List of prolific writers

The following is a list of the top 100 most prolific Emmerdale writers from 1972, as of 28th September 2020. There is another category that includes writing the spin-offs.

#	Name	No. of Episodes	First episode	Latest episode	Spin-offs
1	Bill Lyons	415	1984	2020
2	Bill Taylor	321	2000	2020
3	Sarah Bagshaw	297	2002	2020
4	Tim Dynevor	280	1995	2016	The Dingles in Venice (1999)
5	Karin Young	278	1997	2020
6	Paul Roundell	262	2006	2020	The Dingles: For Richer, For Poorer (2010) Paddy and Marlon's Big Night In (2011)
7	Peter Kerry	260	2001	2020
8	Kevin Laffan	259	1972	1984
9	Lesley Clare O'Neill	256	1998	2020
10	Chris Thompson	224	1998	2011
11	Andrew Kirk	204	2002	2020
12	Mark Illis	202	1998	2014	Emmerdale: Revenge (1998)
13	John Chambers	199	1988	2009
14	Julie Parsons	190	2005	2020
15	Stephen Bennett	174	2000	2014
16	Samantha Doland De Vaux	170	2006	2020
17	Caroline Mitchell	167	2004	2020
18	Jane Pearson	154	2009	2020
19	Linton Chiswick	149	2010	2020
20	Dawn Harrison	135	2011	2020
21	Kirsty Halton	123	2010	2020
22	Neville Siggs	122	1972	1983
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
28	Martin Fustes	103	2014	2020
30	Maxine Alderton	99	2013	2020
30	Tim Vaughan	99	1981	1988
32	David Joss Buckley	92	1989	1996
33	Isobel Cameron	90	2014	2020
34	Sue Mooney	89	2006	2020
35	Owen Lloyd-Fox	86	2012	2017
36	Lindsay Williams	84	2004	2011
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	57	1993	1997
42	Jo Summerscales	56	2014	2020
42	Chris Gill	56	2016	2020
44	Dave Simpson	50	1998	2003
45	James Robson	48	1986	1990
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
52	Jo Maris	37	2017	2020
54	Rob Gittins	35	1990	1993
54	Barrie Shore	35	1989	1993
54	Jan McVerry	35	1995	1997
57	Chris Barlas	33	1977	1987
57	Peter Dillon	33	1987	1991
57	Andrew Holden	33	1984	1993
57	Gloria Tors	33	1973	1975
57	Helen Childs	33	2015	2018
57	Alan James	33	1980	1984
57	Sharon Marshall	33	2016	2020
64	Paul Quiney	31	2002	2005
64	Greg Snow	31	1996	1998
64	Steve Trafford	31	1984	1988
67	Andy Baker	30	1977	1980
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
82	Adam Sales	17	2018	2020
85	Sarah Hooper	16	2018	2020
86	Bryan Johnson	15	2008	2009
86	Annie Bruce	15	1998	1999
86	Dave Parker	15	1988	1989
86	Jackie Okwera	15	2019	2020
90	Catherine Hayes	14	1995	1996
90	David Crane	14	1973	1977
90	Anna Clements	14	2019	2020
93	Christine Murphy	13	2003	2004
94	Tom Elliott	12	1997	1998
94	Graham Carlisle	12	1995	1996
94	Alan Downer	12	1981	1983
94	Freda Kelsall	12	1981	1981
94	Malcolm Lynch	12	1976	1979
94	Roy Bottomley	12	1977	1977
94	Tom Brennand	12	1977	1977

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