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Emmerdale (1998)
No. of episodes162 (+1 supplemental)
Release
Original networkYorkshire Television
Original release1 January (1998-01-01) –
31 December 1998 (1998-12-31)
Season chronology
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Emmerdale is a British soap opera, set in the heart of the beautiful countryside of the Yorkshire Dales, this realistic down-to-earth drama superbly chronicles the joys and the heartbreaks of a tightly-knit countryside community. The show airs on Yorkshire Television and entered its 27th broadcasted year on 1 January 1998 with its 2305th episode, with Mervyn Watson continuing her role as producer until Kieran Roberts took over in August. Emmerdale aired 162 episodes in 1998, with the the typical week comprising three half-hour episodes on Yorkshire Television, in a time slot of 7.00 pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Cast and characters

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For a list of characters who made their first appearance in 1998, see List of Emmerdale characters (1998).
For a list of characters who made their last appearance in 1998, see List of past Emmerdale characters § Last appeared in 1998.

Louise Beattie joined the cast of Emmerdale in July 1998 as Laura Johnstone, a lawyer who embarks on an affair with Chris Tate (Peter Amory). Followed by the character of Graham Clark (Kevin Pallister), whom audiences later classified him as "Psycho Graham". It was revealed that Pallister was to join the cast when Steven Murphy of Inside Soap reported an article that Rachel Hughes (Glenda McKay) would embark on a romantic relationship with a handsome colleague.[1] The next introduction came in the shape and form of Sheree Murphy as Tricia Stokes, Alan Turner's granddaughter, who arrived in her grandfathers arms out of the blue. Samantha Giles was casted in the role of Bernice Blackstock, a barmaid at The Woolpack, and arrived in the village in November 1998. On Christmas Day 1998, the most significant and surprising introduction of the year was Zak and Lisa's unexpected daughter, Belle Dingle, who was born in a shack and played by Emily Mather.[2]

As well as introductions there was also departures. However, all in all the historic departure of the year was the demise of post office owner Vic Windsor (Alun Lewis), who was killed by Billy Hopwood following a burglary in his post office on Christmas Day.[3] The Cairns family were also axed from the series, having only made a mark on the programme for one consecutive year, the only family member that remained in the village was Will Cairns (Paul Fox). Other departures include Dee Pollard (Claudia Malkovich), Jan Glover (Roberta Kerr) and Lord Alex Oakwell (Rupam Maxwell).

The following is a full list of the Emmerdale 1998 cast, followed by their respective episode count out of 162 total episodes.

Regular cast

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  1. ^ Murphy, Steven (8–21 August 1998). "A Dale of a time". Inside Soap (107). Attic Futura (UK) Ltd: 8.
  2. ^ "Belle Dingle". What's on TV. IPC Media. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Emmerdale's Vic Windsor". Emmerdale.me. Emmerdale.me.uk. 20 September 2003. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
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