Emmerdale in 2008

2008 was Emmerdale's 37th year. Production was overseen by Kathleen Beedles until Episode 4927 (3rd March 2008) when she handed her duties to Anita Turner.
311 episodes were broadcast during the year. Major storylines included Daniel Thomas's cot death and Laurel and Ashley Thomas discovering that he wasn't their child and had been swapped at birth, Viv Hope being framed and imprisoned for fraud, Jo Sugden's domestic abuse, Nicola De Souza repeatedly attempting to kill her husband Donald, Genesis Walker arriving to meet her family, the Dingles, and Jasmine Thomas killing Shane Doyle and being helped by Debbie Dingle to cover it up.
==Viewership==
The average viewing figure for the year was 6.93 million viewers, which was down 510,000 on 2007. It should be noted that this figure does not include the small percentage of viewers who watched on tablets, PCs and smartphones through the ITV Player, which launched on 13th December, which BARB did not include in the viewing figures until August 2018. The most-watched episode of the year was Episode 4876 (2nd January 2008), with 8.85 million viewers, while the least-watched episode was Episode 4993 (22nd May 2008), with 4.57 million viewers. 17 episodes ranked within the weekly top 10 for all UK TV, which was 8 less than the year before.
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Diane Sugden 	Elizabeth Estensen 	Full year 	192 	1494 	5
2 	Val Lambert/Pollard 	Charlie Hardwick 	Full year 	174 	768 	1
3 	Lisa Dingle 	Jane Cox 	Full year 	153 	1507 	15
4 	Bob Hope 	Tony Audenshaw 	Full year 	152 	1147 	12
5 	Marlon Dingle 	Mark Charnock 	Full year 	145 	1674 	11
6 	Rodney Blackstock 	Patrick Mower 	Full year 	144 	986 	26
7 	Jasmine Thomas 	Jenna-Louise Coleman 	Full year 	142 	423 	17
7 	Jo Stiles/Sugden 	Roxanne Pallett 	Until December 	142 	393 	34
9 	Carl King 	Tom Lister 	Full year 	140 	650 	20
9 	Pearl Ladderbanks 	Meg Johnson 	Full year 	140 	588 	28
11 	Chas Dingle 	Lucy Pargeter 	Full year 	138 	705 	12
12 	Nicola De Souza 	Nicola Wheeler 	Full year 	136 	843 	62
13 	Debbie Dingle 	Charley Webb 	Full year 	135 	824 	9
14 	Laurel Thomas 	Charlotte Bellamy 	Full year 	134 	705 	45
15 	Donna Windsor-Dingle 	Verity Rushworth 	Full year 	132 	1266 	7
16 	Betty Eagleton 	Paula Tilbrook 	Full year 	127 	1477 	29
17 	David Metcalfe 	Matthew Wolfenden 	Full year 	124 	268 	17
17 	Zak Dingle 	Steve Halliwell 	Full year, except November 	124 	1545 	15
19 	Jimmy King 	Nick Miles 	Full year 	123 	698 	5
19 	Matthew King 	Matt Healy 	Until December 	123 	682 	2
19 	Paul Lambert 	Mathew Bose 	Full year 	123 	568 	8
22 	Douglas Potts 	Duncan Preston 	Full year 	122 	174 	53
23 	Ashley Thomas 	John Middleton 	Full year 	121 	1276 	26
24 	Andy Sugden 	Kelvin Fletcher 	Full year 	118 	1266 	30
25 	Edna Birch 	Shirley Stelfox 	Full year 	117 	984 	24
25 	Eric Pollard 	Christopher Chittell 	Full year 	117 	1868 	20
27 	Darren Eden 	Luke Tittensor 	Full year, except May 	116 	528 	24
28 	Jamie Hope 	Alex Carter 	Full year 	115 	336 	25
28 	Viv Hope 	Deena Payne 	Until August, October 	115 	1914 	3
30 	Sam Dingle 	James Hooton 	Full year 	113 	1054 	37
31 	Ross Kirk 	Samuel Anderson 	Full year 	112 	145 	64
32 	Donald De Souza 	Michael Jayston 	Until November 	111 	122 	69
33 	Lexi Nicholls 	Sally Oliver 	Full year 	109 	171 	51
34 	Shadrach Dingle 	Andy Devine 	Full year, except November 	108 	555 	41
35 	Gennie Walker 	Sian Reese-Williams 	From April 	106 	106 	N/A
36 	Eli Dingle 	Joseph Gilgun 	Full year, except February 	104 	279 	14
37 	Lily Butterfield 	Anne Charleston 	Full year, except February 	102 	136 	65
38 	Terry Woods 	Billy Hartman 	Full year, except March 	101 	1520 	43
39 	Paddy Kirk 	Dominic Brunt 	Full year 	100 	1279 	38
40 	Katie Sugden 	Sammy Winward 	Full year 	99 	756 	32
41 	Jake Doland 	James Baxter 	Full year, except April 	90 	91 	77
42 	Brenda Walker 	Lesley Dunlop 	April to May, from July 	86 	86 	N/A
43 	Victoria Sugden 	Isabel Hodgins 	Full year, except April and September 	82 	683 	39
44 	Anna De Souza 	Emma Davies 	From July 	79 	79 	N/A
45 	Shane Doyle 	Paul McEwan 	January to April, August to December 	76 	76 	N/A
46 	Louise Appleton 	Emily Symons 	Until July, September to November 	70 	984 	36
46 	Sarah Sugden 	Sophia Amber Moore 	Full year 	70 	229 	48
46 	Scarlett Nicholls 	Kelsey-Beth Crossley 	Full year, except July 	70 	154 	43
49 	Alan Turner 	Richard Thorp 	Until January, from July 	60 	2514 	40
49 	Belle Dingle 	Eden Taylor-Draper 	Full year 	60 	493 	42
51 	Grayson Sinclair 	Christopher Villiers 	Until September 	55 	281 	4
52 	Greg Doland 	Shaun Prendergast 	Until July 	53 	66 	68
53 	Jonny Foster 	Richard Grieve 	Until July 	51 	119 	49
54 	Melanie Doland 	Caroline Strong 	Until July 	50 	65 	67
55 	Gabrielle Thomas 	Annelise Manojlovic 	From February 	47 	275 	62
55 	Miles De Souza 	Ayden Callaghan 	Until July 	47 	58 	69
57 	Arthur Doland/Thomas 	Billy Harrower 	Until August, from December 	45 	51 	73
58 	TJ Woods 	Connor Lee 	Full year, except March and August 	41 	310 	58
59 	Heath Hope 	Sebastian Dowling 	February, April to November 	40 	93 	52
59 	Samson Dingle 	Ben ShooterCharlie Pell 	Until April, June to July, September to October, from December	40 	137 	61
61 	Cathy Hope 	Gabrielle Dowling 	February, April to November 	39 	88 	56
62 	Leyla Harding 	Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi	From August 	37 	37 	N/A
63 	Perdita Hyde-Sinclair	Georgia Slowe 	Until July 	36 	223 	19
63 	Hilary Potts 	Paula Wilcox 	Until May 	36 	82 	57
65 	Sandy Thomas 	Freddie Jones 	Until March 	23 	208 	47
66 	Jack Sugden 	Clive Hornby 	Until February 	19 	2763 	10
67 	Aaron Livesy 	Danny Miller 	From November 	18 	38 	N/A
67 	Adele Allfrey 	Tanya Vital 	August to November 	18 	38 	N/A
69 	Carrie Nicholls 	Linda Lusardi 	Until February 	13 	119 	35
70 	Daniel Thomas 	Rachel Moonie 	Until February 	9 	37 	66
70 	Duke Woods 	Dicken Ashworth 	Until January 	9 	52 	58
72 	Emily Kirk 	Kate McGregor 	March only 	4 	1025 	32
73 	Kayleigh Gibbs 	Lily Jane Stead 	November to December 	2 	65 	71
74 	Nick Henshall 	Michael McKell 	From December 	1 	1 	N/A
==Storylines==
to be added
==Who lives where==
Main Street
*Mulberry Cottage - Ashley, Laurel, and Gabrielle Thomas, and Douglas Potts. Daniel Thomas (until February). Hilary Potts (until May). Jasmine Thomas (January to April). Arthur Thomas (from June). Nicola De Souza (from December).
* The Grange - Louise Appleton (until October).
*The Woolpack - Diane Sugden. Victoria Sugden (from March). Katie Sugden (August to September). Andy Sugden (October to December).
*Woodbine Cottage - Edna Birch. Lily Butterfield (until January, and from December). Nicola De Souza (September to December).
*Tug Ghyll - Debbie Dingle (until January, and from March). Jasmine Thomas (until January, and from April). Eli Dingle (until January, and March to July).
*Dale Head - Vacant.
*Mill Cottage - Grayson Sinclair (until August). Katie Sugden (until July). Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (July only). Carl King and Lexi Nicholls (both from September). Jimmy King and Scarlett Nicholls (both from December).
*Dale View - Darren Eden. Sam and Samson Dingle (both until January). Carl King (February to September). Jake Doland (from November).
*Connelton View - Terry and TJ Woods. Jamie Hope (until October, and from November). Duke Woods (until January). Bob, Cathy, and Heath Hope (all from September).
*Victoria Cottage - Paul Lambert. Jonny Foster (until July). Rodney Blackstock (until April). Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (February to March). Katie Sugden (from September).
*Keepers Cottage - Betty Eagleton. Alan Turner (until January/February, and from June). Sandy Thomas (until March).
*Café Flat - Viv Hope (until August). Bob, Cathy and Heath Hope (all until September). Brenda Walker (from September). Gennie Walker (from October).
*Brook Cottage - Carrie, Lexi, and Scarlett Nicholls (all until February). Rodney Blackstock (from April). Nicola De Souza (April to September).
Church Lane
*Farrers Barn - Eric and Val Pollard, and David Metcalfe. Nicola De Souza (September only).
*Jacobs Fold - Pearl Ladderbanks. Lily Butterfield (March to December).
*Tenant House - Greg and Melanie Doland (both April to July). Jake Doland (April to November). Arthur Doland (April to June).
*Caravan in Church Lane - Greg, Melanie, and Arthur Doland (all until April). Jake Doland (January to April).
Hotten Road
*Smithy Cottage - Paddy Kirk. Ross Kirk (April to December).
*Butlers Farm - Andy Sugden (until January, March to October, and from December). Jo and Sarah Sugden (both until December). Jack Sugden (until February). Victoria Sugden (until March).
Cricketer's Row
*Tall Trees Cottage - Marlon Dingle and Donna Windsor-Dingle. Ross Kirk (until April).
Robblesfield Way
*Wishing Well Cottage - Zak, Lisa, Shadrach, Chas, and Belle Dingle. Debbie Dingle (January to March). Sam and Samson Dingle (both from February). Eli Dingle (from July). Gennie Walker (July to October). Aaron Livesy and Sarah Sugden (both from December).
*Caravan at Wishing Well Cottage - Eli Dingle (January only).
*Holdgate Farm - Nicola De Souza (until March). Donald De Souza (January to November). Miles De Souza (January to July). Anna De Souza (July to November).
Connelton Lane
*Home Farm - Jimmy and Matthew King (both until December). Carl King and Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (both until February). Lexi Nicholls (February to September). Scarlett Nicholls (February to December). Anna De Souza (November to December).
*Nursery Flat, Home Farm - Vancat.
Other
*42 Muriel Heights, Hotten - Shane Doyle (until December).
*16 Haverstock Gardens, Hotten - Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (May to July).
*Hotten - Perdita Hyde-Sinclair (March to May).
*HMP Hotten - Andy Sugden (January to March).
*Skipdale Women's Prison - Viv Hope (from August).
==Awards and Nominations==
National Television Awards
*Most Popular Serial Drama: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Outstanding Serial Drama Performance: Charlotte Bellamy (Nominee)
British Soap Awards
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Best Actress: Charlotte Bellamy (Nominee)
*Best Exit: Peter Martin (Nominee)
*Best Comedy Performance: Charlie Hardwick (Nominee)
*Best Dramatic Performance: Charlotte Bellamy (Nominee)
*Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actress: Eden Taylor-Draper (Nominee)
*Best Single Episode: Daniel's death (Heartbreak (21st February 2008)) (Winner)
*Special Achievement Award: Tim Fee (Winner)
Inside Soap Awards
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Outstanding Achievement Awards: Chris Chittell (Winner)
British Academy Television Awards
*Best Continuing Drama: Emmerdale (Nominee)
Category:2008
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