Emmerdale Live

{{Short description|Live episode of Emmerdale broadcast in 2012}} {{EngvarB|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Italic title|string=Emmerdale}} {{Infobox television episode | italic_title = no | rtitle = Episodes 6371 and 6372 | series = [[Emmerdale]] | image = | caption = | episode = 6371, 6372 | airdate = {{Start date|2012|10|17|df=yes}} | length = 60 minutes (including adverts) | writer = Paul Roundell | director = Tony Prescott | editor = | music = | photographer = | guests = | episode_list = Storylines of Emmerdale | rprev = Episode 6370 | rnext = Episode 6373 }}

On 17 October 2012, a live episode of the British soap opera ''[[Emmerdale]]'' was broadcast, marking the 40th anniversary of the first episode in 1972. The episode was broadcast at the usual time of 7&nbsp;pm on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. For the 40th anniversary live episode, ''Emmerdale'' announced that a character would die, and that character was [[Carl King]] (played by [[Tom Lister (actor)|Tom Lister]]), who was hit with a brick by his love rival [[Cameron Murray (Emmerdale)|Cameron Murray]] ([[Dominic Power]]). The episode also featured a wedding and two births.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2012-10-17/two-births-two-weddings-and-a-death-emmerdale-celebrates-40th-anniversary-birthday-with-live-episode/|title=Two births, two weddings and a death: Emmerdale celebrates 40th anniversary with live episode|website=ITV News|date=17 October 2012|access-date=2 April 2017}}</ref> Behind-the-scenes footage was also included.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9615341/Emmerdale-40th-anniversary-live-episode-review.html|title=Emmerdale, 40th anniversary live episode, review|author=Rachel Ward|website=The Telegraph|date=17 October 2012|access-date=2 April 2017}}</ref>

==Production== To celebrate ''Emmerdale'''s 40th anniversary, it was announced on 1 May 2012 that the show would have its first-ever live episode.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a379403/emmerdale-live-episode-confirmed-for-40th-anniversary-video.htm|title= 'Emmerdale' live episode confirmed for 40th anniversary|first1=Daniel|last2=Mansell|first2=Tom|last1=Kilkelly|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=1 May 2012}}</ref> On 25 June 2012, it was announced that Tony Prescott, who directed the [[Coronation Street Live (2010 episode)|50th anniversary live episode of Coronation Street]] in December 2010 would direct the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a389637/emmerdale-40th-anniversary-live-episode-director-confirmed.html|first=Paul|last=Millar |title='Emmerdale' 40th anniversary live episode director confirmed - Emmerdale News - Soaps |work=Digital Spy |date=25 June 2012 |accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref> On 23 July it was reported that an ITV2 backstage show, ''Emmerdale Uncovered: Live'', would be broadcast after the live episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a394686/emmerdale-to-have-itv2-backstage-show-following-live-episode.html |title='Emmerdale' to have ITV2 backstage show following live episode - Emmerdale News - Soaps|first=Paul|last=Millar |work=Digital Spy |date=23 July 2012 |accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref> On 14 August, it was announced that the production team was building a new Woolpack set for the live episode. Although ''Emmerdale''{{'s}} village and interior sets are miles apart, its producers wanted The Woolpack to feature in the live episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a399425/emmerdale-builds-new-woolpack-set-for-live-episode.html |title='Emmerdale' builds new Woolpack set for live episode - Emmerdale News - Soaps |work=Digital Spy|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|date=14 August 2012 |accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref> On 6 September, it was confirmed that the One-hour live episode would include an unexpected death, two weddings and two births.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s12/emmerdale/news/a404210/emmerdale-death-confirmed-for-40th-anniversary-live-episode.html|first=Paul|last=Millar |title='Emmerdale' death confirmed for 40th anniversary live episode - Emmerdale News - Soapswork=Digital Spy |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=6 September 2012 |accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref> Series Producer Stuart Blackburn wanted the identity of the dying character to be kept secret until the episode was broadcast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/emmerdale/a404467/emmerdale-death-should-stay-secret-says-show-boss-stuart-blackburn/|title='Emmerdale' death should stay secret, says show boss Stuart Blackburn|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|work=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=31 March 2021|date=7 September 2012}}</ref>

''Emmerdale Live'' aired on 17 October 2012, in the middle of the 40th anniversary week, with the death revealed to be Carl King's.

==Rehearsals== Rehearsals for the live episode started one week in advance. During rehearsals, [[Stephen Mulhern]] pre-recorded some rehearsals and interviewed some of the cast and crew for the [[Emmerdale Live (2012 episode)#Emmerdale Live: The Fallout (backstage show)|aftershow]] which aired straight after on [[ITV2]] at 8&nbsp;pm.

==Opening sequence== A new opening sequence was used, consisting of an aerial view of the church, zooming in to [[Carl King]] ([[Tom Lister (actor)|Tom Lister]]) sitting alone on the grass with dried blood covering his face; [[Chas Dingle|Chas]] ([[Lucy Pargeter]]) and [[Dan Spencer (Emmerdale)|Dan Spencer]] ([[Liam Fox (actor)|Liam Fox]]) preparing to sign the marriage forms; [[Declan Macey]] ([[Jason Merrells]]) and [[Katie Sugden]] ([[Sammy Winward]]) arriving at their wedding reception; Carl's bruised brother [[Jimmy King (Emmerdale)|Jimmy]] ([[Nick Miles]]) walking across a bridge in distress following their showdown in the previous episode; [[Cameron Murray (Emmerdale)|Cameron Murray]] ([[Dominic Power]]) looking out his bedroom window; [[Gennie Walker]] ([[Sian Reese-Williams]]) going into labour; [[Debbie Dingle]] ([[Charley Webb]]) getting loaded into the back of an ambulance; and a high-up view of the village.

==Plot== ===Part 1=== As Chas and Dan sign the register, Carl arrives at the church. Carl is livid that Chas has fooled him and follows as the congregation leave the church. He then confronts Chas but is distracted when he receives a call from Cameron. Katie and Declan have their first dance as [[Megan Macey]] ([[Gaynor Faye]]) arrives. [[Zak Dingle]] ([[Steve Halliwell]]) and [[Cain Dingle]] ([[Jeff Hordley]]) sit in the corridor at the hospital. Cain thanks Zak for calming Debbie. Chas is keen to get in the camper van and leave, but Dan announces that he has planned a surprise wedding reception for her. Debbie asks after Cameron at the hospital, Zak tells her that he has left another message for him. Cameron sits alone in the church waiting for Carl to arrive. A panicked Chas makes a quick excuse to leave the wedding reception and rushes to the pub in an attempt to calm herself. Nicola runs into a bloody Jimmy but he yells at her and walks off claiming he doesn't want to talk. The guests at the wedding reception discuss Chas's odd behaviour. Chas starts to pack her things into a bag as Carl walks into the church.

===Part 2=== Cameron and Carl threaten each other. Katie tells Megan that [[Robbie Lawson (Emmerdale)|Robbie Lawson]] ([[Jamie Shelton]]) knew about their scam. As their argument progresses, Cameron picks up a candlestick to hit Carl with, but bottles it. Carl laughs and leaves. Diane catches Chas in tears at the pub, when Dan walks in. Chas begs Dan to get in the van and leave with her. Gennie's waters break. A livid Dan refuses to leave with Chas, thinking that she regrets marrying him. She promises to explain once they leave the village, but he refuses to leave the kids. He gives her the keys to his van and leaves. Debbie tries to get hold of Cameron again but her phone battery is dying. With Gennie about to give birth, [[Nikhil Sharma]] ([[Rik Makarem]]) ends the wedding reception, clearing people out of the B&B. [[Bob Hope (Emmerdale)|Bob Hope]] ([[Tony Audenshaw]]) decides they should all crash the marquee. Chas sneaks down to the camper van and attempts to start it but Carl blocks her way.

===Part 3=== Carl confronts Chas over what she has done. Debbie gives birth to a baby boy. Gennie is in the last stages of birth as Nikhil helps via a birthing app on his phone. As the baby arrives, [[Rhona Goskirk]] ([[Zoe Henry]]) catches it as Nikhil faints. The midwife begins to deliver Debbie's placenta, crucial to Sarah's survival. Robbie arrives at the marquee and Megan confronts him. Chas tries to convince Carl that they can both remain in the village and kisses him. He invites her to sleep with him in the camper van. Disgusted and terrified, Chas plays along and climbs into the back with him. Robbie chases after Megan, trying to explain his actions, he apologises referring to her as "mum" for the first time. Carl, lying on top of a sickened Chas, gets her to remove her wedding ring. Debbie holds the baby for the first time. Chas shoves Carl away as he goes to pull down the straps on her dress, telling him she can't do it. Carl admits his surprise, thinking she'd go further along with the game before crying off. Chas attempts to leave, but Carl grabs her. Debbie feels like she's pushed Cameron away. A dazed Nihkil comes around and sees his daughter for the first time. As the two grapple outside, Chas becomes horrified when Carl finally reveals that he himself killed his father [[Tom King (Emmerdale)|Tom King]] ([[Ken Farrington]]); ranting that he did it for her and he won't let her walk away from him again. Chas slaps Carl and tries again to leave, but Carl brings her down onto the floor as Chas screams for him to get off; she soon reaches out for a brick and hits him on the head, injuring Carl.

===Part 4=== As a distressed Chas runs away from Carl, Cameron notices her and investigates as to what she is running from. Diane gets off the phone with Debbie and tells Ashley that they've decided to call the baby boy [[Jack Sugden (2012 character)|Jack Sugden]]. Chas rushes back into the pub. Carl, still wounded from Chas' attack on him, struggles to sit up. He manages to find his phone and loads the picture of Cameron and Chas in bed together and presses 'Send'. Declan and Katie are about to cut the cake, but become involved in argument with Megan. Megan pushes Katie's face into the cake before leaving. Cameron finds Carl and picks up the brick that Chas used on him earlier, he tells Carl that he'll help him if he keeps quiet about the affair and leaves both him and Chas alone. The pair argue and Cameron hits Carl over the head in exactly the same spot that Chas did previously. Zak and Cain realise they've had a breakthrough with each other. Charity leaves Debbie's phone on her bedside table as she sleeps. Cameron is stunned to find Carl is dead and picks up his phone before fleeing the scene. As Debbie sleeps, six new messages come through on her phone.

==Cast== ===Regular cast=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *[[Tom Lister (actor)|Tom Lister]] as [[Carl King]] *[[Liam Fox (actor)|Liam Fox]] as [[Dan Spencer (Emmerdale)|Dan Spencer]] *[[Lucy Pargeter]] as [[Chas Spencer]] *[[Jason Merrells]] as [[Declan Macey]] *[[Sammy Winward]] as [[Katie Macey]] *[[Nick Miles]] as [[Jimmy King (Emmerdale)|Jimmy King]] *[[Dominic Power]] as [[Cameron Murray (Emmerdale)|Cameron Murray]] *[[Sian Reese-Williams]] as [[Gennie Walker]] *[[Rik Makarem]] as [[Nikhil Sharma]] *[[Charley Webb]] as [[Debbie Dingle]] *[[Steve Halliwell]] as [[Zak Dingle]] *[[Jeff Hordley]] as [[Cain Dingle]] *[[Tony Audenshaw]] as [[Bob Hope (Emmerdale)|Bob Hope]] *[[Mark Charnock]] as [[Marlon Dingle]] *[[Natalie J. Robb]] as [[Moira Barton]] *Andy Wear as [[List of Emmerdale characters (2011)#Jude Watson|Jude Watson]] *[[Dominic Brunt]] as [[Paddy Kirk]] *[[Zoe Henry]] as [[Rhona Goskirk]] *[[Jane Cox]] as [[Lisa Dingle]] *[[Charlotte Bellamy]] as [[Laurel Thomas]] *[[Kelli Hollis]] as [[Ali Spencer]] *[[Alicya Eyo]] as [[Ruby Haswell]] *[[Luke Roskell]] as [[Sean Spencer (Emmerdale)|Sean Spencer]] *Daisy Campbell as [[Amelia Spencer (Emmerdale)|Amelia Spencer]] *[[Shirley Stelfox]] as [[Edna Birch]] *[[Elizabeth Estensen]] as [[Diane Sugden]] {{col-2}} *[[Emma Atkins]] as [[Charity Sharma]] *[[Eden Taylor-Draper]] as [[Belle Dingle]] *[[Gemma Oaten]] as [[Rachel Breckle]] *[[Chris Bisson]] as [[Jai Sharma]] *[[Nicola Wheeler]] as [[Nicola King]] *[[Kelvin Fletcher]] as [[Andy Sugden]] *[[Paula Tilbrook]] as [[Betty Eagleton]] *[[Freddie Jones]] as [[Sandy Thomas]] *[[Richard Thorp]] as [[Alan Turner (Emmerdale)|Alan Turner]] *[[Kurtis Stacey]] as [[Alex Moss]] *[[Patrick Mower]] as [[Rodney Blackstock]] *[[Matthew Wolfenden]] as [[David Metcalfe]] *[[Isabel Hodgins]] as [[Victoria Sugden]] *[[Adam Thomas]] as [[Adam Barton (Emmerdale)|Adam Barton]] *[[Bhasker Patel]] as [[Rishi Sharma]] *[[Fiona Wade]] as [[Priya Sharma]] *[[Gaynor Faye]] as [[Megan Macey]] *[[James Hooton]] as [[Sam Dingle]] *[[Laura Norton]] as [[Kerry Wyatt]] *[[Chelsea Halfpenny]] as [[Amy Wyatt]] *[[Chris Chittell]] as [[Eric Pollard]] *[[Charlie Hardwick]] as [[Val Pollard]] *[[Kitty McGeever]] as [[Lizzie Lakely]] *[[John Middleton (actor)|John Middleton]] as [[Ashley Thomas]] *Jamie Shelton as [[Robbie Lawson (Emmerdale)|Robbie Lawson]] *Louis Webster ''(uncredited)'' as [[List of Emmerdale characters#Others|Jack Sugden]]{{Broken anchor|date=2024-06-13|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=List of Emmerdale characters#Others|reason= }} {{col-end}}

===Guest cast=== *Deborah Bouchard as Paramedic *[[Sue Devaney]] as Midwife *Hip Operation as the Wedding Band

==''Emmerdale Live: The Fallout'' (backstage show)== After the episode had been shown, [[Stephen Mulhern]] gave a backstage commentary on what happened during the live episode of ''[[Emmerdale]]''. Mulhern interviewed cast members and "super-fans", as well as answering questions that the public had submitted via Facebook and Twitter during the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/510b88395aa52|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403020422/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/510b88395aa52|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 April 2017|title=Emmerdale Live – the Fallout (2012)|website=BFI|access-date=2 April 2017}}</ref>

This episode was broadcast straight after the live episode at 8&nbsp;pm on [[ITV2]], nationwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/18/emmerdale-live-episode|title=Emmerdale live episode draws dramatic 9m viewers|first=John|last=Plunkett|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=27 March 2021|date=18 October 2012}}</ref>

==Reception== The episode pulled in 8.84 million viewers (40.0%) at 7pm on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and 374,000 (1.7%) on +1 an hour later. The audience peaked at 9.15 million viewers in the final quarter-hour of the episode. The Backstage commentary ''Emmerdale Live: The Fallout'' special, attracted 1.59 million viewers (7.2%) at 8pm and 218,000 viewers (1.0%) on timeshift.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/soap-ratings/a431542/emmerdale-live-episode-thrills-88m/|work=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Daniel|last=Kilkelly|date=18 October 2012|title=Emmerdale' live episode thrills 8.8m|accessdate=27 March 2021}}</ref> The episode won "Best Single Episode" at the [[2013 British Soap Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=David |title=British Soap Awards 2013: the winners in full |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/soaps/british-soap-awards-2013-the-winners-in-full/ |website=[[Radio Times]] |publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]] |access-date=29 July 2024 |date=18 May 2013}}</ref> Sarah Bond of the ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' praised the storylines in her review of the episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-reviews/emmerdale-40th-anniversary-live-episode-1385367| first=Sarah|last=Bond|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|title=Emmerdale 40th anniversary live episode review: They smashed it, and smashed killer Carl, too! But what happens next?|date=18 October 2012|accessdate=27 March 2021}}</ref>

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