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Telly Watcher
06-03-2016, 09:38
It's The Emmerdale Club's annual weekend for fan club members who have the opportunity to meet the cast and production team and visit the studios and village.
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Glam Fam! Some cast members pose for a quick pic before joining in the annual Emmerdale Club weekend bash 2016
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Further details about The Emmerdale Club and how to join can be found at:
http://www.itv.com/emmerdale/about/fan-club
Telly Watcher
14-03-2016, 13:42
Emmerdale tour 2016 tickets go on sale from today.
Tickets have gone on sale today to give soap fans the rare chance to explore behind the scenes at Emmerdale.
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You too can explore behind the scenes at Emmerdale village
From this spring, the live, working TV set located within the Harewood Estate in Leeds, will open its gates as cast and crew down scripts for the weekend and allow guests to tread the tarmac and indulge in a fully guided tour of the popular, fictional village.
Fans will be able to visit Home Farm, Bob's Cafe, The Woolpack and the Village Church as well as finding out fascinating facts and stories behind the making of the multi-award winning ITV soap.
"The village set is a unique and special place and Emmerdale is excited to be able to show it off to a select number of visitors. I'm sure the public will enjoy seeing it as much as we enjoy working there.”
– John Whistun, MD of Continuing Drama and Head of ITV North
Limited tickets available for selected Saturday tours 30 April – 31 October 2016, all tickets £30 including return transport from designated pick-up point at Weetwood Hall, Otley Rd, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS16 5PS.
For more information visit:
http://www.continuumattractions.com/emmerdale-tour/
You can also book a place by sending your name, e-mail adddress and phone number to
[email protected]
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2016-03-14/emmerdale-tour-tickets-go-on-sale/
Telly Watcher
23-03-2016, 01:05
Emmerdale might be on the verge of a clean awards show sweep with its latest win at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards.
With a Broadcast Award already under its belt, Emmerdale fought off competition from EastEnders and Coronation Street to win Best Soap and Continuing Drama.
Among those celebrating the big win at the London gala was Mark Charnock, who's played Marlon Dingle on Emmerdale for the last 20 years.
Mark Charnock tweeted:
Mark Charnock @MarkCharnock_ - 2h
We just won the #royaltelevisionsocietyaward for best soap! #emmerdale. Everyone’s VERY CHUFFED INDEED!
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Given these big wins at the RTS Awards, can anything stop Emmerdale from triumphing at the British Soap Awards?
Richard Madeley presented the RTS ceremony at Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Tuesday (March 22) – where Doctor Foster, Ant & Dec and Catastrophe also won.
By Justin Harp, Digital Spy
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/news/a787867/emmerdale-triumphs-again-as-it-beats-eastenders-and-coronation-street-at-the-rts-awards/
Telly Watcher
30-03-2016, 14:24
Emmerdale has finally been nominated for a BAFTA Television Award [Production Team] after missing out for the past two years.
The show will face off against Corrie, EastEnders and Holby City.
The ITV soap has received a nod in the Soap & Continuing Drama category [Production Team] at this year's event, which will be held in London next month.
The show has been on strong form of later, after picking up prizes at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards and the Broadcast Awards.
Hollyoaks is back off the list, after receiving its first BAFTA nomination since 2003 last year.
Last year's event saw Coronation Street claim the soap prize, beating EastEnders, Hollyoaks and Casualty to the title.
The 2016 ceremony takes place at London's Royal Festival Hall on Sunday, May 8.
By Sophie Dainty, Digital Spy
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/news/a788636/emmerdale-receives-bafta-nomination-after-missing-out-for-the-last-two-years/
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Telly Watcher
04-04-2016, 02:19
It's the big moment that all soap fans have been waiting for - longlist voting for the British Soap Awards 2016 has officially opened.
A host of stars from Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks have made the longlist for the Best Actor and Best Actress prizes - and we couldn't be more excited to bring you the full collection of nominees.
Last year, these categories were judged with a 50/50 split between public votes and an expert panel of judges - but the good news is that they've been put solely back into the hands of the viewers for the 2016 event.
As always, soap fans will also have the chance to vote for the coveted Best British Soap prize.
Eastenders won Best Soap at the British Soap Awards 2015.
Emmerdale's Nominees for Best Actor for 2016 are:
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy) - Danny won in 2011 and 2012.
Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk)
John Middleton (Ashley Thomas)
Emmerdale's Nominees for Best Actress for 2016 are:
Charlotte Bellamy (Laurel Thomas)
Lucy Pargeter (Chas Dingle)
Zoe Henry (Rhona Goskirk)
The competition for votes will no doubt be bigger than ever this year, as EastEnders secured the Best British Soap prize with a narrow winning margin of just 0.15% in 2015. They're not lying when they say that every vote counts!
Votes can be cast now via the official British Soap Awards website at:
http://www.britishsoapawards.tv/
Details of the other categories, which are judged by the panel, will be revealed at a later date. The ceremony will take place at London's Hackney Empire theatre in May.
By Daniel Kilkelly, Digital Spy
See the full long list of nominees and read more at:
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a789178/british-soap-awards-2016-nominations-which-corrie-eastenders-emmerdale-and-hollyoaks-stars-are-up/
TW:
Votes from the full long list of nominees are cast as a single-entry using an email address to which a verification email will be sent to for confirmation.
Long list voting closes at 5pm on Tuesday 26th April.
If you do not click the confirmation link, your votes will not be counted. Votes received outside of the voting period will not be counted.
The vote for the shortlisted nominees will reopen on Tuesday 3rd May when it will be revealed just who has been shortlisted.
There is then another chance to vote for your winners!
British Soap Awards at:
http://www.britishsoapawards.tv/
Terms & conditions for voting at:
http://www.britishsoapawards.tv/terms
Telly Watcher
13-04-2016, 01:05
Commercial property estate agent Lambert Smith Hampton has submitted plans on behalf of UK TV studio ITV for a television studio tour of the Emmerdale set.
Attractions Management exclusively revealed in June 2015 plans for the live set tour by Continuum Attractions, which detailed the initial plans following great success with its Coronation Street tour, which ended on 31 December.
The ITV studio, located west of Leeds city centre, will continue to operate as an active television production base, with the addition of the tour offering fans a glimpse of the world and history of Emmerdale.
Along with the likes of Eastenders and Coronation Street, Emmerdale has been one of the UK’s most popular soaps since it first graced British screens 43 years ago.
The attraction is expected to draw around 150,000 visitors annually, generating £15m (US$21.4m, €18.8m) for the local economy and creating 70 new jobs. The tour would have a maximum capacity of 1,500 guests a day, with 50 guests on each tour lasting around 1.5 hours.
With the success of its Coronation Street attraction, Continuum has doubled its turnover in the space of two years, boosting its profits by an expected 13 per cent and demonstrating revenues of £18m (US$25m, €23m), thanks in part to the success of ‘Coronation Street The Tour’, which welcomed more than 850,000 visitors during its April 2014 to December 2015 run.
Continuum, which runs six cultural attractions across the UK, recently announced new operations for 2016, including a collaboration with the Royal Mint on its upcoming visitor centre and the RSPB on a Sherwood Forest experience.
By Tom Anstey for leisureopportunities.co.uk
http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/detail.cfm?pagetype=detail&subject=news&codeID=323259
Telly Watcher
03-05-2016, 08:39
British Soap Awards Short List 2016
Emmerdale is shortlisted for the following award categories:
Viewer Voted Categories (these have 5 nominees, one from each of 5 soaps):
Best British Soap: Emmerdale
Best Actor: Danny Miller (Aaron)
Best Actress: Lucy Pargeter (Chas)
Panel Voted Categories (these have 5 nominees, one from each of 5 soaps, except for Best Young Performance which has 4 nominees, one from each of 4 soaps):
Villain Of The Year: Ryan Hawley (Robert)
Best Comedy Performance: Matthew Wolfenden (David)
Best Newcomer: Isobel Steele (Liv)
Best Storyline: Aaron's Abuse
Best Single Episode: Aftermath of Village Hall explosion
Best Male Dramatic Performance: Danny Miller (Aaron)
Best Female Dramatic Performance: Charlotte Bellamy (Laurel)
Best On-Screen Partnership: Danny Miller & Ryan Hawley (Aaron & Robert)
Best Young Performance: Amelia Flanagan (April)
Scene Of The Year: Val's death
Outstanding Achievement & The Tony Warren Award will be announced on the night of the awards later this month, May 2016.
Voting for the shortlist can be made using the British Soap Awards website at:
http://www.britishsoapawards.tv/
One vote is allowed for each validated email address.
(At the time of this soapboards posting, at 08:40 hours on Tuesday 3 May 2016, votes are not being accepted for email addresses which have already been used for the long list votes.)
Ian Sandwell for Digital Spy earlier today published the full short list of nominees at:
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a792681/eastenders-and-hollyoaks-top-the-shortlist-for-the-british-soap-awards-2016/
Emmerdale might need to call in the Tattoo Fixers if producer Iain MacLeod gets his way.
The long-running ITV soap has feuding families, scheming crooks and, of course, Robron causing trouble on a weekly basis - but apparently none of them have the appropriate amount of body ink.
In a chat with Digital Spy and other media, producer Iain MacLeod revealed that he's been dreaming up a character who'll have more tattoos than Justin Bieber and Jemma Lucy combined.
"Oddly enough, I've been saying I'd really like to see a character that is covered head to toe in tattoos and body piercings - I've no idea why," Iain revealed.
"It's not something I have discussed with anybody but that's a character you don't often see in soaps - somebody quite alternative would be interesting, firstly to shake up people's preconceptions of that kind of subculture and secondly, it's just something different visually and quite striking."
While a tattooed vixen or heartthrob would be fun, Iain MacLeod seems to be hugely confident with the current Emmerdale cast at the moment.
Marlon Dingle tells Carly Hope about his kiss with Laurel in Emmerdale
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"In terms of story and character mix, broadly we have a really good range from people who can carry really serious stories and people who can carry silly, comedy stories - some of those characters are the same, for instance Paddy and Marlon," he explained.
"They can do really silly but they can also break your heart and I think the stuff that Mark Charnock's done in the Marlon/Carly storyline - and the stuff that's coming up - is really heartbreaking. We have a really talented cast."
The soap is currently building up to the hugely-hyped death of Ashley Thomas later this week following a long battle with dementia. His final scenes will air on Friday and mark the end of an era for Emmerdale.
Digital Spy
Comedian and actor Bobby Knutt has died on holiday in the south of France, his agent has confirmed.
The 71-year-old from Sheffield starred in ITV comedy series Benidorm, played Albert Dingle in Emmerdale and was the voice of a Tetley tea advert.
Mr Knutt's agent, Tim Scott, said the star died in France on Monday morning.
"Knutty" - real name Robert Wass - had a long career on stage. He appeared in The Comedians and Coronation Street and voiced numerous TV adverts.
The percentage of gay people in the UK is 2%, Scots 8.4%, Welsh 4.8% and Northern Irish 2.2%. This means sexual diversity of the gay population is about ten times the UK average, whereas the diversity of people from other countries within the union is zero. Same goes for Corrie. Is there some sort of pan ITV "gay" agenda at work?
Emmerdale phases back to filming by recording lockdown episodes
... The six new episodes – Cain and Aaron (Jeff Hordley and Danny Miller), Chas and Paddy (Lucy Pargeter and Dominic Brunt), Sam and Lydia (James Hooton and Karen Blick), Marlon, Al and Ellis (Mark Charnock, Michael Wildman, Aaron Anthony), Mandy and Vinny (Lisa Riley and Bradley Johnson) and Jimmy and Nicola (Nick Miles and Nicola Wheeler) – will be recorded over a two week period and directed by Ian Bevitt ...
Article here, ITV Press Centre, 21/05/20. (https://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/emmerdale-phases-back-filming-recording-lockdown-episodes)
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Son of Cain
19-07-2022, 13:49
Testing - Testing - Testing.
I have been unable to see current posts, anything after 2020.
Sent Tuesday 19th July 2022.
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this is the last post i see
Testing - Testing - Testing.
I have been unable to see current posts, anything after 2020.
Sent Tuesday 19th July 2022.
That is because nobody has posted on here .. no interesting General News have happened :D
Son of Cain
19-07-2022, 20:15
this is the last post i see
Until recently I saw a second News and General discussion thread which had more than 27 pages, now it has disappeared.
I've moved episode discussion posts to the other thread
Dennis tanner
20-07-2022, 16:19
I've moved episode discussion posts to the other thread
I can't find it
Son of Cain
20-07-2022, 17:54
I can't find it
I had it the this afternoon, but have lost it again.
https://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?95666-Emmerdale-Current-Episode-Discussion-III/page925#post980187
In Emmerdale Spoilers Forum
Broadchurch actor Andrew Buchan has reportedly walked out on his Emmerdale actress wife Amy Nuttall after falling for his co-star on BBC?s brand new drama Better.
Andrew and Amy got married in 2012 and the couple share two children, a son and daughter together but it is understand that the actor has moved in with co-star Leila Farzard after meeting on the BBC series Better set.
A source told The Sun: 'It was a huge shock. Amy is heartbroken.' Andrew is said to have told Amy that their marriage was over before Christmas, leaving the actress devastated and their friends in a state of shock.
The source added: ?For Andrew to walk away from his family was a huge shock to us all ? and Amy is heartbroken. Everyone who knows them thought they were going to be together forever.
johntrevor
01-03-2023, 11:29
As they look forward to planning their wedding next year, Emmerdale star Laura Norton and her fianc?, actor Mark Jordon, appear to have it all: a perfect partnership, two beautiful young children and a lovely home. However, this reality is tinged with fear for the future. Since 2021, the couple have been secretly dealing with the consequences of a cruel double blow that will affect their family forever.
Their two-year-old son Jesse and four-month-old daughter Ronnie have both been diagnosed with Usher syndrome ? an extremely rare genetic condition that affects their hearing and vision and requires them not only to wear hearing aids for the rest of their lives, but also to prepare for severe sight loss when they become teenagers or young adults.
As they look forward to planning their wedding next year, Emmerdale star Laura Norton and her fianc?, actor Mark Jordon, appear to have it all: a perfect partnership, two beautiful young children and a lovely home. However, this reality is tinged with fear for the future. Since 2021, the couple have been secretly dealing with the consequences of a cruel double blow that will affect their family forever.
Their two-year-old son Jesse and four-month-old daughter Ronnie have both been diagnosed with Usher syndrome ? an extremely rare genetic condition that affects their hearing and vision and requires them not only to wear hearing aids for the rest of their lives, but also to prepare for severe sight loss when they become teenagers or young adults.
So sad :(
that will be hard going for them all, sad, poor kids, i never heard of that syndrome before
johntrevor
22-08-2023, 13:46
Jane Hudson is out
Yes jhst read that
Yes jhst read that
Remains to be seen if a different hand on the helm will make a difference to the currently tedious storylines, I realise we cannot always have a Meena terrorising the village but I see Matthew Wolfenden's reason to leave... since Meena left, he has had nothing much to do apart from losing his shop to his dad...
Remains to be seen if a different hand on the helm will make a difference to the currently tedious storylines, I realise we cannot always have a Meena terrorising the village but I see Matthew Wolfenden's reason to leave... since Meena left, he has had nothing much to do apart from losing his shop to his dad...
Matthew's "racist suspension" made him miss being part of Meenas exit end storyline which he really should have been in
Kate Brooks gone to Corrie
ccahill2
04-04-2024, 15:06
With Rhona's friend being called to the prosecution, I really wish that the Rhona would take a different tactic in court.
Gus demonstrated a depraved indifference to life in the way he stole the passport from an unconscious Mary and exploited her situation to benefit himself.
While the law says that Rhona is not the legal mother, I wish she would argue that Ivy is stolen property and someone with such disrespect for life would be a danger to Ivy.
I see Rhona defending her decision to run vs stating that the argument is wrong because she was reclaiming what was stolen from her and that is not theft or kidnapping.
I'm not a lawyer, and have a hard time grasping a law that would say that the mother is not the legal parent, but I know that even in the US, some States have similar stances.
Gus, to me, is a monster, and should go down.
Dennis tanner
04-04-2024, 15:55
I don't see Gus as a monster. I see him as the widower of a woman who was desperate to have a child. A woman who possibly died due to Rhona's actions.
Both Gus and Rhona are guilty of offences
ccahill2
04-04-2024, 16:10
I don't have the long term knowledge of either character. I just cannot imagine stealing a passport from an unconscious woman to illegally fake consent from the mother of the embryos. If not for his actions, the embryo would not have been put into his late wife. There is no reason to destroy Rhona's character. Just admit what he did was unconscionable and give shared custody. He comes across to me as an abusive man who wants control.
But I yield to you for knowing the characters and their histories way longer than me.
johntrevor
05-04-2024, 11:50
I don't have the long term knowledge of either character. I just cannot imagine stealing a passport from an unconscious woman to illegally fake consent from the mother of the embryos. If not for his actions, the embryo would not have been put into his late wife. There is no reason to destroy Rhona's character. Just admit what he did was unconscionable and give shared custody. He comes across to me as an abusive man who wants control.
But I yield to you for knowing the characters and their histories way longer than me.
You have most certainly hit the nail on the head, people seem to be forgetting that the embryo's were STOLEN. A difficult birth may have contributed to the wife's death. most certainly NOT Rhona.
Sophie Roper has joined the Emmerdale team as a producer.
Alongside fellow producer Laura Shaw, newcomer Sophie ? who has also worked on Coronation Street ? will take creative responsibility for the ITV soap?s storytelling, casting and the production process.
She will be part of the production team and will work in conjunction with Executive Producer for Continuing Drama, Iain MacLeod and John Whiston, Managing Director of Continuing Drama and Head of ITV in the North and ITV?s Drama Commissioner, Huw Kennair-Jones.
ccahill2
10-06-2024, 19:25
Sophie Roper has joined the Emmerdale team as a producer.
I welcome any opportunity that betters the show. I just hope she can have influence the number of murders and children, young or adult, who are hurt or killed on the show. The suffering is high, and there is less concentration on characters just having fun or going through positive adventure. I hope for a better balance.
episodes cut
https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a63662140/coronation-street-emmerdale-cut-episodes/
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