{"id":9658,"date":"2024-10-06T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=9658"},"modified":"2024-10-04T16:51:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:51:23","slug":"the-12-best-emmerdale-episodes-ever-crashes-deaths-weddings-bravery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/the-12-best-emmerdale-episodes-ever-crashes-deaths-weddings-bravery\/","title":{"rendered":"The 12 best Emmerdale episodes – EVER! Crashes, deaths, weddings and bravery!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale has had more than its fair share of brilliant episodes. So many in fact, that it\u2019s hard to pick a favourite. So instead we picked 12 of the best! Here are what we think are the best episodes of Emmerdale, ever.<\/span><\/p>

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The plane crash transformed Emmerdale as a soap (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The plane crash 1993<\/h2>\n

Emmerdale\u2019s plane crash may have happened more than 30 years ago, but it\u2019s still legendary among soap fans. The Beckindale Air Disaster marked the beginning of a new era for Emmerdale in many ways \u2013\u00a0the renaming of the village from Beckindale to Emmerdale, the end of several storylines and the start of many more!<\/p>

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Four characters were killed \u2013 Mark Hughes, Elizabeth Pollard (Eric\u2019s wife), Archie Brooks and Leonard Kempinski \u2013 while Chris Tate was badly injured and left unable to walk.<\/p>\n

The storyline was quite controversial at the time because it came just five years after the real-life Lockerbie disaster. But it was a hit with viewers and it transformed Emmerdale<\/a> from a quiet countryside soap into the must-see television it is today.<\/p>\n

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Kim came back from the dead and shocked Frank into a heart attack! (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kim leaves Frank to die 1997<\/h2>\n

Kim Tate<\/a>\u2018s marriage to Frank was dead and buried by 1997. She had cheated on him with Dave Glover, and thought for a while that baby James was Dave\u2019s, only to discover that Frank was his dad.<\/p>

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