Emmerdale Farm in 1982

1982 was Emmerdale Farm's 11th year. Storylines included Alan Turner being appointed new manager of NY Estates, Dolly Skilbeck's pregnancy and birth to Samuel Skilbeck and the revelation that Jack Sugden was actually Jackie Merrick's father. 68 episodes were broadcast this year.

Production

The front cover of a special TV Times 10th anniversary souvenir.

The programme returned to air following the strike the previous November with Episode 703 on 12th January. The last episode to be aired before the strike was Episode 696, meaning that six episodes worth of material were never broadcast due to the strike. No explanation was provided onscreen as to what had happened in these episodes and viewers were left having to fill in the blanks for themselves. One such incident to have occurred but not broadcast was Jack Sugden's proposal to Pat Merrick.

Anne W. Gibbons continued her reign as producer for the third year running. Two additions to the cast came in the shape of Richard Thorp as Alan Turner and Rosie Kerslake as Barbara Peters. Richard would start on the programme on 2nd January - his fiftieth birthday, but his first appearance wouldn't appear onscreen until March.

The programme celebrated its 10th birthday on 16th October and this was marked by a special tribute show - A Decade Down on the Farm, broadcast on 18th October. The programme, presented by Richard Whiteley, spoke to all six remaining original cast members as well as series creator Kevin Laffan. A press event was also held in London in celebration and TV Times published a special souvenir magazine to acknowledge the milestone.

The summer break for this year came in mid-June where the programme remained off screen until September.

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Writer	Director	Viewing Figures	Chart Position
1	703	Tuesday 12th January	Michael Russell	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
2	704	Thursday 14th January	Michael Russell	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
3	705	Tuesday 19th January	Michael Russell	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
4	706	Thursday 21st January	Michael Russell	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
5	707	Tuesday 26th January	Michael Russell	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
6	708	Thursday 28th January	Michael Russell	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
7	709	Tuesday 2nd February	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
8	710	Thursday 4th February	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
9	711	Tuesday 9th February	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
10	712	Thursday 11th February	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
11	713	Tuesday 16th February	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
12	714	Thursday 18th February	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
13	715	Tuesday 23rd February	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
14	716	Thursday 25th February	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
15	717	Tuesday 2nd March	Alan James	Derek Martinus	n/k	/n/k
16	718	Thursday 4th March	Alan James	Derek Martinus	n/k	/n/k
17	719	Tuesday 9th March	Alan James	Derek Martinus	n/k	/n/k
18	720	Thursday 11th March	Alan James	Derek Martinus	n/k	/n/k
19	721	Tuesday 16th March	Alan James	Derek Martinus	n/k	/n/k
20	722	Thursday 18th March	Alan James	Derek Martinus	n/k	/n/k
21	723	Tuesday 23rd March	Tim Vaughan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
22	724	Thursday 25th March	Tim Vaughan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
23	725	Tuesday 30th March	Tim Vaughan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
24	726	Thursday 1st April	Tim Vaughan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
25	727	Tuesday 6th April	Tim Vaughan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
26	728	Thursday 8th April	Tim Vaughan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
27	729	Tuesday 4th May	Ken Blakeson	Darrol Blake	n/k	/n/k
28	730	Thursday 6th May	Ken Blakeson	Darrol Blake	n/k	/n/k
29	731	Tuesday 11th May	Ken Blakeson	Darrol Blake	n/k	/n/k
30	732	Thursday 13th May	Ken Blakeson	Darrol Blake	n/k	/n/k
31	733	Tuesday 18th May	Alan Downer	Darrol Blake	n/k	/n/k
32	734	Thursday 20th May	Alan Downer	Darrol Blake	n/k	/n/k
33	735	Tuesday 25th May	Alan Downer	Diarmuid Lawrence	n/k	/n/k
34	736	Thursday 27th May	Alan Downer	Diarmuid Lawrence	n/k	/n/k
35	737	Tuesday 1st June	Peter Whitehead	Diarmuid Lawrence	n/k	/n/k
36	738	Thursday 3rd June	Peter Whitehead	Diarmuid Lawrence	n/k	/n/k
37	739	Tuesday 8th June	Peter Whitehead	Diarmuid Lawrence	n/k	/n/k
38	740	Thursday 10th June	Peter Whitehead	Diarmuid Lawrence	n/k	/n/k
39	741	Tuesday 14th September	Kevin Laffan	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
40	742	Thursday 16th September	Kevin Laffan	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
41	743	Tuesday 21st September	Kevin Laffan	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
42	744	Thursday 23rd September	Kevin Laffan	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
43	745	Tuesday 28th September	Kevin Laffan	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
44	746	Thursday 30th September	Kevin Laffan	Len Lurcock	n/k	/n/k
45	747	Tuesday 5th October	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
46	748	Thursday 7th October	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
47	749	Tuesday 12th October	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
48	750	Thursday 14th October	Kevin Laffan	Mervyn Cumming	n/k	/n/k
49	751	Tuesday 19th October	Neville Siggs	Philip Draycott	n/k	/n/k
50	752	Thursday 21st October	Neville Siggs	Philip Draycott	n/k	/n/k
51	753	Tuesday 26th October	Neville Siggs	Philip Draycott	n/k	/n/k
52	754	Thursday 28th October	Neville Siggs	Philip Draycott	n/k	/n/k
53	755	Tuesday 2nd November	Neville Siggs	Philip Draycott	n/k	/n/k
54	756	Thursday 4th November	Neville Siggs	Philip Draycott	n/k	/n/k
55	757	Tuesday 9th November	Anton Gill	Richard Holthouse	n/k	/n/k
56	758	Thursday 11th November	Anton Gill	Richard Holthouse	n/k	/n/k
57	759	Tuesday 16th November	Tim Vaughan	Richard Holthouse	n/k	/n/k
58	760	Thursday 18th November	Tim Vaughan	Richard Holthouse	n/k	/n/k
59	761	Tuesday 23rd November	Tim Vaughan	Richard Holthouse	n/k	/n/k
60	762	Thursday 25th November	Tim Vaughan	Richard Holthouse	n/k	/n/k
61	763	Tuesday 30th November	Ken Blakeson	Ann Ayoub	n/k	/n/k
62	764	Wednesday 1st December	Ken Blakeson	Ann Ayoub	n/k	/n/k
63	765	Tuesday 7th December	Ken Blakeson	Ann Ayoub	n/k	/n/k
64	766	Thursday 9th December	Ken Blakeson	Ann Ayoub	n/k	/n/k
65	767	Tuesday 14th December	Kevin Laffan	Frank Smith	n/k	/n/k
66	768	Thursday 16th December	Kevin Laffan	Frank Smith	n/k	/n/k
67	769	Tuesday 21st December	Kevin Laffan	Frank Smith	n/k	/n/k
68	770	Thursday 23rd December	Kevin Laffan	Frank Smith	n/k	/n/k

Main Cast

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Henry Wilks	Arthur Pentelow	Full year	68	734	1
1	Matt Skilbeck	Frederick Pyne	Full year	68	732	1
1	Jack Sugden	Clive Hornby	Full year	68	314	1
1	Pat Merrick/Sugden	Helen Weir	Full year	68	169	8
1	Jackie Merrick	Ian Sharrock	Full year	68	146	11
6	Joe Sugden	Frazer Hines	Full year	67	720	1
7	Amos Brearly	Ronald Magill	Full year	66	729	6
7	Dolly Skilbeck	Jean Rogers	Full year	66	361	1
7	Seth Armstrong	Stan Richards	Full year	66	196	6
10	Sandie Merrick	Jane Hutcheson	Full year	65	144	10
11	Donald Hinton	Hugh Manning	Full year	62	251	14
12	Annie Sugden	Sheila Mercier	Full year except March	58	712	12
13	Sam Pearson	Toke Townley	Full year except March	56	670	12
14	Alan Turner	Richard Thorp	From March	48	48	-
15	Tom Merrick	Edward Peel	January to February	14	38	15
16	Barbara Peters	Rosie Kerslake	From December	4	4	-

Storylines

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Who lives where

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Awards and Nominations

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