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Jane McDonald accused of pronunciation gaffe during visit to old Emmerdale set

Fans were interested to get a look in at the original Emmerdale set as Jane McDonald headed down there on her new TV show tonight.

One of the locations Jane headed to in the third episode of My Yorkshire was the original filming location of Emmerdale, back when it was Emmerdale Farm.

There she met Emmerdale Farm's star Frazer Hines outside the real Woolpack pub to show viewers around.

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Jane recounted her memories of watching Emmerdale Farm, Emmerdale's name until 1989, with her mother when she was younger.

Her and Frazer discussed his time on set, where he played original character Joe Sugden.

They remembered a famous post office robbing scene that he only had one take to shoot and how the actors had to do proper farm work.

@rattycastle tweeted that they were "loving" the flashback to vintage Emmerdale.

Emmerdale used to be shot in the real Yorkshire town of Esholt, where Jane and Frazer visited, but is now shot on a purpose built set near Harewood.

Two people, however, took issue with how Jane pronounced Esholt, saying she'd pronounced it like E-Shot.

Howard Lawton said: "E-Shot? Sorry Jane but as a fan of Emmerdale you need to get that right, it's Esholt x"

Jane and Frazer also remembered how Emmerdale used to be a slower show, before storylines became more dramatic and the name was changed - this is when it started to pick up more and more fans.

In tonight's episode Jane, originally from Wakefield, went cycling in Knaresborough and ordered a Knickerbocker Glory and got a sailing lesson in Bridlington.

@MrRichieW tweeted: "I’ll tell you what; Jane McDonald is just the bloody tonic on a Sunday night."

Similarly, Graeme Campbell said: "I’m not ashamed to admit that watching Jane McDonald in #MyYorkshire on the telly is my happy place and a welcome escape from all the crap going on."

Jane got rained on during her Yorkshire boat ride and said the cycling had left her in pain, but was eager to keep going on her tour of her home region.

The episode was meant as an exploration of her childhood memories of exploring Bridlington, watching Emmerdale and walking around Knaresborough.

Jane closed out the episode with brother Tony looking at family photos of their holidays in Bridlington and elsewhere in Yorkshire and a rendition of Remember Where You Are by Jessie Ware.

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