Thursday 23rd July	Bill Lyons	Graham Wetherell	10,300,000	10
90	2394	Tuesday 28th July	Dave Simpson	Graham Wetherell	11,310,000*	9
91	2395	Wednesday 29th July	Pippa McCarthy	Graham Wetherell	10,390,000	11
92	2396	Thursday 30th July	Marvin Close	Paul Walker	10,470,000	10
93	2397	Tuesday 4th August	Marvin Close	Paul Walker	10,360,000*	8
94	2398	Wednesday 5th August	Greg Snow	Paul Walker	9,850,000	10
95	2399	Thursday 6th August	Tim Dynevor	Paul Walker	9,990,000	9
96	2400	Tuesday 11th August	Marvin Close	Oliver Horsbrugh	9,910,000*	11
97	2401	Wednesday 12th August	Mark Illis	Oliver Horsbrugh	10,300,000	9
98	2402	Thursday 13th August	Karin Young	Oliver Horsbrugh	10,960,000	8
99	2403	Tuesday 18th August	Paul Coates	Oliver Horsbrugh	10,730,000*	8
100	2404	Wednesday 19th August	Matthew Westwood	John Anderson	9,660,000	11
101	2405	Thursday 20th August	Greg Snow	John Anderson	10,170,000*	9
102	2406	Tuesday 25th August	Pippa McCarthy	John Anderson	11,790,000*	7
103	2407	Wednesday 26th August	Dave Simpson	Stephen Butcher	10,690,000	9
104	2408	Thursday 27th August	Greg Snow	Stephen Butcher	10,180,000	10
105	2409	Tuesday 1st September	Lesley Clare O'Neill	Stephen Butcher	11,190,000*	12
106	2410	Wednesday 2nd September	Matthew Westwood	John Michael Phillips	10,510,000	13
107	2411	Thursday 3rd September	Paul Coates	John Michael Phillips	9,860,000	15
108	2412	Tuesday 8th September	Mark Illis	John Michael Phillips	10,800,000*	14
109	2413	Wednesday 9th September	Pippa McCarthy	John Michael Phillips	10,410,000	18
110	2414	Thursday 10th September	Chris Thompson	Graham Wetherell	10,640,000	16
111	2415	Monday 14th September	Bill Lyons	Graham Wetherell	10,880,000*	12
112	2416	Tuesday 15th September	Tim Dynevor	Graham Wetherell	11,340,000*	11
113	2417	Wednesday 16th September	Dave Simpson	Graham Wetherell	11,790,000	9
114	2418	Thursday 17th September	Bill Lyons	Steve Goldie	10,850,000	13
115	2419	Friday 18th September	Paul Coates	Steve Goldie	9,530,000	17
116	2420	Tuesday 22nd September	Mark Illis	Steve Goldie	10,240,000	14
117	2421	Wednesday 23rd September	Tim Dynevor	Oliver Horsbrugh	11,050,000	10
118	2422	Thursday 24th September	Matthew Westwood	Oliver Horsbrugh	10,990,000	11
119	2423	Tuesday 29th September	Pippa McCarthy	Oliver Horsbrugh	11,110,000*	11
120	2424	Wednesday 30th September	Greg Snow	John Darnell	11,660,000	10
121	2425	Thursday 1st October	Annie Bruce	John Darnell	10,830,000	15
122	2426	Tuesday 6th October	Marvin Close	John Darnell	11,490,000*	9
123	2427	Wednesday 7th October	Dave Simpson	John Darnell	11,440,000	10
124	2428	Thursday 8th October	Marvin Close	Laurence Moody	11,430,000	11
125	2429	Tuesday 13th October	Karin Young	Laurence Moody	11,940,000*	10
126	2430	Wednesday 14th October	Greg Snow	Laurence Moody	10,430,000	13
127	2431	Thursday 15th October	Lesley O'Neill	Laurence Moody	11,310,000	11
128	2432	Tuesday 20th October	Pippa McCarthy	John Anderson	13,910,000*	8
129	2433	Wednesday 21st October	Chris Thompson	John Anderson	12,340,000	12
130	2434	Thursday 22nd October	Bill Lyons	John Anderson	11,610,000	13
131	2435	Tuesday 27th October	Martin Jameson	John Anderson	13,140,000*	9
132	2436	Wednesday 28th October	Paul Coates	John Michael Phillips	11,870,000	12
133	2437	Thursday 29th October	Lesley Clare O'Neill	John Michael Phillips	12,050,000	10
134	2438	Tuesday 3rd November	Dave Simpson	John Michael Phillips	13,200,000*	9
135	2439	Wednesday 4th November	Annie Bruce	John Michael Phillips	11,700,000	11
136	2440	Thursday 5th November	Martin Jameson	Steve Goldie	10,700,000	15
137	2441	Tuesday 10th November	Tim Dynevor	Steve Goldie	12,340,000*	12
138	2442	Wednesday 11th November	Tim Dynevor	Steve Goldie	12,450,000	10
139	2443	Thursday 12th November	Matthew Westwood	Diana Patrick	12,020,000	14
140	2444	Tuesday 17th November	Karin Young	Diana Patrick	13,000,000*	9
141	2445	Wednesday 18th November	Karin Young	Diana Patrick	12,130,000	12
142	2446	Thursday 19th November	Paul Coates	Paul Walker	11,950,000	14
143	2447	Tuesday 24th November	Annie Bruce	Paul Walker	13,240,000*	10
144	2448	Wednesday 25th November	Tim Dynevor	Paul Walker	12,010,000	13
145	2449	Thursday 26th November	Lesley Clare O'Neill	Paul Walker	12,130,000	12
146	2450	Tuesday 1st December	Matthew Westwood	Oliver Horsbrugh	12,920,000*	11
147	2451	Wednesday 2nd December	Greg Snow	Oliver Horsbrugh	11,860,000	14
148	2452	Thursday 3rd December	Pippa McCarthy	Oliver Horsbrugh	11,910,000	13
149	2453	Tuesday 8th December	Bill Lyons	Oliver Horsbrugh	12,610,000*	10
150	2454	Wednesday 9th December	Martin Jameson	Noreen Kershaw	11,380,000	13
151	2455	Thursday 10th December	Lesley Clare O'Neill	Noreen Kershaw	11,300,000	14
152	2456	Tuesday 15th December	Matthew Westwood	Noreen Kershaw	11,850,000*	9
153	2457	Wednesday 16th December	Marvin Close	Noreen Kershaw	11,090,000	14
154	2458	Thursday 17th December	Annie Bruce	Graham Wetherell	11,500,000	11
155	2459	Monday 21st December	Chris Thompson	Graham Wetherell	10,810,000*	22
156	2460	Tuesday 22nd December	Karin Young	Graham Wetherell	12,200,000*	13
157	2461	Wednesday 23rd December	Pippa McCarthy	Graham Wetherell	11,470,000	17
158	2462	Thursday 24th December	Mark Illis	Diana Patrick	11,450,000	18
159	2463	Friday 25th December	Tim Dynevor	Diana Patrick	11,100,000*	21
160	2464	Tuesday 29th December	Karin Young	Diana Patrick	13,480,000*	10
161	2465	Wednesday 30th December	Marvin Close	John Anderson	12,190,000	13
162	2466	Thursday 31st December	Annie Bruce	John Anderson	9,630,000	21

Main Cast

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Kathy Glover	Malandra Burrows	Full year	136	1186	10
2	Mandy Dingle	Lisa Riley	Full year	132	346	4
3	Alan Turner	Richard Thorp	Full year	130	1540	2
4	Marlon Dingle	Mark Charnock	Full year	127	280	1
5	Kim Tate/Marchant	Claire King	Full year	126	798	25
6	Zak Dingle	Steve Halliwell	Full year	124	412	6
7	Christopher Tate	Peter Amory	Full year	123	781	9
8	Eric Pollard	Christopher Chittell	Full year	120	867	13
9	Betty Eagleton	Paula Tilbrook	Full year	119	451	5
9	Zoe Tate	Leah Bracknell	Full year	119	608	17
11	Biff Fowler	Stuart Wade	Full year	118	479	5
12	Lisa Clegg/Dingle	Jane Cox	Full year	117	240	12
13	Butch Dingle	Paul Loughran	Full year	114	398	12
14	Paddy Kirk	Dominic Brunt	Full year	111	157	38
14	Terry Woods	Billy Hartman	Full year	111	425	3
16	Kelly Windsor	Adele Silva	Full year	108	314	27
16	Steve Marchant	Paul Opacic	Full year, except December	108	263	10
18	Roy Glover	Nicky Evans	Full year	102	327	13
19	Viv Windsor	Deena Payne	Full year	97	478	20
20	Ned Glover	Johnny Leeze	Full year	91	406	18
21	Rachel Hughes	Glenda McKay	Full year	88	794	19
22	Vic Windsor	Alun Lewis	Until December	87	453	23
23	Will Cairns	Paul Fox	Full year, except October	85	154	32
24	Jack Sugden	Clive Hornby	Full year	83	1627	8
25	Sarah Sugden	Alyson Spiro	Full year	81	773	16
26	Lyn Hutchinson	Sally Walsh	Full year, except October	73	102	44
27	Tara Thornfield	Anna Brecon	Until September	71	106	41
28	Andy Hopwood	Kelvin Fletcher	Full year, except April	58	154	29
28	Laura Johnstone	Louise Beattie	From July	58	58	N/A
30	Robert Sugden	Christopher Smith	Full year, except April	57	483	33
31	Seth Armstrong	Stan Richards	Until July and from November	56	1501	34
32	Heather Hutchinson	Siobhan Finneran	February to August	54	54	N/A
33	Donna Windsor	Verity Rushworth	From February	52	175	40
34	Scott Windsor	Ben Freeman	April, from August	49	200	N/A
35	Emma Cairns	Rebecca Loudonsack	Until August	47	117	31
36	James Tate	Bradley White	Full year except February	47	144	39
37	Ashley Thomas	John Middleton	January, May to July, from September	44	56	50
38	Kirsty Hutchinson	Anne-Marie Jowett	February to March, May to August	43	44	53
39	Tricia Stokes	Sheree Murphy	From September	42	42	N/A
40	Rebecca Cairns	Sarah Neville	Until April	37	125	26
41	Sam Dingle	James Hooton	Until April	37	187	48
42	Graham Clark	Kevin Pallister	From August	36	36	N/A
43	Anthony Cairns	Edward Peel	Until April	32	116	28
44	Dee Pollard	Claudia Malkovich	Until April	29	108	29
45	Alice Bates	Rachel Tolboys	Until August, from December	24	286	43
46	Jan Glover	Roberta Kerr	Until May	23	318	20
47	Victoria Sugden	Hannah Midgley	January, March, May, from August	20	127	43
48	Joseph Tate	Oliver Young	February to March, May, July to October and December	16	100	49
49	Billy Hopwood	David Crellin	December only	9	42	42
50	Stella Jones	Stephanie Schonfield	From December	5	5	N/A
51	Belle Dingle	Emily Mather	From December	4	4	N/A
51	Bernice Blackstock	Samantha Giles	November to December	4	4	N/A

Storylines

to be added

Who lives where

Main Street

• The Woolpack - Alan Turner. Terry Woods (until October and November to December). Heather, Lyn and Kirsty Hutchinson (June to August). Tricia Dingle (from September).

• Pear Tree Cottage - Steve Marchant. Kim Marchant and James Tate (from May).

• Mill Cottage - Rachel Hughes and Joseph Tate. Zak and Butch Dingle (October to November).

• Connelton View - Graham Clark (from September).

• Victoria Cottage - Kathy Glover and Alice Bates. Marlon Dingle (until January).

• Keepers Cottage - Seth Armstrong and Betty Eagleton. Patrick Kirk (until February). Biff Fowler (January only). Lisa and Mandy Dingle (October to November). Bernice Blackstock (November to December). Terry Woods (from December).

• Mill Brook Cottage - Laura Johnstone (from October).

• Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Viv and Donna Windsor. Vic Windsor (until December). Kelly Windsor (until February, March to June, and from July). Scott Windsor (from August). Terry Woods (October to November).

Church Lane

• Tenant House - Biff Fowler and Marlon Dingle (from January). Will Cairns (from April). Jed Outhwaite (March to April). Roy Glover (from September).

• The Flat, The Old School House - Eric Pollard. Dee Pollard (until April).

Hotten Road

• Smithy Cottage - Zoe Tate. Kelly Windsor (June to July). Patrick Kirk (from September).

Robblesfield Way

• Wishing Well Cottage - Zak, Lisa, Butch, and Mandy Dingle (all until October and from November). Sam Dingle (until April). Patrick Kirk (February to September). Belle Dingle (from December).

• Holdgate Farm - Ned and Roy Glover (both until September).

Connelton Lane

• Home Farm - Christopher Tate. Kim and James Tate. (until May). Steve Marchant (May only). Laura Johnstone (July to October).

• Nursery Flat, Home Farm - Kelly Windsor (February to March). Zak, Lisa, Butch and Mandy Dingle, and Patrick Kirk (all June only).

Others

• Melby Farm/Emmerdale Farm III - Jack, Sarah, Robert and Victoria Sugden and Andy Hopwood. Emma Cairns (April to August). Ned Glover (from September).

• Woodside Farm - Anthony, Rebecca, Will and Emma Cairns (all until April).

• Caravan - Marlon Dingle (January only).

Awards and Nominations

National Television Awards

• Most Popular Serial Drama: Emmerdale (Nominee)
• Most Popular Newcomer: Anna Brecon (Winner)

The TV Quick Awards

• Best Soap Actress: Claire King (Nominee)
• Best Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
• Best Soap Storyline: Emmerdale (Nominee)
• Best Soap Newcomer: Anna Brecon (Winner)
• Best Soap Actor: Stuart Wade (Nominee)