Emmerdale Farm in 1975

1975 was Emmerdale Farm's 4th year. The production was overseen by producer Robert D. Cardona and executive producer David Cunliffe who joined later in the year.
62 episodes were broadcast during the year. Major storylines included the arrival of Rosemary Kendall at Emmerdale, following her mother having a breakdown, departure of Marian Wilks after her brief return and Joe Sugden's relationship with Kathy Gimbel.
==Production==
Economy cuts in ITV programming saw its afternoon serials axed over the summer. General Hospital and Crown Court were both gifted one-hour edition evening slots for the period but Emmerdale Farm was forced off air completely. As a result, it took a summer break between May and October. Luckily for Emmerdale Farm, their break in May took place three days before the 1975 ITV strike. The programme was always due to return in the autumn but at the time of the break, it wasn't clear whether this would be in its usual afternoon slot or in a new evening slot.
Trident International made its first international sale of the programme to Sweden's TV2. Broadcast as Hem till gården (Home to the Farm), TV2 began from the first episode in June and continued at a pace of three episodes a week. After three weeks, they increased their run by thirteen episodes.
When the programme returned to UK screens in October, in its usual afternoon slot, it was given its second opening titles change in a year. These would go onto become the longest-serving titles for the programme, lasting until 1989. David Cunliffe joined the production as an executive producer as of Episode 271 (17th November 1975). 
This year saw the temporary departure of Marian Wilks in January and the final appearance of Gail Harrison in the role. The character returned over 13 years later, then played by a different actress. Barbara Ashcroft made her final appearance as Norah Norris in February and Tom Browne as James Bonfils in April. May saw the departure of Liz Ruski and Edward Ruskin played by Daphne Green and George Little. The latter would return on 17th May 1983. 
Cast additions included Lesley Manville joining the cast as the daughter of Annie Sugden's cousin, Rosemary Kendall in February and George Fenton joining the cast as Martin Gimbel in May.
During this year Ernie Shuttleworth, owner of The Woolpack's rival, The Malt Shovel, was seen for the first time. After this, he would not be seen again until 1984 and was then played by a different actor. 
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Joe Sugden 	Frazer Hines 	Full year 	62 	272 	5
2 	Matt Skilbeck 	Frederick Pyne 	Full year 	61 	261 	4
3 	Amos Brearly 	Ronald Magill 	Full year 	60 	257 	2
4 	Annie Sugden 	Sheila Mercier 	Full year 	57 	267 	3
4 	Henry Wilks 	Arthur Pentelow 	Full year 	57 	261 	1
6 	Sam Pearson 	Toke Townley 	Full year 	56 	244 	6
7 	Rosemary Kendall	Lesley Manville 	From February 	47 	47 	-
8 	Kathy Gimbel 	Polly Hemingway 	From March 	31 	44 	13
9 	Norah Norris 	Barbara Ashcroft	Until February 	11 	46 	11
10 	Edward Ruskin 	George Little 	April and May only 	8 	98 	10
10 	Liz Ruskin 	Daphne Green 	January, April and May only	8 	79 	12
12 	Marian Wilks 	Gail Harrison 	January only 	6 	33 	19
==Storylines==
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==Who lives where==
*Emmerdale Farm - Annie Sugden, Joe Sugden, Matt Skilbeck, Sam Pearson. Rosemary Kendall (from February). James Bonfils (until April). 
*The Woolpack - Amos Brearly and Henry Wilks.
*Beckindale Vicarage - Edward and Liz Ruskin. (both until May)
*Beckindale Shop - Norah Norris (until March). Lena Dawkins (from March).
*The Mill - Empty.
*Holly Farm - Jim, Freda, Martin and Davey Gimbel. Kathy Gimbel (from March).
==Who works where==
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==Awards and Nominations==
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Category:1975
Category:Emmerdale year-by-year