Emmerdale in 2006

2006 was Emmerdale's 35th year. Production was overseen by Kathleen Beedles.

313 episodes were broadcast during the year. Major storylines included the King’s River Showhome explosion, Nicola Blackstock’s departure after her lies are exposed, Sam Dingle helping his terminally ill wife Alice to die, Steph Stokes receiving her comeuppance, Cain Dingle and Sadie King leaving the village to avoid the police and Tom King being murdered on Christmas Day.

Viewership

The average viewing figure for the year was 7.63 million viewers, which was down 1,000,000 on 2005. The most-watched episode of the year was Episode 4308 (13th March 2006), with 9.86 million viewers, while the least-watched episode was Episode 4402 (5th July 2006), with 3.38 million viewers. 22 episodes ranked within the weekly top 10 for all UK TV, which was 33 less than the year before.

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Part	Writer	Director	Viewing Figures	Chart Position
1	4247	Sunday 1st January		Bill Taylor	Oliver Horsbrugh	8,580,000	15
2	4248	Monday 2nd January		Sue Mooney	Mickey Jones	9,630,000	10
3	4249	Tuesday 3rd January		Philip Meeks	Mickey Jones	9,400,000	12
4	4250	Wednesday 4th January		Stephen Bennett	Mickey Jones	9,230,000	13
5	4251	Thursday 5th January		Stephen Bennett	Mickey Jones	9,560,000	11
6	4252	Friday 6th January		Peter Kerry	Piotr Szkopiak	8,920,000	15
7	4253	Sunday 8th January		Lisa Holdsworth	Piotr Szkopiak	8,270,000	18
8	4254	Monday 9th January		Sarah Bagshaw	Piotr Szkopiak	9,700,000	11
9	4255	Tuesday 10th January		Sarah Bagshaw	Piotr Szkopiak	8,980,000	13
10	4256	Wednesday 11th January		John Chambers	Mike Adams	8,740,000	14
11	4257	Thursday 12th January		John Chambers	Mike Adams	8,720,000	15
12	4258	Friday 13th January		Lindsay Williams	Mike Adams	8,630,000	16
13	4259	Sunday 15th January		Andrew Kirk	Mike Adams	7,570,000	20
14	4260	Monday 16th January		Margaret Simpson	Tessa Hoffe	9,590,000	11
15	4261	Tuesday 17th January		John Kerr	Tessa Hoffe	9,090,000	12
16	4262	Wednesday 18th January		Bill Taylor	Tessa Hoffe	8,840,000	14
17	4263	Thursday 19th January		Bill Taylor	Tessa Hoffe	8,720,000	15
18	4264	Friday 20th January		Caroline Mitchell	Tim Dowd	8,680,000	16
19	4265	Sunday 22nd January		Caroline Mitchell	Tim Dowd	8,040,000	19
20	4266	Monday 23rd January		Paul Roundell	Tim Dowd	9,150,000	12
21	4267	Tuesday 24th January		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Tim Dowd	8,900,000	14
22	4268	Wednesday 25th January		Steve Hughes	Tim O'Mara	8,850,000	15
23	4269	Thursday 26th January		Mark Illis	Tim O'Mara	8,920,000	13
24	4270	Friday 27th January		Bill Lyons	Tim O'Mara	8,680,000	16
25	4271	Sunday 29th January		Bill Lyons	Tim O'Mara	7,950,000	18
26	4272	Monday 30th January		John Kerr	Alan Wareing	9,170,000	13
27	4273	Tuesday 31st January		Steve Hughes	Alan Wareing	8,900,000	14
28	4274	Wednesday 1st February		Chris Thompson	Alan Wareing	8,790,000	15
29	4275	Thursday 2nd February		Chris Thompson	Alan Wareing	9,270,000	12
30	4276	Friday 3rd February		Sue Mooney	Mark McKillop	8,460,000	17
31	4277	Sunday 5th February		Julie Parsons	Mark McKillop	8,260,000	18
32	4278	Monday 6th February		Karin Young	Mark McKillop	9,300,000	12
33	4279	Tuesday 7th February		Karin Young	Mark McKillop	8,620,000	14
34	4280	Wednesday 8th February		John Chambers	Brian Morgan	8,610,000	15
35	4281	Thursday 9th February		John Chambers	Brian Morgan	8,930,000	13
36	4282	Friday 10th February		Philip Meeks	Brian Morgan	8,060,000	17
37	4283	Monday 13th February		Peter Kerry	Brian Morgan	9,170,000	10
38	4284	Tuesday 14th February		Mark Illis	Henry Foster	8,770,000	16
39	4285	Wednesday 15th February		Bill Taylor	Henry Foster	9,090,000	11
40/ 41	4286/ 4287	Thursday 16th February		Sarah Bagshaw	Henry Foster	9,030,000	12
42	4288	Friday 17th February		Lindsay Williams	Piotr Szkopiak	8,830,000	15
43	4289	Sunday 19th February		Lindsay Williams	Piotr Szkopiak	7,690,000	19
44	4290	Monday 20th February		Stephen Bennett	Piotr Szkopiak	9,480,000	11
45	4291	Tuesday 21st February		Stephen Bennett	Piotr Szkopiak	8,810,000	15
46	4292	Wednesday 22nd February		Bill Lyons	Mike Adams	9,040,000	13
47	4293	Thursday 23rd February		Bill Lyons	Mike Adams	8,740,000	16
48	4294	Friday 24th February		Andrew Kirk	Mike Adams	8,420,000	18
49	4295	Sunday 26th February		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Mike Adams	7,760,000	20
50	4296	Monday 27th February		Mark Illis	Tim O'Mara	9,440,000	12
51	4297	Tuesday 28th February		Mark Illis	Tim O'Mara	9,170,000	17
52	4298	Wednesday 1st March		Chris Thompson	Tim O'Mara	9,230,000	15
53	4299	Thursday 2nd March		Margaret Simpson	Tim O'Mara	9,190,000	16
54	4300	Friday 3rd March		Tim Dynveor	Tim Dowd	8,660,000	19
55	4301	Sunday 5th March		Tim Dynveor	Tim Dowd	8,380,000	21
56	4302	Monday 6th March		Lisa Holdsworth	Tim Dowd	9,260,000	11
57	4303	Tuesday 7th March		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Tim Dowd	9,120,000	13
58	4304	Wednesday 8th March		Peter Kerry	Mickey Jones	9,150,000	12
59	4305	Thursday 9th March		Bill Taylor	Mickey Jones	9,320,000	10
60	4306	Friday 10th March		Lindsay Williams	Mickey Jones	8,880,000	14
61	4307	Sunday 12th March		Karin Young	Mickey Jones	8,640,000	16
62	4308	Monday 13th March		Andrew Kirk	Diana Patrick	9,860,000	10
63	4309	Tuesday 14th March		Sarah Bagshaw	Diana Patrick	9,210,000	12
64	4310	Wednesday 15th March		Philip Meeks	Diana Patrick	9,130,000	13
65	4311	Thursday 16th March		Philip Meeks	Diana Patrick	9,320,000	11
66	4312	Friday 17th March		Julie Parsons	Mark McKillop	8,830,000	15
67	4313	Sunday 19th March		Paul Roundell	Mark McKillop	7,730,000	18
68	4314	Monday 20th March		Stephen Bennett	Mark McKillop	9,360,000	9
69	4315	Tuesday 21st March		Stephen Bennett	Mark McKillop	8,910,000	12
70	4316	Wednesday 22nd March		Chris Thompson	Alan Wareing	8,820,000	13
71	4317	Thursday 23rd March		Caroline Mitchell	Alan Wareing	8,710,000	15
72	4318	Friday 24th March		Caroline Mitchell	Alan Wareing	8,790,000	14
73	4319	Sunday 26th March		Bill Lyons	Alan Wareing	7,850,000	17
74	4320	Monday 27th March		Bill Taylor	Henry Foster	8,340,000	15
75	4321	Tuesday 28th March		Bill Taylor	Henry Foster	8,740,000	13
76	4322	Wednesday 29th March		Caroline Mitchell	Henry Foster	8,380,000	14
77	4323	Thursday 30th March		Tim Dynevor	Henry Foster	8,860,000	12
78	4324	Friday 31st March		John Chambers	John Anderson	8,050,000	16
79	4325	Sunday 2nd April		John Chambers	John Anderson	7,680,000	18
80	4326	Monday 3rd April		Lesley Clare O'Neill	John Anderson	9,020,000	10
81	4327	Tuesday 4th April		Philip Meeks	John Anderson	8,480,000	14
82	4328	Wednesday 5th April		Steve Hughes	Oliver Horsbrugh	8,070,000	16
83	4329	Thursday 6th April		Stephen Bennett	Oliver Horsbrugh	8,490,000	13
84	4330	Friday 7th April		Stephen Bennett	Oliver Horsbrugh	8,080,000	15
85	4331	Sunday 9th April		Margaret Simpson	Oliver Horsbrugh	7,290,000	19
86	4332	Monday 10th April		Paul Roundell	Tracey Rooney	8,120,000	14
87	4333	Tuesday 11th April		Mark Illis	Tracey Rooney	8,370,000	11
88	4334	Wednesday 12th April		Bill Lyons	Tracey Rooney	8,250,000	13
89	4335	Thursday 13th April		Bill Lyons	Tracey Rooney	7,610,000	16
90	4336	Friday 14th April		Peter Kerry	Tim O'Mara	7,440,000	17
91	4337	Sunday 16th April		Paul Roundell	Tim O'Mara	6,190,000	25
92	4338	Monday 17th April		Chris Thompson	Tim O'Mara	8,020,000	13
93	4339	Tuesday 18th April		Chris Thompson	Tim O'Mara	8,190,000	12
94	4340	Wednesday 19th April		Sue Mooney	Dominic Macdonald	7,890,000	15
95	4341	Thursday 20th April		Lindsay Williams	Dominic Macdonald	7,890,000	14
96	4342	Friday 21st April		Sarah Bagshaw	Dominic Macdonald	7,290,000	18
97	4343	Sunday 23rd April		Sarah Bagshaw	Dominic Macdonald	6,740,000	19
98	4344	Monday 24th April		Bill Lyons	Alan Wareing	8,820,000	10
99	4345	Tuesday 25th April		Julie Parsons	Alan Wareing	7,660,000	15
100	4346	Wednesday 26th April		Bill Taylor	Alan Wareing	7,540,000	16
101	4347	Thursday 27th April		Bill Taylor	Jason Beresford	7,270,000	18
102	4348	Friday 28th April		Stephen Bennett	Carol Wiseman	7,300,000	17
103	4349	Sunday 30th April		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Carol Wiseman	7,730,000	13
104	4350	Monday 1st May		Caroline Mitchell	Carol Wiseman	7,860,000	14
105	4351	Tuesday 2nd May		Karin Young	Carol Wiseman	8,210,000	12
106	4352	Wednesday 3rd May		John Chambers	Diana Patrick	7,050,000	18
107	4353	Thursday 4th May		John Chambers	Diana Patrick	7,270,000	15
108	4354	Friday 5th May		Lindsay Williams	Diana Patrick	6,730,000	12
109	4355	Sunday 7th May		Philip Meeks	Diana Patrick	7,120,000	16
110	4356	Monday 8th May		Mark Illis	Henry Foster	7,470,000	13
111	4357	Tuesday 9th May		Sarah Bagshaw	Henry Foster	6,920,000	16
112	4358	Wednesday 10th May		Sarah Bagshaw	Henry Foster	6,600,000	18
113	4359	Thursday 11th May		Sue Mooney	Henry Foster	6,540,000	19
114	4360	Friday 12th May		Tim Dynevor	John Anderson	6,750,000	17
115	4361	Sunday 14th May		Steve Hughes	John Anderson	7,350,000	14
116	4362	Monday 15th May		Chris Thompson	John Anderson	8,200,000	13
117	4363	Tuesday 16th May		Chris Thompson	John Anderson	7,400,000	16
118	4364	Thursday 18th May	1	Peter Kerry	Adrian Bean	7,160,000	19
119	4365	Thursday 18th May	2	Peter Kerry	Adrian Bean	7,310,000	18
120	4366	Friday 19th May		Julie Parsons	Adrian Bean	7,370,000	17
121	4367	Sunday 21st May		Paul Roundell	Adrian Bean	6,920,000	21
122	4368	Monday 22nd May		Bill Lyons	Tracey Rooney	8,400,000	10
123	4369	Tuesday 23rd May		Bill Lyons	Tracey Rooney	7,600,000	14
124	4370	Wednesday 24th May		Tim Dynevor	Tracey Rooney	7,600,000	13
125	4371	Thursday 25th May		Julie Parsons	Tracey Rooney	6,920,000	17
126	4372	Friday 26th May		Paul Roundell	Duncan Foster	6,980,000	16
127	4373	Sunday 28th May		Paul Roundell	Duncan Foster	6,040,000	23
128	4374	Monday 29th May		Chris Thompson	Duncan Foster	7,320,000	14
129	4375	Tuesday 30th May		Chris Thompson	Duncan Foster	7,330,000	13
130	4376	Wednesday 31st May		Sarah Bagshaw	David Kester	6,580,000	17
131	4377	Thursday 1st June		Sarah Bagshaw	David Kester	7,210,000	15
132	4378	Friday 2nd June		Lesley Clare O'Neill	David Kester	6,080,000	20
133	4379	Sunday 4th June		Philip Meeks	David Kester	6,020,000	22
134	4380	Monday 5th June		Mark Illis	Lee Salisbury	6,830,000	12
135	4381	Tuesday 6th June		Karin Young	Piotr Szkopiak	6,320,000	16
136	4382	Wednesday 7th June		Karin Young	Piotr Szkopiak	6,140,000	18
137	4383	Thursday 8th June		Steve Hughes	Piotr Szkopiak	6,200,000	17
138	4384	Friday 9th June		Bill Taylor	Mickey Jones	3,810,000	53
139	4385	Sunday 11th June		Peter Kerry	Mickey Jones	4,760,000	34
140	4386	Monday 12th June		Peter Kerry	Mickey Jones	4,950,000	36
141	4387	Tuesday 13th June		Lindsay Williams	Mickey Jones	5,140,000	30
142	4388	Wednesday 14th June		John Chambers	Judith Dine	4,840,000	39
143	4389	Thursday 15th June		John Chambers	Judith Dine	4,370,000	48
144	4390	Friday 16th June		Caroline Mitchell	Judith Dine	3,830,000	61
145	4391	Monday 19th June		Caroline Mitchell	Judith Dine	5,070,000	31
146	4392	Tuesday 20th June		Philip Meeks	Alan Wareing	4,880,000	36
147	4393	Wednesday 21st June		Philip Meeks	Alan Wareing	4,680,000	41
148	4394	Thursday 22nd June		Steve Hughes	Alan Wareing	4,770,000	40
149	4395	Friday 23rd June		Steve Hughes	Alan Wareing	3,850,000	N/A
150	4396	Monday 26th June		Paul Roundell	John Anderson	4,690,000	36
151	4397	Tuesday 27th June		Paul Roundell	John Anderson	4,950,000	31
152	4398	Wednesday 28th June		Mark Illis	John Anderson	4,070,000	50
153	4399	Thursday 29th June		Mark Illis	John Anderson	4,440,000	42
154	4400	Friday 30th June		Sarah Bagshaw	Adrian Bean	3,550,000	N/A
155	4401	Monday 3rd July		Sarah Bagshaw	Adrian Bean	4,980,000	23
156	4402	Wednesday 5th July	1	Lindsay Williams	Adrian Bean	3,380,000	N/A
157	4403	Wednesday 5th July	2	Samantha Doland De Vaux	Adrian Bean	4,390,000	34
158	4404	Thursday 6th July		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Tracey Rooney	4,550,000	32
159	4405	Friday 7th July		Bill Lyons	Tracey Rooney	3,820,000	51
169/ 161	4406/ 4407	Tuesday 11th July		Bill Lyons Julie Parsons	Tracey Rooney	5,900,000	15
162	4408	Wednesday 12th July		Tim Dynevor	Duncan Foster	6,080,000	12
163/ 164	4409/ 4410	Thursday 13th July		John Chambers	Duncan Foster	6,900,000	6
165	4411	Friday 14th July		Karin Young	Duncan Foster	6,700,000	7
166	4412	Sunday 16th July		Peter Kerry	Haldane Duncan	5,980,000	14
167	4413	Monday 17th July		Chris Thompson	Haldane Duncan	7,100,000	8
168	4414	Tuesday 18th July		Chris Thompson	Haldane Duncan	6,730,000	13
169	4415	Wednesday 19th July		Sue Mooney	Haldane Duncan	6,760,000	12
170	4416	Thursday 20th July		Bill Lyons	Judith Dine	6,440,000	14
171	4417	Friday 21st July		Bill Lyons	Judith Dine	6,310,000	15
172	4418	Sunday 23rd July		Peter Kerry	Judith Dine	5,810,000	19
173	4419	Monday 24th July		Steve Hughes	Judith Dine	6,700,000	13
174	4420	Tuesday 25th July		Tim Dynevor	Mickey Jones	6,190,000	17
175	4421	Wednesday 26th July		Tim Dynevor	Mickey Jones	6,110,000	18
176	4422	Thursday 27th July		Julie Parsons	Mickey Jones	6,480,000	15
177	4423	Friday 28th July		Julie Parsons	Mickey Jones	6,220,000	16
178	4424	Sunday 30th July		Mark Illis	Piotr Szkopiak	5,850,000	20
179	4425	Monday 31st July		Lindsay Williams	Piotr Szkopiak	7,570,000	10
180	4426	Tuesday 1st August		Lindsay Williams	Piotr Szkopiak	7,330,000	11
181	4427	Wednesday 2nd August		Philip Meeks	Piotr Szkopiak	7,150,000	12
182	4428	Thursday 3rd August		Caroline Mitchell	Adrian Bean	6,650,000	15
183	4429	Friday 4th August		Caroline Mitchell	Adrian Bean	6,550,000	17
184	4430	Sunday 6th August		Paul Roundell	Adrian Bean	6,640,000	16
185	4431	Monday 7th August		Paul Roundell	Adrian Bean	7,430,000	12
186	4432	Tuesday 8th August		Andrew Kirk	Adrian Bean	6,960,000	17
187	4433	Wednesday 9th August		Andrew Kirk	Adrian Bean	7,170,000	15
188	4434	Thursday 10th August		John Chambers	Alan Wareing	7,300,000	13
189	4435	Friday 11th August		John Chambers	Alan Wareing	7,500,000	11
190	4436	Sunday 13th August		Ken Blakeson	Alan Wareing	7,550,000	10
191	4437	Monday 14th August		Ken Blakeson	Alan Wareing	7,830,000	10
192	4438	Tuesday 15th August		Chris Thompson	Alan Wareing	7,200,000	17
193	4439	Wednesday 16th August		Samantha Doland De Vaux	Alan Wareing	7,270,000	15
194	4440	Thursday 17th August		Sue Mooney	Mark McKillop	7,110,000	20
195	4441	Friday 18th August		Karin Young	Mark McKillop	7,290,000	14
196	4442	Sunday 20th August		Karin Young	Mark McKillop	7,190,000	18
197	4443	Monday 21st August		Sarah Bagshaw	Mark McKillop	8,050,000	10
198	4444	Tuesday 22nd August		Sarah Bagshaw	Mark McKillop	7,180,000	15
199	4445	Wednesday 23rd August		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Mark McKillop	7,430,000	13
200	4446	Thursday 24th August		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Mike Adams	7,430,000	12
201	4447	Friday 25th August		Margaret Simpson	Mike Adams	7,510,000	11
202	4448	Sunday 27th August		Sarah Bagshaw	Mike Adams	5,800,000	21
203	4449	Tuesday 29th August		Sarah Bagshaw	Mike Adams	7,510,000	11
204	4450	Wednesday 30th August		Peter Kerry	Brian Morgan	7,730,000	10
205/ 206	4451/ 4452	Thursday 31st August		Samantha Doland De Vaux	Brian Morgan	6,820,000	15
207	4453	Friday 1st September		Tim Dynevor	Brian Morgan	6,970,000	13
208	4454	Sunday 3rd September		Mark Illis	Haldane Duncan	6,940,000	14
209	4455	Monday 4th September		Julie Parsons	Haldane Duncan	8,220,000	9
210	4456	Tuesday 5th September		Julie Parsons	Haldane Duncan	7,450,000	12
211	4457	Wednesday 6th September		Sue Mooney	Haldane Duncan	7,170,000	14
212	4458	Thursday 7th September		Ken Blakeson	Neil Alderton	7,290,000	13
213	4459	Friday 8th September		Ken Blakeson	Neil Alderton	6,790,000	15
214	4460	Sunday 10th September		Bill Lyons	Neil Alderton	6,420,000	21
215	4461	Monday 11th September		Bill Lyons	Neil Alderton	7,750,000	11
216	4462	Tuesday 12th September		Philip Meeks	Mickey Jones	6,940,000	20
217	4463	Wednesday 13th September		Philip Meeks	Mickey Jones	7,360,000	14
218	4464	Thursday 14th September		Paul Roundell	Mickey Jones	7,340,000	15
219	4465	Friday 15th September		Paul Roundell	Mickey Jones	6,980,000	19
220	4466	Sunday 17th September		Karin Young	Piotr Szkopiak	7,010,000	18
221	4467	Monday 18th September		Karin Young	Piotr Szkopiak	8,300,000	11
222	4468	Tuesday 19th September		John Chambers	Piotr Szkopiak	7,800,000	13
223	4469	Wednesday 20th September		Caroline Mitchell	Piotr Szkopiak	7,420,000	14
224/ 225	4470/ 4471	Thursday 21st September		Karin Young	Mark McKillop	8,570,000	10
226	4472	Friday 22nd September		Chris Thompson	Mark McKillop	8,120,000	12
227	4473	Sunday 24th September		Andrew Kirk	Mark McKillop	7,170,000	16
228	4474	Monday 25th September		Sarah Bagshaw	Tom Poole	8,060,000	12
229	4475	Tuesday 26th September		Sarah Bagshaw	Tom Poole	7,670,000	14
230	4476	Wednesday 27th September		Margaret Simpson	Tom Poole	7,720,000	13
231	4477	Thursday 28th September		Bill Taylor	Tom Poole	7,110,000	17
232	4478	Friday 29th September		Paul Roundell	Heenan Bhatti	7,360,000	16
233	4479	Sunday 1st October		Paul Roundell	Heenan Bhatti	7,090,000	18
234	4480	Monday 2nd October		Bill Lyons	Heenan Bhatti	8,350,000	12
235/ 236	4481/ 4482	Tuesday 3rd October		Bill Lyons Philip Meeks	Heenan Bhatti Carol Wiseman	7,550,000	17
237	4483	Wednesday 4th October		Sue Mooney	Carol Wiseman	8,000,000	13
238	4484	Thursday 5th October		Peter Kerry	Carol Wiseman	7,960,000	14
239	4485	Friday 6th October		Peter Kerry	Carol Wiseman	7,780,000	15
240	4486	Monday 9th October		John Chambers	Graham Moore	8,500,000	9
241/ 242	4487/ 4488	Tuesday 10th October		John Chambers	Graham Moore	7,270,000	18
243	4489	Wednesday 11th October		Ken Blakeson	Graham Moore	7,200,000	19
244	4490	Thursday 12th October		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Haldane Duncan	7,900,000	13
245	4491	Friday 13th October		Steve Hughes	Haldane Duncan	8,200,000	10
246	4492	Sunday 15th October		Lindsay Williams	Dominic Leclerc	6,500,000	26
247	4493	Monday 16th October		Lindsay Williams	Haldane Duncan	8,470,000	11
248	4494	Tuesday 17th October		Paul Roundell	Sean Crotty	8,050,000	14
249	4495	Wednesday 18th October		Sue Mooney	Sean Crotty	8,490,000	10
250	4496	Thursday 19th October		Bill Taylor	Sean Crotty	7,930,000	15
251	4497	Friday 20th October		Bill Taylor	Sean Crotty	7,830,000	17
252/ 253	4498/ 4499	Tuesday 24th October		Peter Kerry John Chambers	Mike Adams	7,770,000	16
254	4500	Wednesday 25th October		John Chambers	Mike Adams	8,840,000	8
255	4501	Thursday 26th October		Julie Parsons	Mike Adams	7,810,000	15
256	4502	Friday 27th October		Sarah Bagshaw	Neil Alderton	8,060,000	13
257	4503	Sunday 29th October		Sarah Bagshaw	Neil Alderton	7,360,000	19
258	4504	Monday 30th October		Paul Roundell	Neil Alderton	8,770,000	11
259	4505	Tuesday 31st October		Tim Dynevor	Neil Alderton	8,070,000	16
260	4506	Wednesday 1st November		Margaret Simpson	Mickey Jones	8,700,000	12
261	4507	Thursday 2nd November		Samantha Doland De Vaux	Mickey Jones	8,270,000	15
262	4508	Friday 3rd November		Caroline Mitchell	Mickey Jones	8,020,000	17
263	4509	Sunday 5th November		Caroline Mitchell	Mickey Jones	6,990,000	22
264	4510	Monday 6th November		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Brian Morgan	8,870,000	13
265	4511	Tuesday 7th November		Steve Hughes	Brian Morgan	8,580,000	14
266	4512	Wednesday 8th November		Steve Hughes	Brian Morgan	8,420,000	15
267	4513	Thursday 9th November		Paul Roundell	Brian Morgan	8,000,000	19
268	4514	Friday 10th November		Philip Meeks	Mark McKillop	8,320,000	16
269	4515	Sunday 12th November		Chris Thomson	Mark McKillop	8,180,000	18
270	4516	Monday 13th November		Chris Thomson	Mark McKillop	8,710,000	14
271	4517	Tuesday 14th November		Bill Lyons	Mark McKillop	8,420,000	15
272	4518	Wednesday 15th November		Julie Parsons	Tom Poole	7,390,000	26
273	4519	Thursday 16th November		Julie Parsons	Tom Poole	8,350,000	16
274	4520	Friday 17th November		Bill Taylor	Tom Poole	7,230,000	29
275	4521	Sunday 19th November		Bill Taylor	Tom Poole	7,460,000	25
276	4522	Monday 20th November		Lindsay Williams	Tom Poole	9,170,000	12
277	4523	Tuesday 21st November		Sue Mooney	Tom Poole	8,420,000	16
278	4524	Wednesday 22nd November		Steve Hughes	Graham Moore	8,290,000	18
279	4525	Thursday 23rd November		John Chambers	Graham Moore	8,270,000	19
280	4526	Friday 24th November		John Chambers	Graham Moore	8,330,000	17
281	4527	Sunday 26th November		Margaret Simpson	Graham Moore	7,110,000	28
282	4528	Monday 27th November		Paul Roundell	Graham Moore	9,010,000	12
283/ 284	4529/ 4530	Tuesday 28th November		Paul Roundell Sarah Bagshaw	Graham Moore Adrian Bean	7,980,000	21
285	4531	Wednesday 29th November		Sarah Bagshaw	Adrian Bean	8,250,000	16
286	4532	Thursday 30th November		Samantha Doland De Vaux	Adrian Bean	8,190,000	18
287	4533	Friday 1st December		Samantha Doland De Vaux	Adrian Bean	8,060,000	19
288	4534	Sunday 3rd December		Bill Lyons	Adrian Bean	7,200,000	27
289	4535	Monday 4th December		Bill Lyons	Adrian Bean	8,260,000	15
290	4536	Tuesday 5th December		Peter Kerry	Lee Salisbury	8,250,000	17
291	4537	Wednesday 6th December		Mark Illis	Lee Salisbury	8,300,000	14
292	4538	Thursday 7th December		Caroline Mitchell	Lee Salisbury	8,150,000	19
293	4539	Friday 8th December		Caroline Mitchell	Lee Salisbury	7,860,000	20
294	4540	Sunday 10th December		Philip Meeks	Mike Adams	7,470,000	21
295	4541	Monday 11th December		Philip Meeks	Mike Adams	8,850,000	11
296	4542	Tuesday 12th December		Tim Dynevor	Mike Adams	8,020,000	17
297	4543	Wednesday 13th December		Tim Dynevor	Mike Adams	8,160,000	14
298	4544	Thursday 14th December		Chris Thompson	Neil Alderton	7,630,000	21
299	4545	Friday 15th December		Chris Thompson	Neil Alderton	7,810,000	20
300	4546	Sunday 17th December		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Neil Alderton	7,030,000	23
301	4547	Monday 18th December		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Neil Alderton	8,540,000	11
302	4548	Tuesday 19th December		Lesley Clare O'Neill	Jason Beresford	8,360,000	13
303	4549	Wednesday 20th December		Sue Mooney	Jason Beresford	8,220,000	15
304	4550	Thursday 21st December		Sue Mooney	Jason Beresford	8,080,000	16
305	4551	Friday 22nd December		Steve Hughes	Jason Beresford	7,520,000	21
306	4552	Sunday 24th December		Tim Dynevor	Mickey Jones	7,120,000	23
307/ 308	4553/ 4554	Monday 25th December		Sarah Bagshaw	Mickey Jones	7,690,000	20
309	4555	Tuesday 26th December		Lindsay Williams	Mickey Jones	7,090,000	26
310	4556	Wednesday 27th December		Lindsay Williams	Brian Morgan	8,640,000	15
311	4557	Thursday 28th December		Bill Taylor	Brian Morgan	9,070,000	12
312	4558	Friday 29th December		Mark Illis	Brian Morgan	9,230,000	11
313	4559	Sunday 31st December		Caroline Mitchell	Brian Morgan	7,150,000	24

Main Cast

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Diane Sugden	Elizabeth Estensen	Full year	172	1139	3
2	Viv Windsor/Hope	Deena Payne	Full year	163	1625	4
3	Tom King	Ken Farrington	Until December	155	440	5
4	Bob Hope	Tony Audenshaw	Full year	151	858	8
5	Donna Windsor-Dingle	Verity Rushworth	Full year	149	974	10
6	Val Lambert	Charlie Hardwick	Full year	147	412	14
7	Carl King	Tom Lister	Full year	137	383	18
7	Lisa Dingle	Jane Cox	Full year	137	1221	27
7	Marlon Dingle	Mark Charnock	Full year	137	1389	6
10	Zak Dingle	Steve Halliwell	Full year	132	1290	20
11	Jack Sugden	Clive Hornby	Full year	131	2603	17
12	Andy Sugden	Kelvin Fletcher	Full year	126	1034	24
12	Matthew King	Matt Healy	Full year	126	384	1
14	Chas Dingle	Lucy Pargeter	Full year	125	430	42
15	Edna Birch	Shirley Stelfox	Full year	123	747	29
16	Debbie Dingle	Charley Webb	Full year	120	546	15
17	Louise Appleton	Emily Symons	Full year	119	810	15
17	Sam Dingle	James Hooton	Full year	119	841	47
19	Jimmy King	Nick Miles	Full year, except September	114	412	2
20	Jo Stiles	Roxanne Pallett	Full year	112	144	63
20	Paddy Kirk	Dominic Brunt	Full year	112	1082	11
22	Jasmine Thomas	Jenna-Louise Coleman	Full year	111	151	61
23	Laurel Thomas	Charlotte Bellamy	Full year	111	487	23
23	Paul Lambert	Mathew Bose	Full year	111	287	12
25	Jamie Hope	Alex Carter	From February	110	110	N/A
25	Katie Sugden	Sammy Winward	From February	110	548	64
25	Scott Windsor	Ben Freeman	Full year	110	1045	29
28	Delilah Dingle	Hayley Tamaddon	Full year	109	178	48
29	Kelly Windsor	Adele Silva	Full year	108	709	42
29	Tonicha Daggert	Kerry Stacey	Full year	108	127	68
31	Ashley Thomas	John Middleton	Full year	103	1035	9
32	Shadrach Dingle	Andy Devine	Full year	102	361	29
33	Betty Eagleton	Paula Tilbrook	Full year	100	1235	18
34	Alan Turner	Richard Thorp	Full year, expect December	97	2362	38
34	Eric Pollard	Christopher Chittell	Full year	97	1624	34
34	Terry Woods	Billy Hartman	Full year	97	1335	21
37	Rodney Blackstock	Patrick Mower	Full year	95	722	26
38	Len Reynolds	Peter Martin	Full year	93	585	40
39	Pearl Ladderbanks	Meg Johnson	Full year, except July	92	330	39
40	Stephanie Stokes/Forsythe	Lorraine Chase	Until July, September to November	90	470	36
41	Sandy Thomas	Freddie Jones	Full year	89	111	66
42	Alice Wilson/Dingle	Ursula Holden-Gill	Until August	81	140	57
43	Jean Hope	Susan Penhaligon	February, April to December	80	102	N/A
44	Cain Dingle	Jeff Hordley	February to September	79	767	27
45	Darren Eden	Luke Tittensor	Full year, except January and July	77	288	41
46	TJ Woods	Connor Lee	Full year	75	226	49
47	Belle Dingle	Eden Taylor-Draper	Full year	72	348	53
48	Sadie King/Sinclair	Patsy Kensit	March to September	71	320	13
49	Dawn Woods	Julia Mallam	Until July	69	392	34
50	Rosemary Sinclair/King	Linda Thorson	March to April, from August	68	68	N/A
51	Adam Forsythe	Richard Shelton	Until July, November	64	115	54
51	Hari Prasad	John Nayagam	Full year, except July	64	67	73
53	Simon Meredith	Dale Meeks	Until August	62	238	42
54	Grayson Sinclair	Christopher Villiers	From March	60	60	N/A
55	Perdita Hyde-Sinclair	Georgia Slowe	March to July, from September	59	59	N/A
56	Danny Daggert	Cleveland Campbell	Until January, March to August	58	512	45
56	Samson Dingle	Bradley Milnes	January to September, from December	58	58	N/A
58	Victoria Sugden	Hannah Midgley Isabel Hodgins	Until July, from October	57	506	52
59	Ivan Jones	Daniel Brocklebank	Until August	56	107	54
60	Eli Dingle	Joseph Gilgun	July to August, from October	41	41	N/A
61	Gabrielle Thomas	Annelise Manojlovic	Full year	39	191	59
62	Lesley Meredith	Sherrie Hewson	Until May	37	108	50
63	Kayleigh Gibbs	Lily Jane Stead	Until July, August, October and December	35	53	69
64	Emily Kirk	Kate McGregor	From October	34	912	7
65	Nicola Blackstock	Nicola Wheeler	Until March	32	670	21
66	Martin Crowe	Graeme Hawley	Until June, August	30	72	67
67	Terence Turner	Nick Brimble	January to May	27	82	N/A
68	Sarah Sugden	Amber Child-Cavill	From October	28	86	51
69	David Metcalfe	Matthew Wolfenden	From November	14	14	N/A
70	Aaron Livesy	Danny Webb	February only	6	20	N/A
71	Carly Hope	Rebecca Ryan	February only	4	5	N/A
72	Ethan Blake	Liam O'Brien	October only	3	203	36
72	Latisha Daggert	Danielle Henry	August only	3	180	N/A
72	Lily Butterfield	Anne Charleston	November only	3	3	N/A
75	Eve Jenson	Raine Davison	November only	2	45	N/A
76	Grace Barraclough	Glynis Barber	From December	2	2	N/A
77	Billy Hopwood	David Crellin	November only	1	44	N/A

Storylines

to be added

Who lives where

Main Street

• Mulberry Cottage - Nicola Blackstock and Ivan Jones (both until March). Lesley Meredith (until May). Simon Meredith (until August). Ashley, Laurel, Jasmine and Gabrielle Thomas (all from May). Sandy Thomas (August only). Stephanie Forsythe (September to November).

• The Grange - Steph Stokes (until May). Adam Forsythe (until July). Louise Appleton (from August).

• The Woolpack - Louise Appleton (until August). Martin Crowe and Kayleigh Gibbs (both January to August). Marlon Dingle and Donna Windsor-Dingle (both from September).

• Woodbine Cottage - Edna Birch. Pearl Ladderbanks (August to November).

• Tug Ghyll - Scott Windsor (from March). Debbie Dingle (from October).

• Dale Head - Vacant.

• Mill Cottage - Rodney Blackstock, Paul Lambert and Kelly Windsor (all until September). Grayson Sinclair and Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (both from October).

• Dale View - Val Lambert (until May). Hari Prasad (from May).

• Connelton View - Dawn Woods (until July). TJ Woods. Scott Windsor (until January). Jo Stiles (until April). Jamie Hope (March to July, from August). Jean Hope (April to May, July to December). Terry Woods (from July).

• Victoria Cottage - Carl King and Chas Dingle (both January to March). Hari Prasad (April only). Matthew King (April to July). Sadie King (April to September). Paul Lambert , Emily Kirk and Kelly Windsor (all from November).

• Keepers Cottage - Betty Eagleton. Alan Turner (until January, from February). Terence Turner (January only). Sandy Thomas (from August).

• Mill Brook Cottage - Ashley, Laurel, Jasmine, Gabrielle and Sandy Thomas (all until April). Debbie Dingle (February to April).

• Café Flat - Viv and Bob Hope. Donna Windsor (until March). Scott Windsor (January to March). Kelly Windsor (September to November).

Church Lane

• Farrers Barn - Eric Pollard. Val Lambert (from May). Paul Lambert (September to November). David Metcalfe (from December).

• The Antique Barn - Rodney Blackstock (from September).

• Tenant Cottage - Jack, Diane and Victoria Sugden. Darren Eden (March to June, from August).

• Jacobs Fold - Len Reynolds. Danny Daggert (until August). Pearl Ladderbanks (until June, from November). Tonicha Daggert (from July).

Hotten Road

• Smithy Cottage - Paddy Kirk. Marlon Dingle (until September). Tonicha Daggert (until August and October). Donna Windsor-Dingle (March to September). Emily Kirk (October to November).

• Butlers Farm - Andy Sugden. Darren Eden (until March). Katie Sugden (from March). Jo Stiles (from April). Jamie Hope (August only). Sarah Sugden (from October).

Cricketer's Row

• Tall Trees Cottage - Noreen Bell (until July).

Robblesfield Way

• Wishing Well Cottage - Zak, Lisa, Shadrach, Sam, Delilah and Belle Dingle. Cain and Alice Dingle (both until July). Debbie Dingle (until February, April to June, July to October). Chas Dingle (January only, and from December). Samson Dingle (from February). Eli Dingle (July to August, from October).

• Holdgate Farm - Alan and Terence Turner (January to February). Matthew and Sadie King (March to April).

Connelton Lane

• Home Farm - Tom King (until December). Jimmy King (until July, from October). Matthew King (until March, from July). Carl King (until January, from March). Chas Dingle (March to December). Debbie Dingle (June to July). Rosemary Sinclair (from November).

• Nursery Flat, Home Farm - Terry Woods (until July). Jean Hope (May to July).

Other

• Oakwell Hall - Rosemary Sinclair (until November). Grayson Sinclair and Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (both until October).

• Wylies Farm - Emily Kirk (October only).

• Hotten Bail Hostel - Cain Dingle (August to September).

Who works where

To be added.

Awards and Nominations

National Television Awards

• Most Popular Serial Drama: Emmerdale (Nominee)
• Most Popular Actress: Ursula Holden-Gill (Nominee)
• Most Popular Newcomer: Jenna-Louise Coleman (Nominee)

British Soap Awards

• Best British Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
• Best Comedy Performance: Charlie Hardwick (Winner)
• Best Dramatic Performance: Ursula Holden-Gill (Nominee)
• Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress: Luke Tittensor (Nominee)
• Best Exit: Leah Bracknell (Winner)
• Best Newcomer: Jenna-Louise Coleman (Nominee)
• Best Single Episode: Zoe's Exit (Episode 4159/4160 (22nd September 2005)) (Nominee)
• Soap Bitch of the Year: Nicola Wheeler (Winner) and Patsy Kensit (Nominee)
• Spectacular Scene of the Year: Home Farm explodes (Nominee) and Belle and Daz fall down the mine shaft (Winner)
• Special Achievement Award: Tony Prescott