Emmerdale Farm in 1977

1977 was Emmerdale Farm's 6th year. Production was overseen by producer Michael Glynn.
92 episodes were broadcast this year. Major storylines included Joe Sugden and Kathy Gimbel becoming Beckindale's first live-in lovers, the arrival of new barmaid Dolly Acaster, Jim Gimbel committing suicide off-screen and the subsequent departure of his daughter Kathy Davis, as well as Donald Hinton becomming the new vicar of St. Mary's Church.
==Production==
An increase in popularity saw ITV reconsidering the programme's broadcast in a lunch-time slot with many regions opting to move the show up the schedule to mid-afternoon. By April, Yorkshire Television, Tyne Tees Television and Border Television promoted it to a 7pm slot, moving transmission days to a Tuesday and Thursday beginning with Episode 347. In September, ATV, Southern Television and Ulster Television also followed suit. Granada and Harlech settled on broadcasting the programme at 6.30pm on Tuesdays and Fridays while most other ITV regions screened the show at 5.15pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, except for Thames who moved to a slot on Wednesdays and Fridays. By this point, the show had regularly started to pull in around ten million viewers.
The move to Esholt the previous year had opened up the possibilities for new locations in Beckindale and, for the first time, Demdyke Row appeared as Kathy Gimbel and Joe Sugden set up home there. Esholt's Bunkers Hill would cover as Demdyke Row until 1993.
Arrivals and departures for the year saw both Katharine Barker and Hugh Manning join the cast as Dolly Acaster and Donald Hinton respectively, while Polly Hemingway left the series as Kathy Gimbel in June.
After being appointed the previous year, Michael Glynn took over production from Robert D. Cardona, with his work finally making its debut onscreen. The series refrained from a lengthy summer break this year, disappearing off air for just two weeks in August.
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Joe Sugden 	Frazer Hines 	Full year 	92 	402 	1
1 	Annie Sugden 	Sheila Mercier 	Full year 	92 	396 	1
1 	Matt Skilbeck	Frederick Pyne 	Full year 	92 	391 	1
1 	Amos Brearly 	Ronald Magill 	Full year 	92 	383 	1
1 	Henry Wilks 	Arthur Pentelow 	Full year 	92 	384 	1
6 	Sam Pearson 	Toke Townley 	Full year 	86 	368 	1
7 	Dolly Acaster	Katharine Barker	February to June, from August	55 	55 	-
8 	Kathy Gimbel 	Polly Hemingway 	Until June 	41 	101 	8
9 	Donald Hinton	Hugh Manning 	From October 	16 	16 	-
==Storylines==
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==Who lives where==
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==Who works where==
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==Awards and Nominations==
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Category:1977
Category:Emmerdale year-by-year