Emmerdale in 2012

2012 was Emmerdale's 41st year. Production was overseen by Executive Producer Steve November and Series Producer Stuart Blackburn.
315 episodes were broadcast during the year including a special fortieth anniversary live episode broadcast in October. Major storylines included Debbie Dingle and Andy Sugden's saviour sibling plan for an ill Sarah Sugden Jr., Cameron Murray and Chas Dingle embarking on an affair, Ashley Thomas's abuse of his father Sandy Thomas, Zak Dingle being sectioned after losing grip on reality and Rachel Breckle falling pregnant after a one-night stand with Jai Sharma.
Departures for the year included John Barton's death following a car crash, Aaron Livesy absconding the village and both Carl King and Alex Moss being murdered by Cameron Murray. In November, Bernice Blackstock returned permanently to the village having last been seen eight years previously.
==Viewership==
The average viewing figure for the year was 6.67 million viewers, which was down 430,000 on 2011. It should be noted that this figure only includes those who watched on the main ITV channel, as BARB did not begin combining the viewing figures from ITV HD and ITV+1 with those from the main channel until May 2016. It also does not include the small percentage of viewers who watched on tablets, PCs and smartphones, which BARB did not include in the viewing figures until August 2018. The most-watched episode of the year was Episode 6371/6372 (17th October 2012), which was the show's first ever live episode, with 8.83 million viewers, while the least-watched episode was Episode 6262 (15th June 2012), with 4.01 million viewers. 9 episodes ranked within the weekly top 10 for all UK TV, which was 2 less than the year before.
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Chas Dingle/Spencer 	Lucy Pargeter 	Full year 	211 	1483 	1
2 	Cameron Murray 	Dominic Power 	Full year 	188 	297 	33
3 	Debbie Dingle 	Charley Webb 	Full year 	184 	1412 	7
4 	Charity Tate/Sharma 	Emma Atkins 	Full year 	181 	1253 	3
5 	Laurel Thomas 	Charlotte Bellamy 	Full year 	168 	1264 	11
6 	Nicola King 	Nicola Wheeler 	Full year 	162 	1483 	18
7 	Gennie Walker 	Sian Reese-Williams 	Full year 	155 	660 	9
8 	Lisa Dingle 	Jane Cox 	Full year 	145 	2034 	23
9 	Nikhil Sharma 	Rik Makarem 	Full year 	143 	493 	3
9 	Zak Dingle 	Steve Halliwell 	Full year 	143 	2068 	21
11 	Declan Macey 	Jason Merrells 	Full year 	139 	404 	15
12 	Marlon Dingle 	Mark Charnock 	Full year 	137 	2276 	14
13 	Moira Barton 	Natalie J Robb 	Full year 	136 	505 	16
14 	Megan Macey 	Gaynor Faye 	From February 	134 	134 	N/A
15 	Bob Hope 	Tony Audenshaw 	Full year 	135 	1688 	28
16 	Amy Wyatt 	Chelsea Halfpenny 	Full year 	133 	311 	12
16 	Ashley Thomas 	John Middleton 	Full year 	133 	1754 	30
18 	Eric Pollard 	Christopher Chittell	Full year 	132 	2352 	32
19 	Cain Dingle 	Jeff Hordley 	Full year 	130 	1349 	5
19 	Jai Sharma 	Christopher Bisson 	Full year 	130 	489 	2
21 	Jimmy King 	Nick Miles 	Full year 	128 	1273 	22
21 	Paddy Kirk 	Dominic Brunt 	Full year 	128 	1824 	27
23 	Ruby Haswell 	Alicya Eyo 	Full year 	125 	147 	72
24 	David Metcalfe 	Matthew Wolfenden 	Full year 	123 	765 	20
25 	Ali Spencer 	Kelli Hollis 	Full year 	121 	150 	66
26 	Victoria Sugden 	Isabel Hodgins 	Full year 	120 	1101 	25
27 	Rachel Breckle 	Gemma Oaten 	Full year 	119 	170 	51
28 	Katie Sugden/Macey 	Sammy Winward 	Full year 	117 	1226 	31
29 	Diane Sugden 	Elizabeth Estensen 	Until May, August to December 	113 	2127 	8
30 	Carl King 	Tom Lister 	Until October 	110 	1213 	25
30 	Adam Barton 	Adam Thomas 	Full year, except July 	110 	450 	16
30 	Sam Dingle 	James Hooton 	Full year 	110 	1422 	48
33 	Andy Sugden 	Kelvin Fletcher 	Full year 	107 	1778 	10
34 	Edna Birch 	Shirley Stelfox 	Full year 	105 	1367 	43
35 	Brenda Walker 	Lesley Dunlop 	Full year, except September 	104 	489 	34
35 	Dan Spencer 	Liam Fox 	From March 	104 	112 	80
35 	Priya Sharma 	Fiona Wade 	Until January, from April 	104 	180 	73
38 	Rodney Blackstock 	Patrick Mower 	Full year 	103 	1392 	36
39 	Sandy Thomas 	Freddie Jones 	Full year, except November 	99 	513 	46
40 	Val Pollard 	Charlie Hardwick 	Until February, from May 	96 	1269 	28
41 	Alex Moss 	Kurtis Stacey 	Until December 	95 	170 	47
41 	Rhona Goskirk 	Zoe Henry 	Full year 	95 	340 	37
43 	Sarah Sugden 	Sophia Amber Moore 	Full year 	84 	482 	43
44 	Belle Dingle 	Eden Taylor-Draper 	Full year 	76 	765 	42
44 	Gabby Thomas 	Annelise Manojlovic 	Full year 	76 	457 	64
44 	Robbie Lawson 	Jamie Shelton 	From May 	76 	76 	N/A
47 	Rishi Sharma 	Bhasker Patel 	Until January, from April 	75 	89 	76
48 	Sean Spencer 	Luke Roskell 	Full year, except June 	71 	103 	65
49 	Lizzie Lakely 	Kitty McGeever 	Until November 	70 	240 	55
50 	Alicia Gallagher/Metcalfe	Natalie Anderson 	Until July, from December 	67 	260 	18
51 	Amelia Spencer 	Daisy Campbell 	Full year 	61 	88 	68
52 	Holly Barton 	Sophie Powles 	Until June 	60 	332 	34
53 	Jacob Gallagher 	Joe-Warren Plant 	Full year 	56 	157 	49
54 	Arthur Thomas 	Alfie Clarke 	Full year, except June 	55 	174 	68
55 	Kerry Wyatt 	Laura Norton 	From July 	54 	54 	N/A
56 	Aaron Livesy 	Danny Miller 	Until April 	53 	577 	6
57 	Hannah Barton 	Grace Cassidy 	Until June 	48 	236 	50
58 	Alan Turner 	Richard Thorp 	Full year, expect August 	46 	2690 	51
59 	Pearl Ladderbanks 	Meg Johnson 	Until February, June to November 	44 	849 	43
60 	Jude Watson 	Andy Wear 	Until January, March, May to August, from October	40 	46 	86
61 	Noah Tate/Sharma 	Jack Downham 	Full year, except September 	39 	210 	61
62 	Leo Goskirk 	Harvey Rogerson 	Until March and May to November 	38 	72 	61
63 	Molly Sharma 	Maia Rose Smith 	From October 	31 	31 	N/A
64 	Bernice Blackstock 	Samantha Giles 	From November 	28 	534 	N/A
65 	Angelica King 	Rebecca Bakes 	Until May, July, from October 	27 	140 	66
65 	Samson Dingle 	Sam Hall 	Full year, except October 	27 	254 	60
67 	John Barton 	James Thornton 	Until February 	25 	340 	24
68 	Betty Eagleton 	Paula Tilbrook 	From July 	23 	1683 	51
69 	Elliot Windsor 	Jackson Cummins 	April, May and July 	22 	40 	75
70 	Jack Sugden 	Seth Ball 	From October 	21 	21 	N/A
71 	Georgia Sharma 	Trudie Goodwin 	January, June and October to November 	16 	35 	73
72 	Hazel Rhodes 	Pauline Quirke 	Until January 	13 	241 	13
72 	Steve Harland 	Tom Mannion 	From December 	13 	13 	N/A
74 	Scarlett Nicholls 	Kelsey-Beth Crossley	October to November 	10 	425 	54
75 	Cathy Hope 	Gabrielle Dowling 	January, May, August and November 	7 	123 	81
75 	Heath Hope 	Sebastian Dowling 	January, May, August and November 	7 	123 	81
77 	Vanessa Woodfield 	Michelle Hardwick 	From December 	6 	6 	N/A
78 	Archie Breckle 	N/A 	From December 	5 	5 	N/A
79 	Dom Andrews 	Wil Johnson 	From December 	3 	3 	N/A
80 	Gemma Andrews 	Tendai Rinomhota 	From December 	2 	2 	N/A
81 	Roz Fielding 	Kirsty-Leigh Porter 	February only 	1 	58 	61
==Storylines==
To be added.
==Who lives where==
Main Street
*Mulberry Cottage - Laurel, Sandy and Arthur Thomas (all until September). Gabby Thomas (until August, and September). Ashley Thomas (until April). Megan Macey and Robbie Lawson (both October to November).
* The Grange - Sandy Thomas (January only). Ashley Thomas (May to June). Cameron Murray (October to December). Steve Harland (December only).
*The Woolpack - Diane Sugden and Chas Spencer. Aaron Livesy (until April). Cameron Murray (March, and from December). Val Pollard (May to August). Andy and Victoria Sugden (both July only). Ashley Thomas (from August). Gabby Thomas (from October). Dan Spencer (October only). Bernice Blackstock (from November). Steve Harland (from December).
*Woodbine Cottage - Edna Birch. Alex Moss (December only).
*Tug Ghyll - Cain and Debbie Dingle, and Sarah Sugden. Cameron Murray (until October). Jack Sugden (from October)
*Dale Head - Bob, Cathy and Heath Hope. Hazel Rhodes (until January). Dan Spencer (from May)
*Mill Cottage - Jimmy, Nicola and Angelica King. Carl King (until October). Elliot Windsor (April to July).
*Dale View - Andy Sugden. Victoria Sugden (until November). Alex Moss (until July). Kerry Wyatt (September, and from November). Amy Wyatt (from November).
*Connelton View - Brenda Walker and Rodney Blackstock. Ashley Thomas (April to May). Gabby Thomas (August to September). Jimmy, Nicola and Angelica King (all October only).
*Victoria Cottage - Katie Sugden (until February, and April). Gennie Walker (until July, and from August). Nikhil Sharma (January, and from August). Molly Sharma (from October).
*Keepers Cottage - Betty Eagleton and Alan Turner. Victoria Sugden (from November).
*Brook Cottage - Ali, Sean and Amelia Spencer, and Ruby Haswell. Rachel Breckle (June to October).
Church Lane
*Farrers Barn - David Metcalfe and Jacob Gallagher. Alicia Metcalfe (until July, and from December). Amy Wyatt (January to February).
*Tenant Cottage - Rachel Breckle (from October).
*Jacobs Fold - Pearl Ladderbanks.
*St. Mary's Church - Ashley Thomas (June to July).
Hotten Road
*Smithy Cottage - Paddy Kirk, and Rhona and Leo Goskirk. Brett Harrison (November to December). Vanessa Woodfield (from December).
*Butlers Farm - Adam Barton. John Barton (until February). Holly and Hannah Barton (both until June). Moira Barton (from February). Alex Moss (July to September).
Cricketer's Row
*Tall Trees Cottage - Marlon Dingle. Lizzie Lakely (until November). Moira Barton (until February). Ashley Thomas (July to August). Laurel, Sandy, and Arthur Thomas (all from September). Gabby Thomas (September to October).
Robblesfield Way
*Wishing Well Cottage - Zak, Lisa, Sam, Belle and Samson Dingle. Lizzie Lakely (from November).
*Holdgate Farm - Jai, Charity and Noah Sharma. Nikhil Sharma (until August). Priya Sharma (from April). Rishi Sharma (from June). Gennie Walker (July to August).
*Wishing Well Barn - Eric Pollard. Val Pollard (until February, and from August). Amy Wyatt (until January, and February to November). Kerry Wyatt (August to November).
Connelton Lane
*Home Farm - Declan Macey. Katie Macey (from February). Megan Macey (February to October, and from November). Robbie Lawson (June to October, and from December).
Other
*Mental Health Facility - Zak Dingle (May to July)
*Skipdale Women's Prison - Alicia Metcalfe (July to December). Chas Spencer (October to December).
*Flat in Leeds - Rachel Breckle (September only).
==Awards and Nominations==
National Television Awards
*Most Popular Serial Drama: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Outstanding Serial Drama Performance: Danny Miller (Nominee)
*Most Popular Newcomer: Chelsea Halfpenny (Nominee)
British Soap Awards
* Best Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
* Best Actor: Danny Miller (Winner)
* Best Young Performance: Eden Taylor-Draper (Nominee)
* Spectacular Scene of the Year: John and Moira's car crash (Winner)
* Best Onscreen Partnership: Emma Atkins and Jeff Hordley (Nominee)
* Best Newcomer: Gemma Oaten (Nominee)
* Best Exit: James Thornton (Nominee)
* Best Dramatic Performance: Jeff Hordley (Nominee)
* Best Storyline: Jackson's Choice (Winner)
* Best Single Episode: The Longest Day (Episode 5939 (7th June 2011)) (Nominee)
TV Choice Awards
*Outstanding Contribution Award: Emmerdale
*Soap Moment of the Year: Emmerdale Live Episode (Episode 6371/6372 (17th October 2012))
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