List of prolific writers

The following is a list of the top 100 most prolific Emmerdale writers from 1972, as of 21st January 2020. There is another category that includes writing the spin-offs.

#	Name	No. of Episodes	First episode	Latest episode	Spin-offs
1	Bill Lyons	411	1984	2020
2	Bill Taylor	316	2000	2020
3	Sarah Bagshaw	292	2002	2020
4	Tim Dynevor	282	1995	2016	The Dingles in Venice (1999)
5	Karin Young	275	1997	2020
6	Kevin Laffan	259	1972	1984
7	Peter Kerry	255	2001	2019
7	Paul Roundell	255	2006	2020	The Dingles: For Richer, For Poorer (2010) Paddy and Marlon's Big Night In (2011)
9	Lesley Clare O'Neill	252	1998	2019
10	Chris Thompson	224	1998	2011
11	Mark Illis	202	1998	2014	Emmerdale: Revenge (1998)
12	John Chambers	199	1988	2009
13	Andrew Kirk	198	2002	2019
14	Julie Parsons	189	2005	2020
15	Stephen Bennett	174	2000	2014
16	Caroline Mitchell	166	2004	2019
17	Samantha Doland De Vaux	164	2006	2020
18	Jane Pearson	149	2009	2020
19	Linton Chiswick	141	2010	2019
20	Dawn Harrison	127	2011	2019
21	Neville Siggs	122	1972	1983
22	Kirsty Halton	119	2010	2019
23	David Lane	116	1988	1997
24	Margaret Simpson	115	1992	2008
25	Michael Russell	113	1979	1988
26	Cameron McAllister	106	2009	2017
27	Matthew Westwood	105	1998	2019
28	Janys Chambers	103	2000	2008
29	Tim Vaughan	99	1981	1988
30	Martin Fustes	97	2014	2020
31	Maxine Alderton	96	2013	2020
32	David Joss Buckley	91	1989	1996
33	Owen Lloyd-Fox	86	2012	2017
33	Isobel Cameron	86	2014	2020
35	Lindsay Williams	84	2004	2011
36	Sue Mooney	83	2006	2019
37	Paul Coates	82	1998	2018
38	Ken Blakeson	68	1981	2006
38	David McDermott	68	2008	2015
40	Marvin Close	58	1994	2000
41	Andy Lynch	56	1993	1997
42	Jo Summerscales	51	2014	2019
43	Dave Simpson	50	1998	2003
44	James Robson	48	1986	1990
45	Chris Gill	47	2016	2019
46	Anthony Couch	46	1973	1983
46	Steve Hughes	46	2006	2009
48	Martin Jameson	44	1998	2011
49	Lisa Holdsworth	43	2003	2006
50	Eric Wendell	42	1985	1991
51	Philip Meeks	40	2005	2008
52	Jimmie Chinn	37	1989	1993
53	Rob Gittins	35	1990	1993
53	Barrie Shore	35	1989	1993
55	Jan McVerry	34	1995	1997
56	Chris Barlas	33	1977	1987
56	Peter Dillon	33	1987	1991
56	Andrew Holden	33	1984	1993
56	Gloria Tors	33	1973	1975
56	Helen Childs	33	2015	2018
56	Alan James	33	1980	1984
62	Paul Quiney	31	2002	2005
62	Greg Snow	31	1996	1998
62	Steve Trafford	31	1984	1988
65	Andy Baker	30	1977	1980
66	Sharon Marshall	30	2016	2020
66	Jo Maris	30	2017	2020
68	William Corlett	29	1976	1978
68	Jackie Newey	29	1986	1989
70	Pippa McCarthy	28	1998	2000
71	Simon Masters	27	1984	1987
71	Barry Woodward	27	1988	1990
73	Charles Hodges	25	1986	1989
73	Alison Pennells	25	2000	2002
75	Joe Boyle	24	1991	1993
75	Ian Fenton	24	2001	2003
75	Douglas Watkinson	24	1979	1985
78	Allan Swift	22	1986	1994
78	Jim Campbell	22	1991	1992
80	Kathleen Potter	20	1994	1995
80	Nick Saltrese	20	1991	1993
82	Stuart Blackburn	17	2016	2018
82	Chris Ould	17	1991	1993
84	Bryan Johnson	15	2008	2009
84	Annie Bruce	15	1998	1999
84	Dave Parker	15	1988	1989
87	Catherine Hayes	14	1995	1996
84	David Crane	14	1973	1977
89	Christine Murphy	13	2003	2004
90	Tom Elliott	12	1997	1998
90	Graham Carlisle	12	1995	1996
90	Alan Downer	12	1981	1983
90	Freda Kelsall	12	1981	1981
90	Malcolm Lynch	12	1976	1979
90	Roy Bottomley	12	1977	1977
90	Tom Brennand	12	1977	1977
97	Julie Wilkinson	11	2001	2002
97	Glen McCoy	11	1993	1996
97	Martin Worth	11	1991	1993
97	Sarah Hooper	11	2018	2020

Spin-offs

This section is for writers who solely contributed scripts for spin-offs.

Name	No. of spin-offs/episodes	Spin-off(s)
Richard Easter	7	30 Years of Emmerdale (2002) The Big Quiz: Coronation Street vs Emmerdale (2011-2019)
Lou Wakefield	1	The Dingles Down Under (1997)

See also

• List of prolific directors
• Top 100 appearances