“#SoapWeek Set in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, this shows the interesting evolution of a Soap Opera opening theme from it's beginnings in 1972 when it was called 'Emmerdale Farm' and dealt with simple farm themes, through to it's change of name in 1989 to 'Emmerdale' and the more dramatic themes it dealt with. In 1993 a plane crashed into the village killing 4 residents. This episode was watched by 18 million people, up about 7 million on it's usual viewing figures. I've never watched it myself, but I like the tune...”

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