Emmerdale in 2000

2000 was Emmerdale's 29th year.
==Viewership==
The average viewing figure for the year was 10.69 million viewers, which was down 590,000 on 1999. It should be noted that, until the addition of the Monday and Friday episodes in October, 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 2669 (22nd March 2000), with 13.25 million viewers, while the least-watched episode was Episode 2692 (12th May 2000), with 8.25 million viewers (combined). 78 episodes ranked within the weekly top 10 for all UK TV, which was 16 more than the year before.
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Jack Sugden 	Clive Hornby 	Full year 	132 	1858 	15
2 	Bernice Blackstock/Thomas	Samantha Giles 	Full year 	129 	259 	4
3 	Christopher Tate 	Peter Amory 	Full year 	125 	1027 	5
4 	Marlon Dingle 	Mark Charnock 	Full year 	123 	521 	7
5 	Kathy Glover 	Malandra Burrows 	Full year 	120 	1433 	3
6 	Zoe Tate 	Leah Bracknell 	Full year 	113 	832 	11
7 	Diane Blackstock 	Elizabeth Estensen 	Full year 	112 	123 	49
7 	Tricia Stokes/Fisher 	Sheree Murphy 	Full year 	112 	289 	1
9 	Paddy Kirk 	Dominic Brunt 	Full year 	104 	356 	17
9 	Zak Dingle 	Steve Halliwell 	Full year 	104 	609 	18
11 	Sean Reynolds 	Stephen McGann 	Full year 	103 	200 	16
12 	Angie Reynolds 	Freya Copeland 	Full year 	102 	172 	29
13 	Sarah Sugden 	Alyson Spiro 	Until November 	99 	965 	18
13 	Terry Woods 	Billy Hartman 	Full year 	99 	607 	22
15 	Ashley Thomas 	John Middleton 	Full year 	98 	230 	25
16 	Alan Turner 	Richard Thorp 	Full year 	97 	1754 	8
17 	Lisa Dingle 	Jane Cox 	Full year 	96 	418 	23
18 	Betty Eagleton 	Paula Tilbrook 	Full year 	94 	666 	5
19 	Viv Windsor 	Deena Payne 	Full year 	92 	686 	9
20 	Emily Wylie/Dingle 	Kate McGregor 	Full year 	88 	153 	31
21 	Richie Carter 	Glenn Lamont 	Full year 	86 	130 	34
22 	Eric Pollard 	Christopher Chittell	Full year 	85 	1040 	20
23 	Andy Hopwood/Sugden 	Kelvin Fletcher 	Full year, except July 	84 	274 	39
24 	Ollie Reynolds 	Vicky Binns 	Full year 	81 	110 	42
24 	Robert Sugden 	Christopher Smith 	Full year, except July 	81 	596 	41
26 	Kelly Glover 	Adele Silva 	Until November 	79 	521 	2
27 	Frankie Smith 	Madeleine Bowyer 	Full year 	78 	106 	43
28 	Seth Armstrong 	Stan Richards 	Full year 	76 	1654 	26
29 	Scott Windsor 	Ben Freeman 	Full year 	75 	375 	14
30 	Marc Reynolds 	Anthony Lewis 	Full year 	73 	100 	44
30 	Donna Windsor 	Verity Rushworth 	Full year 	73 	289 	37
32 	Jason Kirk 	James Carlton 	From May 	68 	78 	50
33 	Cain Dingle 	Jeff Hordley 	From March 	61 	61 	N/A
34 	Adam Forrester 	Tim Vincent 	March to October, from December 	59 	59 	N/A
35 	Roy Glover 	Nicky Evans 	Until August 	58 	499 	10
36 	Carlos Diaz 	Gary Turner 	From March 	54 	54 	N/A
37 	Victoria Sugden 	Hannah Midgley 	Full year, except July 	50 	200 	46
38 	Lady Tara Thornfield 	Anna Brecon 	From June 	49 	155 	N/A
39 	Sam Dingle 	James Hooton 	March to October 	46 	233 	N/A
40 	Mandy Dingle 	Lisa Riley 	Until September 	45 	476 	21
41 	Edna Birch 	Shirley Stelfox 	From May 	41 	41 	N/A
42 	Charity Dingle 	Emma Atkins 	March, from May 	40 	40 	N/A
43 	Belle Dingle 	Emily Mather 	Until May, from September 	37 	83 	36
44 	Gloria Weaver 	Janice McKenzie 	May, from August 	35 	35 	N/A
45 	Joe Fisher 	Edward Baker-Duly 	From September 	33 	33 	N/A
46 	Laura Johnstone 	Louise Beattie 	February to August 	31 	169 	24
46 	Nellie Dingle 	Maggie Tagney 	February to May 	31 	107 	N/A
48 	Joseph Tate 	Oliver Young 	Until March, May, from November 	26 	170 	34
49 	Butch Dingle 	Paul Loughran 	Until March 	22 	529 	12
50 	Claudia Nash 	Susan Duerden 	Until May 	22 	46 	45
51 	Graham Clark 	Kevin Pallister 	Until February 	16 	157 	13
52 	Bev Mansfield 	Sarah Malin 	From October 	15 	15 	N/A
53 	Pete Collins 	Kirk Smith 	Until March 	14 	80 	30
53 	Rodney Blackstock 	Patrick Mower 	October to December 	14 	14 	N/A
55 	Carol Wareing 	Helen Pearson 	From November 	13 	13 	N/A
56 	Bob Hope 	Antony Audenshaw 	From September 	12 	12 	N/A
56 	Virginia West 	Bridget Fry 	June, from November 	12 	12 	N/A
58 	Shadrach Dingle 	Andy Devine 	March, August, November to December	7 	7 	N/A
59 	Chloe Atkinson 	Amy Nuttall 	From December 	4 	4 	N/A
60 	Ned Glover 	Johnny Leeze 	July to August 	3 	421 	48
61 	Faith Dingle 	Gillian Jephcott 	November to December 	2 	2 	N/A
61 	Lyn Hutchinson 	Sally Walsh 	Until February 	2 	166 	32
==Storylines==
===January===
*Health visitor Jane Clough calls at Wishing Well Cottage to check-up on Belle. The visit doesn't get off to the best start when Zak takes his eye off Belle and she crawls out of the house is nearly ran over by Jane's car. Things don't get any better when Zak refuses to allow Jane to examine Belle so she is forced to return the following week but a furious Zak throws her out again. Jane returns for a third time the week after and is finally able to examine Belle after Lisa ensures Zak is out of the way for the visit.
*Alan offers to take over Gavin Ferris' loan for The Woolpack to free Bernice of her cheating ex-fiancé but Bernice turns his offer down. Later, Diane decides stay in Emmerdale and take over the loan herself.
*Frankie turns up at Home Farm in the middle of the night to have it out with Zoe. The pair stay up all night talking but Frankie disappears the next morning. The following week, Zoe tracks Frankie down to a haulage firm in Manchester and tries persuades her to return to Emmerdale but Frankie refuses. Frankie later changes her mind and moves into Home Farm.
*Sarah is furious to learn Jack has sold her car behind her back and declares their marriage is over. The Sugdens' constant disagreements soon begin to affect the children - Andy worries he won't be able to be adopted if Jack and Sarah split whilst Robert feels forgotten amongst the arguments, so despite no longer loving each other, Jack and Sarah decide to stay together for the sake of their children.
*Zoe realises Ashley is in love with Bernice and urges him to tell the landlady how he feels but Ashley is reluctant, especially after Diane warns him to stay away. After further encouragement from Zoe, Ashley works up the courage to ask Bernice out but there's a misunderstanding and Bernice assumes he's asking her to help out at the church jumble sale.
*With her financial troubles mounting, Viv decides to sell the Village Store, Post Office & Off-Licence and move away from Emmerdale with Donna. 
*Kelly confides in Mandy about sleeping with Scott whilst Roy was in prison. Mandy is disgusted by Kelly's actions and walks away before a struggling Kelly can reveal she's now pregnant. Things get worse for Kelly when Paddy discovers she's not being doing her job the past few weeks and sacks her. Feeling helpless and alone, Kelly writes letters to her loved ones then attempts suicide by overdosing on pills. Viv and Scott find Kelly in time, and with Zak's help, they rush her to hospital. Roy is distraught that his wife felt unable to tell him how low she was feeling, even more so when he learns Kelly was pregnant but she lost the baby. As Roy cries at Kelly's bedside, Kelly suffers a cardiac arrest although the doctors are able to resuscitate her. Once Kelly is out of danger, she is transferred to a psychiatric ward.
*The villagers reel from Kelly's suicide attempt. Many analyse their last interactions with Kelly and blame themselves for not seeing something was wrong.
*Betty is unsettled by Reggie Wilkie's continued presence in the village, especially when Seth invites him to stay at Keepers Cottage. Betty begs Reggie to leave as him being around has brought back many bad memories. Reggie assumes Betty is referring to her finding him in bed with another woman fifty-years ago and thinks she should be past it by now. He is left shocked when Betty reveals the day she caught him cheating, she had come around to tell him she was pregnant. Reggie soon realises Seth doesn't know about Betty's past as a Windmill girl or her abortion so he blackmails her into letting him stay at Keepers Cottage in return for keeping schtum.
*Eric is concerned by Graham and Kathy's growing relationship as he is convinced Graham murdered Rachel and fears Kathy will end up dead too. Marlon thinks Eric is crazy but soon realises Eric might be right after he witnesses Graham threatening Eric after Eric posted a note reading "Murderer" through Graham's door.
*The inquest into Liam's death takes place. After both Chris and Zoe lie on the stand, the jury returns a verdict that Zoe lawfully killed Liam.
*Sarah is shocked when Richie kisses her after she moans to him about her troubles.
===February===
*Eric and Marlon begin plotting to expose Graham's true colours before Kathy becomes his next victim. After learning Graham's wife also died in suspicious circumstances, Eric sends Graham another letter, this one reading "We know about your first wife too". When the letter doesn't get a the desired rise out of Graham, Eric heads down to Graham's former hometown, St. Albans, to do some digging into his past. Although Eric doesn't find anything in St. Albans, Graham is rattled when he hears of Eric's visit and Eric is certain Graham will slip up soon. Marlon refuses to stand back and allow Kathy to spend time with a man who's killed two woman so decides to confront Graham and warns him his days are numbered. Eric and Marlon continue to put pressure Graham and issue him with an ultimatum - finish with Kathy and turn himself in, otherwise they'll expose him. Instead of finishing with Kathy, Graham books them a getaway to a secluded cottage. Marlon and Eric panic when they learn Kathy has gone away with Graham and desperately try to figure out where they are. Meanwhile at the cottage, Graham attempts to persuade Kathy to leave the village with him but Kathy refuses. Kathy tries to leave the cottage but an increasingly erratic Graham locks them in and continues to try to persuade her to leave Emmerdale with him as Eric and Marlon have a vendetta against him and believe he killed Rachel. Kathy soon realises Graham actually did kill Rachel but manages to stay calm and gets Graham to hand over the key to the locked door. Kathy unlocks the door and heads to her car but Graham works out she's leaving him so he follows her and gets in the car. As Kathy drives back to the village, Graham orders her to stop the car and turn around. Kathy refuses. When Kathy tells Graham he needs help, Graham loses it and tries to take control of the wheel. In the ensuing struggle, the car veers off the road and begins careering toward the edge of a cliff. In the meantime, Eric and Marlon have worked out where Graham has taken Kathy. As they drive to the cottage, they spot the car teetering on the edge of the cliff and race to help. In the car, Kathy tries to remain calm as she makes her way into the backseat so she can get out but Graham is too scared to move. As the vehicle beings to slip over the edge, Kathy manages to escape via the back door but Graham plummets to his death.
*Zoe is upset to learn Frankie doesn't intent to stay at Home Farm permanently. 
*Following her suicide attempt, Kelly starts making plans for the future. First, she tells Scott she can't have him in her life any longer, then she confesses to Roy that she slept with Scott behind his back. Roy is devastated by his wife's betrayal, even more so when Kelly admits she has no idea if it was his or Scott's baby she was carrying. Kelly apologises to Roy for all she's put him through and explains she's going to London for a fresh start. When Kelly tells Chris of her plans, he offers to help her get set up in London and buys her a one-way first-class train ticket. As Kelly prepares to leave Emmerdale, Kathy urges Roy to see Kelly before she goes, even if it's only to say goodbye. Roy rushes to Hotten Station and begs Kelly not to leave, reminding her running away doesn't solve anything. Kelly agrees to stay on the condition that Roy finds them somewhere to decent live. Kathy offers to let Roy and Kelly move in with her at Victoria Cottage but Kelly isn't impressed. Instead, Zoe offers Roy a cottage on Home Farm Estate but Roy refuses it due to his family's history at the property. The Glovers' housing situation is eventually resolved when Chris allows Roy and Kelly to move into Pear Tree Cottage.
*Betty opens up to Ashley about her relationship with Reggie and her subsequent pregnancy and abortion. Ashley urges Betty to get Reggie out of her life but Betty explains it's not so simple as Reggie's threatening to tell Seth about her past and she fears what Seth will think of her when he finds out. Ashley doesn't think Seth will react the way Betty fears he will so he advises Betty to tell Seth before Reggie does. When Reggie again threatens to tell Seth everything, Betty sits Seth down and tells him about her past as a Windmill girl and her back-street abortion which left her unable to have children. After ordering Reggie to leave the village, Seth surprises Betty with a bunch of roses and assures her he loves her the same as he always has done. 
*Chris sends Terry Woods to buy Wylies Farm at auction on his behalf but he's outbid. Zoe later reveals to Chris that it was her who outbid him.
*Zak's ex-wife Nellie unexpectedly turns up at Wishing Well Cottage and invites herself in to stay in Mandy's old flat. Butch isn't pleased to see his mother whilst Lisa feels threatened by the other woman. Nellie hopes to rekindle her relationship with Zak but Zak isn't interested and makes it clear he's with Lisa now. Despite this, Nellie continues to attempts to worm her way back into Zak's affections by cooking his favourite meals and babysitting Belle much to Lisa's frustration. Eventually Lisa grows fed up on Nellie's presence and issues Zak an ultimatum - either Nellie leaves or she does.
*As Jack and Sarah's marriage continues to crumble, Sarah begins an illicit affair with Richie right under Jack's nose.
*Betty proposes to Seth during The Woolpack's Valentine's Day Aphrodisiac Night. Seth accepts but soon both he and Betty are having doubts about getting married but feel like they can't express their feelings to each other in fear of upsetting the other. Eventually Betty admits to Seth that she shouldn't have asked him to marry her much to Seth's relief.
*Emily begins working at Kathy's Diner.
*Chris is furious to discover Sean and Zoe have made major business decisions behind his back and decides to move out of Home Farm although he returns the following week after Frankie encourages Zoe to sort things out with her brother.
*Lyn leaves the village in disgust after her boyfriend Scott confesses he had an affair with Kelly and he could've been the father of her baby.
*Journalists descend on Emmerdale following Graham's death. Eric and Chris manage to keep the vultures from hounding Kathy so the journalists turn their attention to other villagers for their scoop but everybody refuses to talk to them. The following day, Eric approaches a journalist and agrees to talk to him as he doesn't feel like he's getting enough recognition for role in figuring out the truth about Graham and saving Kathy. When the rest of the villagers see Eric's story in the paper, they are disgusted with him.
*Chris shares a kiss with Joseph's nanny Claudia.
*Richie boasts about seeing a married woman in the pub right in front of an oblivious Jack. When Sarah gets wind of what Richie said, she ends their relationship as she fears Richie's indiscretion will result in them being caught. Subsequently, Richie tells those in the pub he was lying about the affair and he and Sarah resume their relationship.
*Viv catches Ollie stealing from the shop so marches the troublesome teen over to Holdgate Farm where she informs Sean and Angie that she intends to prosecute Ollie. Angie recompenses Viv for what's been stolen but Viv still wants the book thrown at Ollie.
*The villagers throw Laura a surprise 8th birthday party.
===March===
*Lisa takes Belle and moves out of Wishing Well Cottage due to Zak's refusal to get rid of Nellie. Zak tries to make things up with Lisa but he soon begins to wonder if Lisa no longer loves him and is using Nellie turning up as an excuse to get out. As the pair argue, Lisa admits she doesn't feel the same about him anymore - how can she after the way she's been treated. Zak is devastated by Lisa's confession but refuses to allow her to keep him away from Belle any longer. He heads straight over to the playgroup and takes Belle home with him. When Lisa discovers Zak has taken Belle, she is incandescent with rage and heads straight to Wishing Well Cottage to get her daughter back but Nellie refuses to hand her over. Butch is disgusted by the way Zak and Lisa are acting. He ensures Lisa gets Belle back then does his best to reunite Zak and Lisa. When he gets nowhere, he calls a family conference during which he proposes that Zak gives Nellie the push so that Lisa and Belle return home but it doesn't help.
*Angie and Sean are concerned by Ollie's law-breaking ways so they decide to put the fear of god into her by having one of Angie's colleagues take her down to the police station. A scared Ollie is furious that her parents would do that to her and vows never to forgive them.
*Terry asks Claudia on a date but she turns him down as she has a crush on Chris. The following week, Chris invites Claudia out to dinner.
*Emily applies to the Missing Person's Helpline to find her dad as she hasn't heard from him since before Wylie's Farm was repossessed. A few days later, Jack bumps into John at Hotten Cattle Market and tells him Emily is desperate to see him. The following day, Emily tracks John down but John isn't ready to be a part of her life again as she's still with Butch. 
*Alan invites Diane for a day out in the Dales. Instead of enjoying a long walk like Alan hoped, Diane finds her way to the nearest pub where she gets drunk and flirts with the regulars much to Alan's frustration. 
*Richie asks Scott to sign over Dale-Tec to him in return for taking on all the business debts. Scott is more than happy to accept Richie's offer but is furious when he discovers Chris has taken over his company and has changed the name to Tate Technology.
*Robert's desire not to work on the farm continues to cause tension between him and Jack and also causes problems between him and Andy too. Jack admits to Andy that he feels more like his son than Robert does although he immediately regrets it. The following day, the Sugdens receive a letter about finalizing Andy's adoption so Sarah encourages Jack to make things up with Robert before he officially takes on another son. Jack apologises to Robert but soon the father and son are rowing again as Robert feels like Jack only cares about Andy. When Robert mouths off that Jack is only adopting Andy so he can have an unpaid farmhand to exploit, a furious Jack hits him.
*Kathy hires Carlos Diaz as the diner's new chef. Carlos is an immediate hit with the customers, especially the female ones. 
*Viv arranges a village protest meeting to discuss the Tate Haulage lorries driving through the village. Chris and Zoe turn up during the meeting and reminds those in attendance that they all benefit from Tate Haulage in one way or another and point out Viv only arranged this meeting for her own gain.
*Marc develops a crush on Tricia so asks Marlon for tips on how to chat up an older woman. Marlon advises him to start with someone his own age so Marc begins seeing Donna. 
*Butch asks Emily to marry him. A delighted Emily accepts!
*Andy's adoption hearing takes place. During the meeting, the judge asks Robert for his opinion the family adopting Andy. Still furious about Jack hitting and also feeling jealous about Jack and Andy's bond, Robert comments that maybe Jack and Sarah can batter Andy as well as him now. The judge assumes Robert is joking and the adoption proceeds as planned. 
*Following the finalization of Andy's adoption, Sarah visits Richie and tells him they need to end their affair. As the pair share a goodbye kiss, Scott walks in on them. Scott uses what he saw to blackmail Richie into giving him a share of Tate Technology's profits.
*Due to her domestic problems, Lisa falls behind on servicing the Tate Haulage lorries. As a result, Pete is late for a delivery as he doesn't have a lorry to use. Chris orders Pete to take his lorry out anyway even though Lisa hasn't completed the servicing forms as he assumes Lisa has just forgotten to finish the paperwork. It proves to be a fatal mistake. As Pete is driving through the village, the lorry's brakes fail resulting in the lorry crashing into the supermarket minibus full of villagers that's been delayed in setting off due to Viv's protests. As the emergency services race to the scene, villagers are able to remove a relatively unharmed Alan from the wreckage as well as the body of Councillor Bob Simmonds but they can't reach anyone else due to the instability of the vehicles, leaving everyone fearing for their loved ones lives. When firefighters arrive on the scene, they are able to extract Seth and Marc from the debris and the pair are rushed to hospital. Meanwhile, Chris and Zoe breathe a huge sigh of relief when Frankie and Joseph turn up unharmed having not been on the minibus like they feared but Pete isn't so lucky having died on impact. A hysterical Sarah is next to be rescued but she refuses to go to hospital until she knows Victoria is safe. Butch is pulled from the wreckage next and is also rushed to hospital. Once Victoria is rescued, she tells Jack and Chris how frightened she was being stuck in the wreckage but Kathy kept telling her it would be alright until she stopped talking. Jack and Chris fear this means Kathy has died. When Kathy is eventually rescued from the minibus she isn't in a good way but she's still alive although Patrica Holmes isn't so fortunate. 
*In the aftermath of the crash, Kathy, Butch and Sarah recover from their injuries in hospital. As Emily sits at Butch's hospital bedside, she notices he isn't responsive so she calls for a doctor. A rapidly deteriorating Butch is sent for an emergency scan which reveals he has a large internal bleed due to a laceration on his liver so he's rushed into theatre where the wound is packed and he is given blood in the hopes that the laceration will start to heal on its own. The operation isn't a success, so on his deathbed, Butch marries his fiancée Emily. Shortly after the ceremony, Butch passes away with his new bride by his side.
*The villagers grieve for those killed in the crash.
*Chris, Zoe, Sean, and Laura hold a crisis meeting at Tate Haulage to discuss how the company is going to proceed following the crash. As Tate Haulage prepares for an inspection following the crash, Sean discovers Pete's lorry was in the middle of being serviced when the crash occurred. Sean wants to shred the half-completed servicing paperwork before the inspector arrives but Chris, who is secretly plotting to ensure Sean take the fall for the crash, insists they keep it.
*Zoe hopes to attend Pete's funeral to pay her respects but Frankie tells her she's not welcome. Later, Frankie overhears Zoe and Chris discussing how going to Butch's funeral is a good PR move. Disgusted, Frankie packs her belongings and leaves Home Farm.
*Betty fears Seth has died after she overhears doctors discussing a patient's death and finds his hospital bed empty. A doctor reassures Betty that Seth is fine, but admits she doesn't actually know where Seth is. Betty eventually finds Seth supping ale in the pub.
*Sam returns to Emmerdale to attend Butch's funeral after being released from prison. Also in attendance at the funeral are Zak's brother Shadrach, Shadrach's son Cain and distant cousin Charity as well as Emily's estranged father John.
*Charity steals Eric's wallet. When Eric discovers his wallet is missing, he instantly suspects Sam is responsible. Sam knows Charity is the real culprit so he decides to retrieve the wallet from Charity's car and return it to Eric but Cain takes the wallet from him before he can. Sam tells Shadrach what's happened so Shadrach steals the wallet from Cain but Shadrach doesn't hold onto the wallet long either as Charity steals it back from him. Charity removes the remaining cash from the wallet and throws it in the Dingles pigsty. A furious Eric crawls through the muck and retrieves his wallet only to discover it's empty.
*During Butch's wake, Nellie overhears Lisa telling Roy how she hadn't finished servicing the lorry that crashed into the minibus.
===April===
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===May===
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===June===
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===July===
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===August===
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===September===
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===October===
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===November===
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===December===
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==Who lives where==
Main Street
*The Woolpack - Alan Turner. Bernice Blackstock (until December). Tricia Stokes (until March). Diane Blackstock (from January).
*Pear Tree Cottage - Roy and Kelly Glover (both February to August). Richie Carter (from August). Sarah Sugden (August to November). Victoria Sugden (October to November).
*Woodbine Cottage - Edna Birch.
*Mill Cottage - Graham Clark (until February). Adam Forrester (from March).
*Dale View - Richie Carter and Sarah Sugden (both May to August). Bev Mansfield (from November).
*Victoria Cottage - Kathy Glover (until November). Roy Glover (February only). Tricia Stokes (from March).
*Keepers Cottage - Betty Eagleton and Seth Armstrong. Diane Blackstock (until January). Lisa and Belle Dingle (both April to May). Kelly Windsor (August to September). Scott Windsor (October to November).
*Windsor's Village Store & Post Office - Viv, and Donna Windsor. Scott Windsor (until August). Kelly Glover (until February, August, and September to November). Roy Glover (until February). Carol Wareing (from November).
*Mill Brook Cottage - Laura Johnstone (until August).
Church Lane
*Tenant House - Marlon Dingle and Terry Woods. Pete Collins (until March). Carlos Diaz (from May). Marc Reynolds (June only). Frankie Smith (from November).
*The Flat, The Old School House - Eric Pollard.
*St. Mary's Vicarage - Ashley Thomas. Bernice Thomas (from December).
Hotten Road
*Smithy Cottage - Paddy Kirk. Mandy Dingle (until September). Lyn Hutchinson (until February). Lisa and Belle Dingle (both March to April). Jason Kirk (from May). Joe Fisher (from December).
Robblesfield Way
*Wishing Well Cottage - Zak and Emily Dingle. Lisa and Belle Dingle (both until March, and from May). Butch Dingle (until March). Nellie Dingle (February to May). Sam Dingle (March to October). Cain Dingle (from March). Charity Dingle (May to December).
*Holdgate Farm - Sean, Angie, and Ollie Reynolds. Marc Reynolds (until June, and from September).
Connelton Lane
*Home Farm - Christopher, Zoe, and Joseph Tate. Claudia Nash (until May). Frankie Smith (January to March, April to November). Kelly Windsor (February only). Jason Kirk (May only). Charity Dingle (from December).
*Nursery Flat, Home Farm - Vacant.
Others
*Melby Farm/Emmerdale Farm III - Robert and Andy. Jack Sugden (until November). Victoria Sugden (until October, and from November).Sarah Sugden and Richie Carter (both until May). Marc Reynolds (June to September). Kathy Glover (from November).
*HMP Skipdale - Jack Sugden (from November).
==Awards and Nominations==
National Television Awards
*Most Popular Serial Drama: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Most Popular Actress: Samantha Giles (Nominee)
*Most Popular Newcomer: Kate McGregor (Nominee)
British Soap Awards
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Best Actress: Samantha Giles (Nominee)
*Best Exit: Paul Loughran (Winner)
British Academy Television Awards
*Best Soap Opera: Emmerdale (Nominee)
Inside Magazine Soap Awards
*Best Storyline: The Bus Crash and Butch Dingle's death (Winner)
*Best Couple: Bernice Blackstock and Ashley Thomas (Winners)
*Most 'Missed' Character: Butch Dingle (Nominee)
Liverpool Echo Awards
*Soap Personality of the Year: Malandra Burrows and Stephen McGann (Nominees)
TV Quick Awards
*Best Soap: Emmerdale (Nominee)
*Best Actor: Peter Amory, Steve Halliwell and Clive Hornby (Nominees)
*Best Actress: Samantha Giles (Winner)
*Best New Actor: Glenn Lamont (Nominee)
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