Emmerdale celebrated its 40th anniversary with its first-ever live episode on 17 October 2012.[18] "Emmerdale Live" featured the death of Carl King (Tom Lister), and a live music festival with performances by Scouting for Girls and The Proclaimers as part of the anniversary celebrations.[19] The story of Carl's death took the show into 2013, when Kate Oates replaced Blackburn as the new series producer. One of Oates' aims was to feature more of the village and rural countryside locations, and to bring more "balance" to the show instead of focusing on "a few very high-profile stories".[20]