Emmerdale in 2003

2003 was Emmerdale's 32nd year. Production was overseen by Series Producer Steve Frost.
279 episodes were broadcast during the year. Major storylines included Debbie Jones discovering that she is the daughter of Cain Dingle and Charity Tate, a huge storm hitting the village on New Year’s Eve, Chris Tate being diagnosed with a brain tumour and using it as an opportunity to frame his wife Charity for murder when he commits suicide and Dawn Woods giving birth to a son.
==Viewership==
The average viewing figure for the year was 9.24 million viewers, which was up 30,000 on 2002. The most-watched episode of the year was Episode 3371/3372 (10th February 2003), with 11.88 million viewers, while the least-watched episode was Episode 3449 (26th May 2003), with 5.94 million viewers. 37 episodes ranked within the weekly top 10 for all UK TV, which was 16 less than the year before.
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Diane Blackstock 	Elizabeth Estensen 	Full year 	180 	649 	1
2 	Charity Tate 	Emma Atkins 	Full year 	173 	475 	15
3 	Bob Hope 	Tony Audenshaw 	Full year 	158 	398 	10
3 	Louise Appleton 	Emily Symons 	Full year 	158 	398 	2
5 	Debbie Jones 	Charley Webb 	Full year 	145 	150 	61
6 	Lisa Dingle 	Jane Cox 	Full year 	140 	820 	12
7 	Jack Sugden 	Clive Hornby 	Full year 	136 	2216 	21
8 	Cain Dingle 	Jeff Hordley 	Full year 	135 	459 	25
8 	Terry Woods 	Billy Hartman 	Full year 	135 	1002 	21
10 	Viv Hope 	Deena Payne 	Full year, except September 	132 	1113 	3
11 	Christopher Tate 	Peter Amory 	Until September 	131 	1419 	12
12 	Andy Sugden 	Kelvin Fletcher 	Full year 	128 	641 	18
12 	Robert Sugden 	Karl Davies 	Full year 	128 	927 	28
14 	Marlon Dingle 	Mark Charnock 	Full year 	127 	921 	8
15 	Ashley Thomas 	John Middleton 	Full year 	126 	645 	4
16 	Edna Birch 	Shirley Stelfox 	Full year 	123 	381 	14
17 	Paddy Kirk 	Dominic Brunt 	Full year 	121 	724 	5
18 	Katie Addyman 	Sammy Winward 	Full year 	117 	254 	33
19 	Emily Kirk 	Kate McGregor 	Full year 	114 	549 	7
19 	Scott Windsor 	Ben Freeman 	Full year 	114 	670 	35
21 	Elaine Marsden 	Samantha McCarthy 	March to December 	110 	110 	N/A
22 	Sam Dingle 	James Hooton 	Full year 	109 	536 	23
23 	Danny Daggert 	Cleveland Campbell 	Full year 	111 	266 	40
24 	Rodney Blackstock 	Patrick Mower 	Full year 	108 	370 	15
25 	Len Reynolds 	Peter Martin 	Full year 	107 	283 	34
26 	Betty Eagleton 	Paula Tilbrook 	March to December 	106 	979 	28
26 	Laurel Potts 	Charlotte Bellamy 	Full year 	106 	159 	49
26 	Steph Stokes 	Lorraine Chase 	Full year 	106 	163 	47
29 	Eric Pollard 	Christopher Chittell	Full year 	105 	1355 	26
30 	Dawn Hope/Woods 	Julia Mallam 	From February 	103 	103 	N/A
31 	Nicola Blackstock 	Nicola Wheeler 	Full year 	102 	393 	9
32 	Sydney Woolfe 	Nathan Gladwell 	Full year 	101 	203 	32
32 	Zoe Tate 	Leah Bracknell 	Full year 	101 	1186 	11
34 	Frances Marsden 	Sandy Walsh 	March to December 	97 	97 	N/A
35 	Alan Turner 	Richard Thorp 	Full year 	96 	2058 	27
36 	Jarvis Skelton 	Richard Moore 	Full year 	95 	109 	59
37 	Donna Windsor 	Verity Rushworth 	Full year, expect June 	93 	539 	39
38 	Ronnie Marsden 	Ray Ashcroft 	March to December 	85 	85 	N/A
39 	Chloe Atkinson 	Amy Nuttall 	Full year 	80 	303 	30
39 	Paul Marsden 	Matthew Booth 	From March 	80 	80 	N/A
41 	Siobhan Marsden 	Abigail Fisher 	March to June, from August 	75 	75 	N/A
42 	Ollie Reynolds 	Vicky Binns 	Until October 	74 	381 	42
43 	Alistair Marsden 	Danny Tennant 	March to December 	72 	72 	N/A
44 	Tricia Stokes/Dingle	Sheree Murphy 	Until April, from November 	64 	586 	6
45 	Jean Tate 	Megan Pearson 	January, from March 	54 	54 	N/A
46 	Seth Armstrong 	Stan Richards 	Until September 	53 	1860 	37
47 	Shadrach Dingle 	Andy Devine 	From May 	51 	64 	60
48 	Chas Dingle 	Lucy Pargeter 	From September 	42 	45 	64
49 	Pearl Ladderbanks 	Meg Johnson 	From July 	40 	40 	N/A
50 	Shelly Williams 	Carolyn Pickles 	July to September, from November 	39 	39 	N/A
50 	Victoria Sugden 	Hannah Midgley 	Full year, except July 	39 	319 	50
52 	Belle Dingle 	Emily Mather 	Full year, except November 	38 	187 	55
53 	Darren Eden 	Luke Tittensor 	From October 	35 	35 	N/A
54 	Jerry Mackinley 	Rob Dixon 	Until April 	34 	137 	30
55 	Zak Dingle 	Steve Halliwell 	From October 	30 	903 	17
56 	TJ Woods 	Connor Lee 	From October 	27 	27 	N/A
57 	Gloria Pollard 	Janice McKenzie 	September to December 	22 	21 	35
58 	Gabrielle Thomas 	Annelise Manojlovic 	Until February, May to August, from October	20 	79 	48
59 	Brian Addyman 	Martin Reeve 	Until January 	12 	92 	41
60 	Joseph Tate 	Oliver Young 	February, May to June, August and October 	11 	216 	58
61 	Jean Hope 	Julie Higginson 	February to March 	10 	10 	N/A
62 	Simon Meredith 	Dale Meeks 	From November 	9 	9 	N/A
63 	Ethan Blake 	Liam O'Brien 	From December 	6 	6 	N/A
64 	Aaron Livesy 	Danny Webb 	December only 	5 	5 	N/A
65 	Billy Hopwood 	David Crellin 	October only 	1 	44 	N/A
==Storylines==
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==Who lives where==
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==Awards and Nominations==
National Television Awards
*Most Popular Serial Drama: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Most Popular Newcomer: Charley Webb (Nominee)
British Soap Awards
* Best Actor: Mark Charnock (Nominee)
* Best Actress: Leah Bracknell (Nominee)
* Best British Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
* Best Comedy Performance: Mark Charnock (Nominee)
* Best Dramatic Performance: Leah Bracknell (Nominee)
* Best Exit: Freya Copeland (Nominee)
* Best Onscreen Partnership: Sheree Murphy and Mark Charnock (Nominee)
* Best Single Episode: Marlon and Tricia's failed wedding day plans (Episode 3289 (17th October 2002)) (Winner)
* Best Storyline: Zoe suffers with schizophrenia
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