User:Charity Tate/List of Emmerdale episodes (1998)

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 7.00pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Cast and characters
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. 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.

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. 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

 * Peter Amory as Chris Tate
 * Louise Beattie as Laura Johnstone
 * Leah Bracknell as Zoe Tate
 * Anna Brecon as Lady Tara Thornfield
 * Dominic Brunt as Paddy Kirk
 * Malandra Burrows as Kathy Glover
 * Mark Charnock as Marlon Dingle
 * Chris Chittell as Eric Pollard
 * Jane Cox as Lisa Dingle
 * Nicky Evans as Roy Glover
 * Kelvin Fletcher as Andy Hopwood
 * Paul Fox as Will Cairns
 * Ben Freeman as Scott Windsor
 * Steve Halliwell as Zak Dingle
 * Billy Hartman as Terry Woods
 * James Hooton as Sam Dingle
 * Clive Hornby as Jack Sugden
 * Roberta Kerr as Jan Glover
 * Claire King as Kim Marchant
 * Johnny Leeze as Ned Glover
 * Alun Lewis as Vic Windsor
 * Rebecca Loudonsack as Emma Cairns
 * Paul Loughran as Butch Dingle
 * Claudia Malkovich as Dee Pollard
 * Emily and James Mather as Belle Dingle
 * Rupam Maxwell as Lord Alex Oakwell
 * Glenda McKay as Rachel Hughes
 * John Middleton as Ashley Thomas
 * Sheree Murphy as Tricia Stokes
 * Sarah Neville as Becky Cairns
 * Paul Opacic as Steve Marchant
 * Kevin Pallister as Graham Clark
 * Deena Payne as Viv Windsor
 * Edward Peel as Tony Cairns
 * Stan Richards as Seth Armstrong
 * Lisa Riley as Mandy Dingle
 * Verity Rushworth as Donna Windsor
 * Stephanie Schonfeld as Stella Jones
 * Adele Silva as Kelly Windsor
 * Christopher Smith as Robert Sugden
 * Alyson Spiro as Sarah Sugden
 * Richard Thorp as Alan Turner
 * Paula Tilbrook as Betty Eagleton
 * Rachel Tolboys as Alice Bates
 * Stuart Wade as Biff Fowler
 * Sally Walsh as Lyn Hutchinson