Woodland Folk

Woodland Folk is a drama produced by Emoa Productions following the lives of a travelling a group of travelling families, who live in the fictional Basal Woods in the Northern Pennines. Their battle for survival throughout the original Winter Folks series inspired a heartwarming story, which has undergone three series. Along with First Avenue, The Winter Folks featured in Emoa's original Network Six franchise submission.

First series (April 2006-September 2006)
It was originally produced by Neptune Television at its studios in Carlisle as The Winter Folks, and premiered on Emoa's original Borders franchise. After Emoa moved to the North East, Neptune's Carlisle facility (now operated by Emoa) continued to produce the first series until May 2006. It aired three times weekly with 30 minute primetime episodes. As of 22 May 2006, The Winter Folks was the last remaining programme being produced by Neptune.

Second Series (September 2006-March 2007)
The second series, now simply named The Folks, began production in Carlisle on 2 June 2006, however production was scrapped in mid-July amid funding issues with Neptune Productions. On 5 July, the Neptune Productions brand was officially axed, and it was announced the Carlisle facilities would be closed in late 2006. As such, production was resumed in Emoa's Cheviot Studios, Newcastle with the majority of the existing cast from 2 September. Meanwhile, the existing Carlisle-produced 5 episodes aired in 30 minutes weekly slots, and when finished, productions from Newcastle replaced them, being the first to be credited to Emoa Productions. Due to transport issues, around 7 cast members were written off in this series, and as such lost significant interest and viewing figures. Production was indefinitely axed in January 2007 as sharing studio space was also posing an issue. Both series' were repeated in off-peak slots between March and September 2007.

Third series (January 2008- present)
After 10 months of inactivity, production was resumed in mid-December 2007 for a revival of the series, now to be known as Woodland Folk, as the previous name The Folks was seen as "too generic" in comparison to the original. The programme now airs one 30-minute episode weekly on Tuesdays at 8pm, repeated on Thursdays at 6.30pm on NETV and GTV, and shares facilities with the now-reduced First Avenue.