Emmerdale Farm in 1982

1982 was Emmerdale Farm's 11th year. Storylines included Alan Turner being appointed new manager of NY Estates, Dolly Skilbeck's pregnancy and birth to Samuel Skilbeck and the revelation that Jack Sugden was actually Jackie Merrick's father. 68 episodes were broadcast this year.
==Production==
The programme returned to air following the strike the previous November with Episode 703 on 12th January. The last episode to be aired before the strike was Episode 696, meaning that six episodes worth of material were never broadcast due to the strike. No explanation was provided onscreen as to what had happened in these episodes and viewers were left having to fill in the blanks for themselves. One such incident to have occurred but not broadcast was Jack Sugden's proposal to Pat Merrick.
Anne W. Gibbons continued her reign as producer for the third year running. Two additions to the cast came in the shape of Richard Thorp as Alan Turner and Rosie Kerslake as Barbara Peters. Richard would start on the programme on 2nd January - his fiftieth birthday, but his first appearance wouldn't appear onscreen until March.
The programme celebrated its 10th birthday on 16th October and this was marked by a special tribute show - A Decade Down on the Farm, broadcast on 18th October. The programme, presented by Richard Whiteley, spoke to all six remaining original cast members as well as series creator Kevin Laffan. A press event was also held in London in celebration and TV Times published a special souvenir magazine to acknowledge the milestone.
The summer break for this year came in mid-June where the programme remained off screen until September.
==Episodes==
==Main Cast==
Ranking	Character 	Played by 	Duration 	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1 	Henry Wilks 	Arthur Pentelow	Full year 	68 	734 	1
1 	Matt Skilbeck 	Frederick Pyne 	Full year 	68 	732 	1
1 	Jack Sugden 	Clive Hornby 	Full year 	68 	314 	1
1 	Pat Merrick/Sugden	Helen Weir 	Full year 	68 	169 	8
1 	Jackie Merrick 	Ian Sharrock 	Full year 	68 	146 	11
6 	Joe Sugden 	Frazer Hines 	Full year 	67 	720 	1
7 	Amos Brearly 	Ronald Magill 	Full year 	66 	729 	6
7 	Dolly Skilbeck 	Jean Rogers 	Full year 	66 	361 	1
7 	Seth Armstrong 	Stan Richards 	Full year 	66 	196 	6
10 	Sandie Merrick 	Jane Hutcheson 	Full year 	65 	144 	10
11 	Donald Hinton 	Hugh Manning 	Full year 	62 	251 	14
12 	Annie Sugden 	Sheila Mercier 	Full year except March	58 	712 	12
13 	Sam Pearson 	Toke Townley 	Full year except March	56 	670 	12
14 	Alan Turner 	Richard Thorp 	From March 	48 	48 	-
15 	Tom Merrick 	Edward Peel 	January to February 	14 	38 	15
16 	Barbara Peters 	Rosie Kerslake 	From December 	4 	4 	-
==Storylines==
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==Who lives where==
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==Awards and Nominations==
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Category:1982
Category:Emmerdale year-by-year