Britains longest running, rurally based soap opera, emmerdale farm quickly became one of the nations best loved programmes. Moving from its original mid week afternoon slot to the heart of peak time scheduling and becoming one of the longest running dramas on british television, this classic series continues to scoop multiple awards and nominations.this set revisits more of beckindales early days, with 32 consecutive episodes originally screened between december 1973 and march 1974. Joe sugden finds hes not the only one interested in the old mill, george verney comes to a decision about his marriage, janie blakey is astonished when her sister ruth returns to beckindale with neither her husband nor her children, and emmerdale farms mystery camper reveals his identity... Running time 790 minutes region region 2 release date 31 aug. 2015