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Mervyn Watson.

Mervyn Watson was series producer of Emmerdale from 29th November 1994 to 6th August 1998.

Pre Emmerdale Career[]

Born in 1945 in Cambridge, Mervyn was a producer of Coronation Street from 1982 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1992.

Emmerdale[]

Mervyn took over as producer of Emmerdale in the autumn of 1994. His almost 4 year tenure in the show was memorable as he oversaw some of the shows most successful characters and storylines. He was responsible for making the Dingle family regualr characters and also was responsible for overseeing the construction of a purpose built set after years of filming the village scenes in Esholt. One of Mervyn's controversial moves was killing off popular character w:c:emmerdale:Joe Sugden in June 1995 after actor w:c:emmerdale:Frazer Hines left the show in 1994.

After Emmerdale[]

Refs[]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914797/

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