The stories were still good up to the end of series 4. Series 5 tapers off and it becomes more like the soaps we see today.
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very good dvd
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back in the days when Emmerdale had a farm this was a day time soap and was only supposed to fill in a hole in itv's programming, but it certainly caught on. fans of Emmerdale who have only been watching for the last 10 or so years are in for a bit of a shock, as the story lines and the general pace of the programme are a lot slower than the modern version. this is no bad thing as we get to sympathise more with the characters and watch how events affect everyone in a small rural community. set in 1973 before the EEC farming subsidies kicked in and turned family farms into so-called businesses,one nice surprise is the amount of outside scenes there are, and we can especially see what the weather was like back then, hard winter frosts and great long hot summer days. this is a nice 4 disc dvd box set with 26 episodes, following on from vol 1, although it has taken networkdvd 18 months too bring out this second volume. the picture on certain episodes is not that good with a lot of graininess, but is still watchable.whats the betting when/if vol 3 comes out we get "treated" to a box set with the first 3 volumes in it again { maybe im just being cynical}.in this box set we also get too have our first murder, in the first 2 volumes we now have 2 deaths, perhaps emmerdale may not be the safest soap too be in!!!!!. fans of the modern version will probably wonder who most of the characters actually are, as there are none of the original cast left Richard Thorpe { Alan Turner} is now the longest serving cast member.a nice box set but sadly no extras,even though a lot of the original cast are still with us, a commentary or 2 would have been nice. lets hope we don't have to wait another 18 months for the next installment of this fine old soap.........BLACKRAIN565Read full review
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