The first episode of Emmerdale, which was known as Emmerdale Farm, was broadcast back in October 1972.
The soap was mainly about the Sugden's, a family of farmers who lived in the fictional Yorkshire Dales village. However the soap is worlds apart from the twists and turns we see today and that isn’t the only difference.
Back then the show was only on twice a week in the afternoon but now we get the soap for five days a week with an hour special every Thursday.
