This was so interesting and I'm glad I stumbled across it, I've now subscribed to your channel. However, there is one major error you made made throughout. You reference the village as was as "Beckinsdale", however, it was Beckindale. There was no S in it.
@TheHopperUK19 сағат бұрын
What I like about Emmerdale is how it uses its child characters. They have lines, storylines, they're *actors* and characters in the show. Very good.
@andrewhillis954420 сағат бұрын
THE PLANE CRASH OR RATHER THE LACK THEREOF DIDN'T LOOK REALISTIC ! ! !
@YiyiOta3 күн бұрын
Surprised on the Blanche take but absolutely loved the video. Really glad to have stumbled across it
@JayJay-nc7pr3 күн бұрын
Interesting video, the Emmerdale Plane Crash was a defining. Moment not just for Emmerdale but for the genre in the U.K. as a whole, it raised the stakes, whatever standard EastEnders and Brookside set in the 80s, Emmerdale raised by 100, ironically Emmerdale would outlast Brookside as that was cancelled in 2003, at the same point Emmerdale had its second biggest disaster in ten years with the hurricane storyline which was just as destructive as the plane crash of 1993, If I recall, the actor who played Mark Hughes didn’t want to leave, in hindsight I feel his death was a mistake, especially with how the shows trajectory went from the mid 90s onwards, I’d have killed off Nick Bates instead who was deadweight by 1993, Mark was coming into his own, however I can also see that his death affected the Sugden’s and Rachel, great video, you should do a video on the Hurricane storyline of 2003
@ianhalsall-fox4 күн бұрын
I think Julie Walters is on record for saying she didn't actually base Mrs Overall on Amy Turtle but Mavis Hooper, who was landlady to the likes of Benny and Iris Scott and estranged from Sid who worked in the garage.
@KitGoldenlance-x7w5 күн бұрын
Isnt this in the same universe as brookside and this was on the newspaper in brookside
@soapstudy46694 күн бұрын
Yes, I completely forgot to mention that and had planned to. Bugger.
@KitGoldenlance-x7w4 күн бұрын
@@soapstudy4669 sinbad turns up to clean eric pollards windows lol
@reecey82565 күн бұрын
Loving this channel! Would love a deep dive on early Slaters and the impact of "You Ain't My Muvva!"
@natashahudson96265 күн бұрын
I was nine when I watched the episodes. I was very scared after that I had nightmares about it and didn't like anything involving fire
@NathanLWHughes6 күн бұрын
The 5 unnamed villagers killed were the entire Hutchinson family. I think the partially demolished house Frank Tate passes at the beginning of the second crash episode is supposed to be theirs.
@Leonie-h2e7 күн бұрын
Thold episodes had characters. Void of today
@Leonie-h2e7 күн бұрын
I enjoyed bet lynch return and her engagement with her rich mate
@Hertfordshire2477 күн бұрын
Whilst Lockerbie probably had some bearing on this story line, the one you overlooked happened only 2 months before and was disturbing for different reasons, in fact, I would argue reflects "a plane dropping on a town" was EL-AL Flight 1862 which happened in October 1992. Granted, ITV has filmed all this before the EL-AL disaster, hearing the ITV exec being overjoyed that their new year had been saved, I wonder how the tabloid press or press in general had of felt about this considering the horrific injuries, death and the mourning that would've still been going on, would've looked at ITV very differently. For those that do not remember this flight or old enough to know, I recommend going to look at how a "Jumbo Jet" can literally fall from the sky when 2 of its engines had fallen off. The more and more I think about that flight, it's eerry just how life like Redmond got.
@user-kl4bh4lq6r7 күн бұрын
When they brought the Dingle family into Emmerdale it killed it As a realistic rural soap
@shaunhoward68387 күн бұрын
Can you look into New Zealand's 🇳🇿 longest running soap "Shrotland Street" please
@TheDonWallzie7 күн бұрын
Love Coronation Street, Eastenders comes and goes with the good but Emmerdale I can’t bloody stand lmao! Ooh err
@susanmckenzie3637 күн бұрын
I had a shop in Harrogate aat this time, “Jackie” came into m shop in following week, I told him that he looked well after being blown up in a plane crash. Loved the series.
@user-kl4bh4lq6r7 күн бұрын
He always skinny as a rake could never understand how his character was ment to Be this hardman
@JayJay-nc7pr3 күн бұрын
I’m assuming you’re talking about Jackie Merrick? In which case his character was killed off years before the Crash ever occurred
@4justo7407 күн бұрын
16:54 What about the Paradise Club on BBC1? That was quite a big programme, on the main channel, after the 9 o'clock news and co-starring with Don Henderson who was a household name at the time too. Ran for a couple of series.
@donnyetta7 күн бұрын
In her own words, she couldn't keep up with the 5 day show - she was used to 2 days a week, and it nearly led to nervous breakdown.
@CardiffOneOne7 күн бұрын
Interesting...but it's BECKINDALE not BECKINSDALE.
@0uttaS1TE3 күн бұрын
To be fair, Beckinsdale rolls off the tongue better than Beckindale
@tittytwister-yg4dn8 күн бұрын
Did Benny and the sheep survive?
@sandrya64578 күн бұрын
So glad this popped up in my recommended!
@VinnieFavalesnutsack9 күн бұрын
Is there a spit guard you could use for your microphone?
@pferreira19839 күн бұрын
A shame the show today tends to kill off its most interesting characters and leaves all the boring ones alive.
@kegsmogsx28399 күн бұрын
Eek what folks from Lockerbie think about that 😳
@markdoyle403710 күн бұрын
Please do stuff on Family Affairs 🥰❤️
@garethdavies214511 күн бұрын
I watched the storyline through for the first time when it was repeated on ITV3 a few years ago. It's a remarkable feat and even now still hugely impressive.
@sarahfrith198411 күн бұрын
I was 9 then, I’m 40 now, I clearly remember watching the plane crash episode on a family holiday in London!
@natashahudson96265 күн бұрын
I was nine and now 40. I watched it with my parents
@vicflange517512 күн бұрын
The disaster that killed Emmerdale as a soap. Went down hill after this with the introduction of the Dingles. RIP Emmerdale Farm
@welshmanofhampshire12 күн бұрын
Interesting documentary and thankyou for putting it together. Just wanted to point out a minor error, at 30:12, the photo in the middle isn't a writer - that's guitarist Steve Howe from the band Yes.
@soapstudy466912 күн бұрын
Oh God, I had no idea! Thank you very much for pointing this out and for your kind words
@ZachAsaD13 күн бұрын
Yay I been waiting for another soap video from you. Desperately need these high quality videos on soaps there’s definitely a gap in the market
@cjcadventures13 күн бұрын
Fantastic video I really remember the plane crash well at the time I thought wow that's different thanks again for showing this video great stuff 👍
@gamerlest50914 күн бұрын
The Jordache story line in brookie was so hard hitting for me, as a girl S A'd in childhool stuggling with her sexuality, Beth was such an icon.
@dieselgav15 күн бұрын
This is a great documentary. I was born in 1976, and I vividly remember the hazy "sunset at dawn" titles and original theme tune and that was enough to make my heart sink at another boring episode of Emmerdale Farm! My younger self preferred Crossroads!! 😂 "Oh my God. The MOTEL! It's on FIRE. MUM!!" - terrifying to this then 5 year old lad !! My first memory of a disaster on this show was one that isn't mentioned in this video - Pat Sugden's nippy beige Ford Fiesta carreering down a hillside, killing her off - it was 1986 and I remember being actually quite shocked. I was still quite young though, and that was quite a big stunt for this show, at that time. By the time we get to the plane crash episodes, I never watched the series regularly, by now, a big - no, HUGE - Brookside fan, and because of this, I followed Uncle Phil Redmond to see what he was going to do to Emmerdale, and I wasn't disappointed! These episodes are a masterclass in writing, directing, with real special effects as well - no CGI here!! You can see that they threw everything at these very expensive episodes, and they work beautifully. What I also admired was that it _wasn't_ a gratuitous bloodbath, it was very restrained with regards to what was shown, and the relatively low number of characters that were killed off. Fun fact; Malandra Burrows revealed in an interview that her character (no idea what her name was!) was earmarked to be killed-off in these episodes, but Phil Redmond vetoed the plans as he liked the character and she got a last minute reprieve. This was undoubtedly a landmark in British soap! Having said all of that, I never did become a regular Emmerdale viewer !! 😂
@benconway901015 күн бұрын
Yeah the only problem I have with the 1993 Christmas special of the plane crash is? That it came only 5 years after the Lockerbie terrorist bomb explosion of flight 103 ……so in a way it was a bit insensitive on the town of Lockerbie …….this is nuts I put this comment way before you mentioned Lockerbie? But here you are mentioning Lockerbie how nuts is that?!! But my view still stands because funny how everyone else thought the same
@jacekatalakis831612 күн бұрын
I was going to mention that actually, first thing I thought of reading the synopsis was hang on, this is very similar to Pan Am 103 and people from Lockerbie still, in 2024 have not forgotten what happened
@benconway901012 күн бұрын
@@jacekatalakis8316 yeah very insensitive, but as usual money and profit was the focus and the guy who took over on emmerdale was only thinking that not having any thoughts of the families of the victims of flight 103 and the people in the town of Lockerbie??
@martinluscombe13465 күн бұрын
it took film Directors 3-4 years AFTER 9/11 to make 3 films : United 93 Flight 93 World Trade Centre God knows how many Documentaries. Mainly on More4 Channel.
@WilliamMackay-k2x18 күн бұрын
Beckindale
@jamste197718 күн бұрын
You put some effort into that, well done👍
@louisestirton18 күн бұрын
Neighbours is my favourite soap of all time 👍
@louisestirton18 күн бұрын
could you please do tier video on Neighbours Paul Robinson( Stefan Dennis) is clearly up there with one of soaps greatest villans
@masterakinskywalker18 күн бұрын
found my new fave youtube channel 🎉
@stephenfreestone795618 күн бұрын
BECKINSDALE. Sorry had to stop watching. You claim to have seen this show yet get the town name wrong !!
@stephenfreestone795618 күн бұрын
Beckensdale? It's Beckindale.
@dizzydevil54718 күн бұрын
At the end of the day Phil Redmond being brought in saved the show ....even if some of the cast were NOT happy about the story line it (apart from the ones who got canned but they were leaving anyhow as was mentioned in the vid) saved the show and kept thier jobs ......ontherwise they would have all been jobless if itv cancled it as was apparently on the cards! ...I remember watching the orginal Emerdale farm as a kid in the 70s in the afternoons as i hadnt quite started school so my gran looked after me when mum and dad were at work and she tuned in EVERY afternoon! also remember general hospital, crown court, paint along with nancy and the galloping gourmet from those times too in the afternoons!
@martinluscombe13465 күн бұрын
30 years later & Eric Pollard (not sure who else) is STILL in Emmerdale
@jonathanmuranganwa490919 күн бұрын
I started watching Emmerdale last year and I started with the new episodes and then I saw they are not good, and then I went to old episodes and when I came across the plane crash storyline, it’s when I realised Emmerdale plane crash changed the soap then
@Whom133719 күн бұрын
what a legend! just appears out of nowhere and drops the best soap analyses on the platform every time 🤯
@chadyepipia838319 күн бұрын
Hi mate great video and I was wondering how about if you upload and talk the best personality transplant changes in soap history including characters who are hardmen, loveable buffoon, villains and LGBTQ characters like in EastEnders, Emmerdale, Coronation Street and Hollyoaks please.
@ryanwilliams180019 күн бұрын
I really enjoy your videos. I hope you don't mind people making suggestions for future videos as i was thinking it would be interesting to see you look at Brookside's demise and the different elements that led to its decline and axing. I think that would be a good one to do.
@normallynormal357319 күн бұрын
This is an incredible video, made me go watch the lead up to, the main story and then the aftermath just before this video got to speaking about the actual plane crash. It was an amazing storyline.
@BCJ198519 күн бұрын
There's an error in your assertion Corrie had a week point in the early 90s. That's absolutely not the case. Corrie was still very much in a golden age and Eastenders was still in a bit of a slump at that point. Eastenders' rejuvenation and Corrie's slump actually began in 1995.
@DelosFive19 күн бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, thoughtful, revealing and interesting study. I've never watched Emmerdale but was mesmerized by this insightful journey. Primo 👌