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Call me a cynical bitch, regardless of whatever soap does the live episode, presumably for the sake of continuity, the subsequent episodes have already been recorded. Thus making a bit of a mockery of all the 'nobody knows what's happening' PR bumph.
Emmerdale Live's director Tony Prescott has given advice to the soap's cast ahead of their roles in the special episode.
Prescott believes that actors should focus their performance on their co-stars rather than become "lost" by thinking about the viewers watching on TV.
The filmmaker, who shot Coronation Street's 50th anniversary two years ago, told the Yorkshire Post: "Forget about the audience at home, play to your colleagues and crew. This is the normal way you would play this scene.
"Forget the millions. If you start bringing that into your head then you're lost. I know they can pull it off, they're at the peak of their game."
Reflecting on the scale of the live episode, Prescott added: "The biggest challenge for me is managing the anxiety! But by the time we're on air my job's done. By then I will have described on paper every single shot. The vision mixer will follow the camera script and pull the whole thing together.
"It's not enough just to pull this live hour off, we've got to make sure the subsequent episodes are as good. What I pray and hope is that we do Emmerdale justice. I'm a huge fan and I really want this to work."
The show will use 61 cast members and 350 extras and is expected to feature a birth and a death for the hour-long live instalment which is to be shot entirely on-location.
Emmerdale celebrates its 40th birthday on the week commencing October 15.
Emmerdale Live's director Tony Prescott has given advice to the soap's cast ahead of their roles in the special episode.
Prescott believes that actors should focus their performance on their co-stars rather than become "lost" by thinking about the viewers watching on TV.
The filmmaker, who shot Coronation Street's 50th anniversary two years ago, told the Yorkshire Post: "Forget about the audience at home, play to your colleagues and crew. This is the normal way you would play this scene.
"Forget the millions. If you start bringing that into your head then you're lost. I know they can pull it off, they're at the peak of their game."
Reflecting on the scale of the live episode, Prescott added: "The biggest challenge for me is managing the anxiety! But by the time we're on air my job's done. By then I will have described on paper every single shot. The vision mixer will follow the camera script and pull the whole thing together.
"It's not enough just to pull this live hour off, we've got to make sure the subsequent episodes are as good. What I pray and hope is that we do Emmerdale justice. I'm a huge fan and I really want this to work."
The show will use 61 cast members and 350 extras and is expected to feature a birth and a death for the hour-long live instalment which is to be shot entirely on-location.
Emmerdale celebrates its 40th birthday on the week commencing October 15.
Does anyone know yet when the extra five 40th anniversary specials will be on?
Emmerdale stars have begun rehearsing for the soap's upcoming live episode.
Cast and crew had their first practice runs yesterday (October 2) ahead of the hour-long 40th anniversary special, which will air on ITV1 later this month.
Lucy Pargeter, who plays Chas Dingle, tweeted last night: "#EmmerdaleLive 1st day of rehearsals done!!!!! WOW, OUCH and hope your gonna love it??? And relax…"
Meanwhile, Sian Reese-Williams - better known as Gennie Walker - confessed: "I think it's hit me today. YIKES."
The Emmerdale team will have 11 days of rehearsals for the live episode in total, working for 10 hours across each of the days.
61 cast members are involved in the challenging broadcast, while 350 supporting artistes will also be required.
Additionally, 70 crew members will be working - almost double the number for a regular Emmerdale shooting day.
Emmerdale Live director Tony Prescott commented: "The problem we have with trying to create a rehearsal schedule for something like this is that Emmerdale is a serial drama. If we take that time out of the schedule, when do the other episodes get made?
"It would be nice to have a lot more time to rehearse, but [series producer] Stuart Blackburn has distinctly said, 'There is no point in doing a live and getting an audience bounce of millions if we don't produce the same drama the following night'.
"Producing the drama that will play out following the live is just as important as the live."
Emmerdale's 40th anniversary week kicks off on Monday, October 15 and show bosses have confirmed that a popular character will be killed off in the live episode.
I've always wanted Chas and Carl to get back together but as he seems like the most likely to die it is looking increasingly unlikely :'( I hate Debbie and Rachel if only they would kill them off instead.
Emmerdale at 40
Episode: 1 of 5
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 8:30PM - 9:00PM
As one of Britain’s best-loved soaps turns 40, this all-new series for ITV takes a look back at the most dramatic, moving, shocking and amusing storylines the show has witnessed.
Spilt into five parts, the series looks at:
• The Headline Makers
• The Affairs
• The Crimes
• The Weddings
• The Woolpack
Narrated by Gaynor Faye, each thirty-minute show is packed with the soap’s most memorable scenes and exclusive interviews with actors both past and present who give their views on the soap’s best plots, stunts, romances and scandals.
Episode One – The Headline Makers
Over the years, Emmerdale has never shied away from plots that grab the headlines and this episode takes a look back at the storylines that captured the attention of the nation and the press.
In 2006, Emmerdale launched one of the biggest whodunits in soap history when Tom King was murdered. Producers decided to put several characters in the frame and cast members explain that even they weren’t told who the murderer was. Each actor was filmed murdering Tom to keep the true killer a secret until the last possible moment.
Ken Farrington, who played Tom King, explains: “I had to do it 11 times, with 11 people, through the same bloody window.”
Fans and the press were left guessing who the murderer was and the soap made history as it posted all of the endings on the show’s website.
Another gripping plot which hit the headlines was the story of Jackson Walsh who was left paralysed in a train accident. Viewers were gripped as Jackson struggled to live with his condition and eventually decided to end his own life.
Jackson was seen with his mother and boyfriend as he took the medicine that would end his life. Mark Silcock, who played Jackson, tells the programme: “Jackson’s last scenes weren’t romantic in anyway whatsoever. The last episode was very horrible.”
In 1993 both Frank Tate and the viewers were left stunned when Zoe Tate announced that she was a lesbian. After several one-night stands with men, Zoe realised it was women she preferred and decided to tell her old-fashioned, homophobic father.
Leah Bracknell, who played Zoe, tells the programme about the moment she discovered her character was going to realise she was gay. She says: “I was a little taken aback. I burst out laughing, I thought they were joking. It certainly caused a stir when it got out. It was ground-breaking at the time. I think one forgets as there are lots more on television now with gay and lesbian storylines.
“People have since come up to me and said they were teenagers at the time and it really helped them as it was the nearest thing to what they were going through.”
Another woman to rock the quiet Yorkshire village was Sadie King, played by Patsy Kensit. The glamour puss caught the eye of the villagers and the press when she flew in in a helicopter and emerged head-to-foot in fur.
Jeff Hordley, who plays Cain Dingle, tells the programme: “Patsy was such a legend from the past. When I was a younger man I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, Patsy Kensit.’”
Viewers were gripped as Sadie immediately locked horns with Charity and the pair sent sparks flying in every scene. Sadie even pushed Charity down the stairs.
Emma Atkins, who plays Charity Sharma, says: “When I got the scripts I was thinking, ‘This is gold dust.’ It’s brilliant to play. I had to do all these arguments with Sadie with a neck brace on. Being able to do that constantly with Patsy, we had such a laugh.”
In 2008, the soap hit the headlines for a much more sombre reason, when it covered the cot-death of Ashley and Laurel’s baby, Daniel.
Emmerdale at 40 shows the harrowing moment when Laurel discovers her son has stopped breathing.
John Middleton, who plays Ashley, tells the programme: “Charlotte was absolutely extraordinary that day. It was a performance I have never seen from anybody. I’ve never been in a story before or since that had such a tremendous response from the public.”
Charlotte Bellamy, who plays Laurel, added: “People would come up to me and they’d want to talk about their experiences.”
Emmerdale at 40 is produced by Becky Sawle for Shiver. The series producer is Yvette Lyons and the executive producer is Mark Robinson.
Emmerdale at 40
Episode: 1 of 5
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 8:30PM - 9:00PM
As one of Britain’s best-loved soaps turns 40, this all-new series for ITV takes a look back at the most dramatic, moving, shocking and amusing storylines the show has witnessed.
Spilt into five parts, the series looks at:
• The Headline Makers
• The Affairs
• The Crimes
• The Weddings
• The Woolpack
Narrated by Gaynor Faye, each thirty-minute show is packed with the soap’s most memorable scenes and exclusive interviews with actors both past and present who give their views on the soap’s best plots, stunts, romances and scandals.
Episode One – The Headline Makers
Over the years, Emmerdale has never shied away from plots that grab the headlines and this episode takes a look back at the storylines that captured the attention of the nation and the press.
In 2006, Emmerdale launched one of the biggest whodunits in soap history when Tom King was murdered. Producers decided to put several characters in the frame and cast members explain that even they weren’t told who the murderer was. Each actor was filmed murdering Tom to keep the true killer a secret until the last possible moment.
Ken Farrington, who played Tom King, explains: “I had to do it 11 times, with 11 people, through the same bloody window.”
Fans and the press were left guessing who the murderer was and the soap made history as it posted all of the endings on the show’s website.
Another gripping plot which hit the headlines was the story of Jackson Walsh who was left paralysed in a train accident. Viewers were gripped as Jackson struggled to live with his condition and eventually decided to end his own life.
Jackson was seen with his mother and boyfriend as he took the medicine that would end his life. Mark Silcock, who played Jackson, tells the programme: “Jackson’s last scenes weren’t romantic in anyway whatsoever. The last episode was very horrible.”
In 1993 both Frank Tate and the viewers were left stunned when Zoe Tate announced that she was a lesbian. After several one-night stands with men, Zoe realised it was women she preferred and decided to tell her old-fashioned, homophobic father.
Leah Bracknell, who played Zoe, tells the programme about the moment she discovered her character was going to realise she was gay. She says: “I was a little taken aback. I burst out laughing, I thought they were joking. It certainly caused a stir when it got out. It was ground-breaking at the time. I think one forgets as there are lots more on television now with gay and lesbian storylines.
“People have since come up to me and said they were teenagers at the time and it really helped them as it was the nearest thing to what they were going through.”
Another woman to rock the quiet Yorkshire village was Sadie King, played by Patsy Kensit. The glamour puss caught the eye of the villagers and the press when she flew in in a helicopter and emerged head-to-foot in fur.
Jeff Hordley, who plays Cain Dingle, tells the programme: “Patsy was such a legend from the past. When I was a younger man I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, Patsy Kensit.’”
Viewers were gripped as Sadie immediately locked horns with Charity and the pair sent sparks flying in every scene. Sadie even pushed Charity down the stairs.
Emma Atkins, who plays Charity Sharma, says: “When I got the scripts I was thinking, ‘This is gold dust.’ It’s brilliant to play. I had to do all these arguments with Sadie with a neck brace on. Being able to do that constantly with Patsy, we had such a laugh.”
In 2008, the soap hit the headlines for a much more sombre reason, when it covered the cot-death of Ashley and Laurel’s baby, Daniel.
Emmerdale at 40 shows the harrowing moment when Laurel discovers her son has stopped breathing.
John Middleton, who plays Ashley, tells the programme: “Charlotte was absolutely extraordinary that day. It was a performance I have never seen from anybody. I’ve never been in a story before or since that had such a tremendous response from the public.”
Charlotte Bellamy, who plays Laurel, added: “People would come up to me and they’d want to talk about their experiences.”
Emmerdale at 40 is produced by Becky Sawle for Shiver. The series producer is Yvette Lyons and the executive producer is Mark Robinson.
Besides Bernice I think they should have got some other past characters back