Emmerdale in 2017

2017 was Emmerdale's 46th year. Production was overseen by Iain MacLeod.
319 episodes were broadcast during the year. Major storylines included the death of Ashley Thomas, Emma Barton's death at the hands of Moira Dingle, Rebecca White falling pregnant after a one-night stand with Robert Sugden, Faith Dingle's return and attempts to repair her relationship with her children Cain and Chas, Aaron Dingle's homophobic abuse while in prison and Rhona Goskirk being raped by her husband Pierce Harris.
==Viewership==
The average viewing figure for the year was 6.44 million viewers, which was up 430,000 on 2016. However, part of the reason for the rise in viewing figures was that 2017 was the first year to fully benefit from BARB combining the viewing figures from the main ITV channel with those of ITV HD and ITV+1. This figure 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 episodes of the year were Episode 7712 (3rd January 2017) and Episode 7714/7715 (5th January 2017), both with 7.54 million viewers, while the least-watched episode was Episode 7925 (1st September 2017), with 5.10 million viewers. 40 episodes ranked within the weekly top 10 for all UK TV, which was 24 more than the year before.
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Victoria Barton 	Isabel Hodgins 	Full year 	165 	1758 	25
2 	Bob Hope 	Tony Audenshaw 	Full year 	162 	2388 	47
3 	Charity Dingle 	Emma Atkins 	Full year 	160 	1932 	4
4 	Robert Sugden 	Ryan Hawley 	Full year 	152 	1713 	5
4 	Ross Barton 	Michael Parr 	Full year 	152 	630 	18
6 	Faith Dingle 	Sally Dexter 	From February 	148 	153 	N/A
7 	Rebecca White 	Emily Head 	Full year 	147 	184 	65
8 	Vanessa Woodfield 	Michelle Hardwick 	Full year 	145 	621 	16
9 	Tracy Metcalfe 	Amy Walsh 	Full year 	142 	373 	21
10 	Cain Dingle 	Jeff Hordley 	Full year 	140 	2126 	2
10 	Laurel Thomas 	Charlotte Bellamy 	Full year, except October 	140 	1910 	15
12 	Moira Dingle 	Natalie J Robb 	Full year 	134 	1224 	3
13 	Debbie Dingle 	Charley Webb 	From January 	133 	2073 	81
14 	Aaron Dingle 	Danny Miller 	Full year 	132 	1097 	7
15 	Chrissie White 	Louise Marwood 	Full year 	129 	479 	8
16 	Marlon Dingle 	Mark Charnock 	Full year 	127 	2932 	9
17 	Pete Barton 	Anthony Quinlan 	Full year 	124 	493 	36
18 	Adam Barton 	Adam Thomas 	Full year, except January 	122 	1012 	32
19 	Paddy Kirk 	Dominic Brunt 	Full year 	120 	2400 	34
20 	Eric Pollard 	Christopher Chittell 	Full year 	119 	2902 	44
21 	Kerry Wyatt 	Laura Norton 	Full year 	118 	709 	18
22 	Leyla Harding 	Roxy Shahidi 	Full year 	117 	930 	13
23 	Lawrence White 	John Bowe 	Full year 	116 	402 	21
24 	Harriet Finch 	Katherine Dow Blyton 	Full year 	115 	405 	54
25 	Bernice White/Blackstock	Samantha Giles 	Full year 	114 	1142 	20
26 	Emma Barton 	Gillian Kearney 	Until October, December 	113 	377 	24
26 	Rhona Goskirk 	Zoe Henry 	Full year, except September 	113 	897 	12
28 	Nicola King 	Nicola Wheeler 	Full year 	110 	2056 	26
29 	Zak Dingle 	Steve Halliwell 	Full year 	108 	2704 	16
30 	David Metcalfe 	Matthew Wolfenden 	Full year 	107 	1426 	11
31 	Diane Sugden 	Elizabeth Estensen 	Full year 	106 	2749 	44
31 	Jai Sharma 	Christopher Bisson 	Full year 	106 	1099 	42
31 	Lachlan White 	Thomas Atkinson 	Until January, from April 	106 	320 	40
34 	Lisa Dingle 	Jane Cox 	Full year 	104 	2645 	5
35 	Megan Macey 	Gaynor Faye 	Full year 	98 	710 	48
36 	Frank Clayton 	Michael Praed 	Full year 	96 	143 	61
37 	Sam Dingle 	James Hooton 	Full year 	95 	1938 	49
38 	Finn Barton 	Joe Gill 	Until October 	92 	482 	29
39 	Chas Dingle 	Lucy Pargeter 	Until March, from October 	89 	2292 	1
40 	Doug Potts 	Duncan Preston 	Full year, except September 	85 	773 	35
40 	Jimmy King 	Nick Miles 	Full year 	85 	1777 	30
42 	Belle Dingle 	Eden Taylor-Draper 	Full year 	83 	1265 	9
43 	Priya Kotecha 	Fiona Wade 	Full year, except November 	82 	742 	21
44 	Arthur Thomas 	Alfie Clarke 	Full year 	79 	382 	59
44 	Lydia Hart 	Karen Blick 	Full year, except February 	79 	86 	78
44 	Sarah Sugden 	Katie Hill 	January to February, from April 	79 	718 	82
47 	Dan Spencer 	Liam Fox 	Full year 	75 	677 	37
48 	Gabby Thomas 	Rosie Bentham 	Until April, from September 	72 	715 	53
49 	Brenda Walker 	Lesley Dunlop 	Until April, from August 	70 	963 	31
50 	Liv Flaherty 	Isobel Steele 	Until March, from September 	62 	149 	42
51 	Rishi Sharma 	Bhasker Patel 	Until May, from August 	58 	523 	38
52 	Pierce Harris 	Jonathan Wrather 	Until April, June to August 	55 	138 	46
52 	Ronnie Hale 	John McArdle 	Until August 	55 	115 	55
54 	Gerry Roberts 	Shaun Thomas 	January, from June 	54 	54 	N/A
55 	Rodney Blackstock 	Patrick Mower 	Until February, from June 	53 	1708 	59
56 	Sandy Thomas 	Freddie Jones 	Until September, from December 	51 	805 	57
57 	Jacob Gallagher 	Joe-Warren Plant 	February to September, from December 	50 	415 	52
58 	Pearl Ladderbanks 	Meg Johnson 	Full year, except May and December 	44 	1087 	56
59 	Carly Hope 	Gemma Atkinson 	Until June 	43 	253 	33
60 	Isaac Dingle 	Harvey BrookBobby Dunsmuir	From October 	42 	42 	N/A
61 	Amelia Spencer 	Daisy Campbell 	Full year, except March 	41 	292 	70
62 	April Windsor 	Amelia Flanagan 	Full year, except January 	38 	212 	62
63 	Dotty Thomas 	Tilly-Rue Foster 	Full year, except July and October 	37 	54 	75
64 	Ashley Thomas 	John Middleton 	Until June 	35 	2240 	13
64 	Daz Spencer 	Mark Jordon 	From August 	35 	48 	N/A
66 	Jack Sugden 	Seth Ball 	January to June, from August 	34 	149 	82
66 	Leo Goskirk 	Harvey Rogerson 	Until August, from November 	34 	197 	67
68 	Eliza Macey 	Kyrena Robinson 	Full year, except June and December 	32 	65 	68
69 	Rakesh Kotecha 	Pasha Bocarie 	Until June 	29 	287 	27
70 	Kyle Winchester 	Huey Quinn 	January to April, July to August, October, December 	26 	118 	72
71 	Samson Dingle 	Sam Hall 	February, April to June, August, October, from December	24 	360 	77
71 	Tom Waterhouse 	Ned Porteous 	From September 	24 	264 	N/A
73 	Graham Foster 	Andrew Scarborough 	September to November 	19 	19 	N/A
74 	Noah Dingle 	Jack Downham 	February to July, October, from December 	18 	366 	70
75 	Moses Dingle 	Arthur Cockroft 	Until May, August to October, from December 	15 	102 	68
76 	Amba Metcalfe 	Ava Jayasinghe 	April to October 	14 	75 	75
76 	Sebastian White 	Lily Westmoreland 	From November 	14 	14 	N/A
78 	Angelica King 	Rebecca Bakes 	April to September, from November 	11 	246 	64
78 	Cathy Hope 	Gabrielle Dowling 	August, from November 	11 	158 	82
78 	Heath Hope 	Sebastian Dowling 	August, from November 	11 	159 	82
81 	Elliot Windsor 	Luca Hoyle 	June to September, from November 	10 	87 	65
82 	Johnny Woodfield 	Luca Hepworth 	February to April, June to September, December 	9 	74 	58
83 	Liam Cavanagh 	Jonny McPherson 	January, August to October, December 	8 	28 	80
84 	Jessie Grant 	Sandra Marvin 	From November 	7 	7 	N/A
85 	James Barton 	Bill Ward 	September to October 	5 	362 	50
86 	Carl Holliday 	Charlie Munro Joyce 	March, September and November only 	3 	49 	63
87 	Joanie Dingle 	Denise Black 	Until January 	1 	203 	28
87 	Val Pollard 	Charlie Hardwick 	December only 	1 	1599 	N/A
==Storylines==
===January===
To be added.
==Who lives where==
Main Street
*Mulberry Cottage - Ashley Thomas (until February, April). Sandy, Laurel, Arthur and Dotty Thomas. Gabby Thomas (until April). Lydia Hart (from May)
* The Grange - Kerry Wyatt (until January). Rakesh Kotecha (February to June)
*The Woolpack - Charity, Noah and Moses Dingle. Chas Dingle (until March, from October). Aaron Dingle and Robert Sugden. (until May) Liv Flaherty (until March).
*Woodbine Cottage - Harriet Finch and Pearl Ladderbanks. Paddy Kirk (until September).
*Tug Ghyll - Vanessa and Johnny Woodfield. Leyla Harding. Carly Hope (until February).
*Dale Head - Dan and Amelia Spencer. Kerry Wyatt (from January). Daz Spencer (from September).
*Mill Cottage
**Apartment One - Aaron Dingle (from May). Robert Sugden (May to July) Liv Flaherty (from September)
**Apartment Two - Incomplete.
*Dale View - Pete and Ross Barton and Moses Dingle. Emma and Finn Barton (until October).
*Connelton View - Brenda Walker. Bob, Cathy and Heath Hope and Rodney Blackstock.
*Victoria Cottage - Jimmy, Nicola and Angelica King, Elliot Windsor and Carl Holliday.
*Keepers Cottage - Victoria Barton. Adam Barton (until May, from October). Rebecca White (June to August). Robert Sugden (from July)
*Brook Cottage - Diane Sugden, Doug Potts and Bernice Blackstock. Gabby Thomas (from September).
Church Lane
*Farrers Barn - David and Tracy Metcalfe and Jacob Gallagher. Frank Clayton (until May, from August).
*Tenant House - Sam and Samson Dingle (until May). Megan and Eliza Macey. Frank Clayton (May to August).
*Jacobs Fold - Chrissie White (March to October). Lachlan White (August to October). Debbie Dingle and Sarah and Jack Sugden (from November)
Hotten Road
*Smithy Cottage - Rhona and Leo Goskirk. Pierce Harris (until April).
*Butlers Farm - Moira Dingle. Debbie and Sarah and Jack Sugden (February to November). Faith Dingle (from February) Adam Barton (May to October). Isaac Dingle (from October)
*Butlers Farm Caravan (At Wishing Well Cottage) - Zak and Cain Dingle (until January).
Cricketer's Row
*Tall Trees Cottage - Marlon Dingle and April Windsor. Carly Hope (February to June). Paddy Kirk (from September).
Robblesfield Way
*Wishing Well Barn - Eric Pollard.
*Wishing Well Cottage - Lisa and Belle Dingle and Kyle Winchester. Zak and Cain Dingle (from January). Sam and Samson Dingle (from May)
*Holdgate Farm - Jai and Rishi Sharma, Priya Kotecha and Amba Metcalfe. Rakesh Kotecha (until February)
Connelton Lane
*Home Farm - Lawrence White. Chrissie White (until March, from October). Rebecca White (until May, from August). Ronnie Hale (until August). Lachlan White (April to August, from October). Sebastian White (from November)
Other
*Turnfield Court Care Home - Ashley Thomas (February to April)
*Skipdale Young Offenders Institute - Lachlan White (until April). Gerry Roberts (until June).
==Who works where==
Main Street
*The Grange - Eric Pollard, Tracy Shankley, Diane Sugden and Doug Potts.
*The Woolpack - Chas, Marlon and Charity Dingle and Victoria Barton. Carly Hope (May & June only)
*Beauty & Bernice - Bernice White and Kerry Wyatt.
*Take A Vow - Leyla Harding and Megan Macey. Frank Clayton (From July).
*Dingle & Dingle Automotives - Cain Dingle, Ross Barton and Dan Spencer.
*Café Main Street - Bob Hope and Brenda Walker, Daz Spencer
*Barton Brothers Taxis - Pete and Ross Barton. Finn Barton (until October).
Church Lane
*David's Shop - David and Tracy Metcalfe. Carly Hope (until June) .
*St. Mary's Church - Harriet Finch.
Hotten Road
*Emmerdale Veterinary Surgery - Paddy Kirk, Rhona Goskirk, Vanessa Woodfield and Pearl Ladderbanks.
*Butlers Farm - Moira Dingle.
Robblesfield Way
*Sharma & Sharma Sweet Factory - Jai, Priya and Rishi Sharma, Lisa and Belle Dingle, Laurel Thomas, Kerry Wyatt Nicola King (from January). Lydia Hart and Nell Fairfax (April to September)
*Holey Scrap - Aaron Dingle and Adam Barton.
*Home James Haulage - Jimmy and Nicola King and Robert Sugden.
Other
*Home Farm Estate - Lawrence, Chrissie and Rebecca White and Sam Dingle.
*Waterhouse International - Tom Waterhouse and Graham Foster. Jimmy King (from December).
==Awards and nominations==
National Television Awards
*Best Serial Drama: Emmerdale (Winner)
*Best Serial Drama Performance: Natalie J Robb and Danny Miller (Nominees)
British Soap Awards
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Winner)
*Best Actor: Danny Miller (Nominee) and John Middleton (Winner)
*Best Actress: Charlotte Bellamy (Winner)
*Villain of the Year: Gillian Kearney (Nominee)
*Best Comedy Performance: Dominic Brunt (Nominee)
*Best Newcomer: Sally Dexter (Nominee)
*Best Storyline: Ashley's Dementia (Winner)
*Best Single Episode: Ashley's point of view (Episode 7699 (20th December 2016)) (Winner)
*Best Male Dramatic Performance: John Middleton (Winner)
*Best Female Dramatic Performance: Charlotte Bellamy (Nominee)
*Best On-Screen Partnership: John Middleton and Charlotte Bellamy (Nominee)
*Best Young Actor: Isobel Steele (Nominee)
*Scene of the Year: The Hotten Bypass Pile Up (Nominee)
TV Choice Awards
*Best Soap Newcomer: Sally Dexter (Winner)
*Best Soap Actor: John Middleton and Danny Miller (Nominees). Ryan Hawley (Winner)
*Best Soap Actress: Charlotte Bellamy (Winner)
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Winner)
Inside Soap Awards
*Best Actor: John Middleton (Nominee) and Danny Miller (Winner)
*Best Actress: Charlotte Bellamy (Nominee) and Zoe Henry (Nominee)
*Best Bad Boy: Ryan Hawley (Nominee)
*Best Bad Girl: Emma Atkins (Nominee) and Gillian Kearney (Winner)
*Funniest Male: Nick Miles (Nominee) and Dominic Brunt (Winner)
*Funniest Female: Sally Dexter (Nominee)
*Best Newcomer: Sally Dexter (Nominee)
*Best Young Actor: Amelia Flanagan (Nominee) and Alfie Clarke (Winner)
*Sexiest Male: Michael Parr (Nominee) and Matthew Wolfenden (Nominee)
*Sexiest Female: Natalie J Robb (Winner)
*Best Partnership: Charlotte Bellamy and John Middleton (Nominee) and Ryan Hawley and Danny Miller (Nominee)
*Best Show-Stopper: Motorway Crash/James' Death (Winner) 
*Best Shock Twist: Holly's death (Nominee) and James is Killed by Emma (Nominee)
*Best Exit: Bill Ward (Nominee) and John Middleton (Winner)
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Winner)
Digital Spy Reader Awards
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Winner)
*Best Soap Actor: John Middleton (Nominee) and Danny Miller (Winner)
*Best Soap Storyline: Ashley Thomas's Dementia (Winner)
*Best Soap Actress: Charlotte Bellamy (Nominee) and Natalie J Robb (Winner)
*Best Soap Relationship: Robert Sugden and Aaron Dingle (Winner)
*Best Soap Newcomer: Shaun Thomas (Winner)
*Biggest OMG Soap Moment: Finn Barton's Death (Winner)
*Funniest Soap Character: Faith Dingle (Winner)
*Best Soap Stunt: The Barn Explosion (Winner)
*Best Soap Villain: Pierce Harris (Nominee)
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