I loved him as a baddie, as a rotten individual. I would crease myself at some of the antics he got up to,” Chris laughs. And Emile John shared: ‘It’ll be two years this month since I joined the cast, how time flies when you’re having fun!’ a b c "Coronavirus: ITV halts Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Lorraine, Loose Women filming". BBC News. Archived from the original on 10 April 2020 . Retrieved 15 April 2020. Emmerdale’s directors Ian Bevitt and Tim O’Mara have given a final tease at what fans can expect from tonight’s huge 50th anniversary episode.

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Other families followed: the middle-class Windsors in 1993, known as the Hope family after Viv's ( Deena Payne) 2001 marriage to Bob Hope ( Tony Audenshaw), and the ne'er-do-well Dingle family in 1994. [44] The Tate, Windsor-Hope and Dingle families predominated during the 1990s and 2000s. The era's storylines included the 1993 plane crash, the 1994 Home Farm siege, the 1998 post-office robbery, the 2000 bus crash, the 2003–04 storm and the 2006 King show-home collapse. By the mid- to late-2000s, the last of the Tates (Zoe, daughter Jean and nephew Joseph) had emigrated to New Zealand. In 2009, Chris Tate's ex-wife Charity and their son Noah returned to the village. In 2017, Joe Tate returned to the village. In 2018, Kim Tate returned to the village after nearly 20-year absence, and in the following year her son James returned as well. Members of the Windsor-Hope family left the village in early 2006, and Viv Hope was killed off in a village fire in February 2011 after nearly 18 years on the show. As of 2022, only Donna Windsor's daughter, April, and the Hope branch of the family (Bob and his children, twins Cathy and Heathcliff) remain. [45] Plunkett, John (13 February 2004). "Patsy Kensit joins Emmerdale". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018 . Retrieved 24 November 2018. Emmerdale' holds music festival with Scouting for Girls, Proclaimers – Emmerdale News – Soaps". Digital Spy. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012 . Retrieved 29 November 2012.Emmerdale producer Laura Shaw added: "We are thrilled to have Robert joining the Emmerdale family to play Harry. Dangerous and unpredictable, Harry will bring drama and peril to some of our most loved villagers, with some twists and turns along the way that our viewers really won't be expecting!" Byrne, Andrea (8 February 2009). "The plough and the stars: how TV's revolutionary Riordans changed Ireland". The Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009 . Retrieved 6 October 2009. Darcy Grey joined the role of sparky electrician Marcus Dean, the son of Rhona’s rapist Pierce Harris, late last year. Some of the less controllable aspects - horses and cows, for example, proved to be quite challenging, but we got there in the end, I feel." While Emmerdale has started airing a new romance between Harriet Finch and Dan Spencer, it already seems doomed to fail as Harriet still has feelings for her ex-partner Will Taylor.