Emmerdale in 1998

1998 was Emmerdale's 27th year.
==Viewership==
BARB's website only includes viewing data from 29th June 1998 onwards, therefore viewing figures are only available for episodes broadcast after this date. This also makes it impossible to make a year-on-year comparison with 1997. From Episode 2382 (30th June 1998) onwards, the average viewing figure for the year was 11.27 million viewers. It should be noted that some episodes (usually the Tuesday edition) were repeated the day after their original broadcast and BARB combined the viewing figures for both showings of these episodes, which inflated their viewing figures slightly. The most-watched episode of the year was Episode 2432 (20th October 1998), with 13.91 million viewers (combined), while the least-watched episode was Episode 2419 (18th September 1998), with 9.53 million viewers. 34 episodes ranked within the weekly top 10 for all UK TV.
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Kathy Glover 	Malandra Burrows 	Full year 	136 	1186 	10
2 	Mandy Dingle 	Lisa Riley 	Full year 	132 	346 	4
3 	Alan Turner 	Richard Thorp 	Full year 	130 	1540 	2
4 	Marlon Dingle 	Mark Charnock 	Full year 	127 	280 	1
5 	Kim Tate/Marchant 	Claire King 	Full year 	126 	798 	25
6 	Zak Dingle 	Steve Halliwell 	Full year 	124 	412 	6
7 	Christopher Tate 	Peter Amory 	Full year 	123 	781 	9
8 	Eric Pollard 	Christopher Chittell	Full year 	120 	867 	13
9 	Betty Eagleton 	Paula Tilbrook 	Full year 	119 	451 	5
9 	Zoe Tate 	Leah Bracknell 	Full year 	119 	608 	17
11 	Biff Fowler 	Stuart Wade 	Full year 	118 	479 	5
12 	Lisa Clegg/Dingle 	Jane Cox 	Full year 	117 	240 	12
13 	Butch Dingle 	Paul Loughran 	Full year 	114 	398 	12
14 	Paddy Kirk 	Dominic Brunt 	Full year 	111 	157 	38
14 	Terry Woods 	Billy Hartman 	Full year 	111 	425 	3
16 	Kelly Windsor 	Adele Silva 	Full year 	108 	314 	27
16 	Steve Marchant 	Paul Opacic 	Full year, except December 	108 	263 	10
18 	Roy Glover 	Nicky Evans 	Full year 	102 	327 	13
19 	Viv Windsor 	Deena Payne 	Full year 	97 	478 	20
20 	Ned Glover 	Johnny Leeze 	Full year 	91 	406 	18
21 	Rachel Hughes 	Glenda McKay 	Full year 	88 	794 	19
22 	Vic Windsor 	Alun Lewis 	Until December 	87 	453 	23
23 	Will Cairns 	Paul Fox 	Full year, except October 	85 	154 	32
24 	Jack Sugden 	Clive Hornby 	Full year 	83 	1627 	8
25 	Sarah Sugden 	Alyson Spiro 	Full year 	81 	773 	16
26 	Lyn Hutchinson 	Sally Walsh 	Full year, except October 	73 	102 	44
27 	Tara Thornfield 	Anna Brecon 	Until September 	71 	106 	41
28 	Andy Hopwood 	Kelvin Fletcher 	Full year, except April 	58 	154 	29
28 	Laura Johnstone 	Louise Beattie 	From July 	58 	58 	N/A
30 	Robert Sugden 	Christopher Smith 	Full year, except April 	57 	483 	33
31 	Seth Armstrong 	Stan Richards 	Until July and from November 	56 	1501 	34
32 	Heather Hutchinson	Siobhan Finneran 	February to August 	54 	54 	N/A
33 	Donna Windsor 	Verity Rushworth 	From February 	52 	175 	40
34 	Scott Windsor 	Ben Freeman 	April, from August 	49 	200 	N/A
35 	Emma Cairns 	Rebecca Loudonsack 	Until August 	47 	117 	31
36 	James Tate 	Bradley White 	Full year except February 	47 	144 	39
37 	Ashley Thomas 	John Middleton 	January, May to July, from September 	44 	56 	50
38 	Kirsty Hutchinson 	Anne-Marie Jowett 	February to March, May to August 	43 	44 	53
39 	Tricia Stokes 	Sheree Murphy 	From September 	42 	42 	N/A
40 	Rebecca Cairns 	Sarah Neville 	Until April 	37 	125 	26
41 	Sam Dingle 	James Hooton 	Until April 	37 	187 	48
42 	Graham Clark 	Kevin Pallister 	From August 	36 	36 	N/A
43 	Anthony Cairns 	Edward Peel 	Until April 	32 	116 	28
44 	Dee Pollard 	Claudia Malkovich 	Until April 	29 	108 	29
45 	Alice Bates 	Rachel Tolboys 	Until August, from December 	24 	286 	43
46 	Jan Glover 	Roberta Kerr 	Until May 	23 	318 	20
47 	Victoria Sugden 	Hannah Midgley 	January, March, May, from August 	20 	127 	43
48 	Joseph Tate 	Oliver Young 	February to March, May, July to October and December	16 	100 	49
49 	Billy Hopwood 	David Crellin 	December only 	9 	42 	42
50 	Stella Jones 	Stephanie Schonfield	From December 	5 	5 	N/A
51 	Belle Dingle 	Emily Mather 	From December 	4 	4 	N/A
51 	Bernice Blackstock	Samantha Giles 	November to December 	4 	4 	N/A
==Storylines==
to be added
==Who lives where==
Main Street
*The Woolpack - Alan Turner. Terry Woods (until October and November to December). Heather, Lyn and Kirsty Hutchinson (June to August). Tricia Dingle (from September).
*Pear Tree Cottage - Steve Marchant. Kim Marchant and James Tate (from May).
*Mill Cottage - Rachel Hughes and Joseph Tate. Zak and Butch Dingle (October to November).
*Connelton View - Graham Clark (from September).
*Victoria Cottage - Kathy Glover and Alice Bates. Marlon Dingle (until January).
*Keepers Cottage - Seth Armstrong and Betty Eagleton. Patrick Kirk (until February). Biff Fowler (January only). Lisa and Mandy Dingle (October to November). Bernice Blackstock (November to December). Terry Woods (from December).
*Mill Brook Cottage - Laura Johnstone (from October).
*Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Viv and Donna Windsor. Vic Windsor (until December). Kelly Windsor (until February, March to June, and from July). Scott Windsor (from August). Terry Woods (October to November).
Church Lane
*Tenant House - Biff Fowler and Marlon Dingle (from January). Will Cairns (from April). Jed Outhwaite (March to April). Roy Glover (from September).
*The Flat, The Old School House - Eric Pollard. Dee Pollard (until April).
Hotten Road
*Smithy Cottage - Zoe Tate. Kelly Windsor (June to July). Patrick Kirk (from September).
Robblesfield Way
*Wishing Well Cottage - Zak, Lisa, Butch, and Mandy Dingle (all until October and from November). Sam Dingle (until April). Patrick Kirk (February to September). Belle Dingle (from December).
*Holdgate Farm - Ned and Roy Glover (both until September).
Connelton Lane
*Home Farm - Christopher Tate. Kim and James Tate. (until May). Steve Marchant (May only). Laura Johnstone (July to October).
*Nursery Flat, Home Farm - Kelly Windsor (February to March). Zak, Lisa, Butch and Mandy Dingle, and Patrick Kirk (all June only).
Others
*Melby Farm/Emmerdale Farm III - Jack, Sarah, Robert and Victoria Sugden and Andy Hopwood. Emma Cairns (April to August). Ned Glover (from September).
*Woodside Farm - Anthony, Rebecca, Will and Emma Cairns (all until April).
*Caravan - Marlon Dingle (January only).
==Awards and Nominations==
National Television Awards
*Most Popular Serial Drama: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Most Popular Newcomer: Anna Brecon (Winner)
The TV Quick Awards
*Best Soap Actress: Claire King (Nominee)
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Best Soap Storyline: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Best Soap Newcomer: Anna Brecon (Winner)
*Best Soap Actor: Stuart Wade (Nominee)
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