THIS week Yorkshire soap Emmerdale returns to six episodes a week, following reduced screenings during lockdown.

Emmerdale stars are no strangers to the Bradford district, having been here many times over the years when they're not busy filming, helping out charities and local organisations.

We've dug into our archives to take a look at some of the show's best known stars making local appearances over the years. Spot anyone you know?

Pictured above are stars of Emmerdale Farm, as it was then, taking part in a charity cricket match at Esholt - where the soap used to be filmed - in 1985

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Bradford youngsters with an Emmerdale Farm record in 1985. Are you one of them - or did you own the record?

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Frazer Hines, who played Joe Sugden, with members of Otley Aireborough Rotaract at their Christmas charity draw in 2009

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Emmerdale stars visited Thackley Methodist Church to help out with the charity Tommy's in 2008. L-R: Luke Tittensor, James Hooton, Twinkle Bear, baby Lola, Lucy Pargeter, James Baxter

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Otley Brass Band made a dramatic entrance during a romantic episode in 2013

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Emmerdale actress Meg Johnson (Pearl Ladderbanks) opens Shipley's Marie Curie shop in 2013, helped by Bradford Marie Curie Hospice manager Elaine Hill

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Matthew Woolfenden, who plays David Metcalfe in Emmerdale, was at Buttershaw Business and Enterprise College in 2009 to launch the new performing arts academy. He's pictured with L-R: Taylor Barraclough, Robbyn San Esteban, John Jowett and Kennedy Clay. Stilt walkers John Cook and Liam Price are behind

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Chris Chittel, who plays Eric Pollard, joins aq team from Gordons solicitors in Bradford at a charity walk in Bolton Abbey in 2011

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Matthew Wolfenden at the Bradford Music Education Hub, held at St George’s Hall in 2013, with Matthew Hodson and Isabella Crooks

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Ian Kelsey, who played Dave Glover in Emmerdale, is pictured at the Alhambra in 2009 when he took over the role of Billy Flynn from Jimmy Osmond in hit musical Chicago