Episode 21 (1st January 1973)

Episode 21
ITV transmission date	1st January 1973 (Monday)
Script editor	David Crane
Writer	Kevin Laffan
Designer	Geoffrey Martin Mary Rea
Director	Gordon Flemyng
Executive producer	Peter Holmans
Producer	David Goddard
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Plot

Henry asks Joe if he would be interested in running Jameson's Farm for him. Jack angrily tells Marian that she should put Joe straight about educating himself to impress her. Joe informs Henry he'll think about the job, he also recommends Matt for it. Jameson calls in at The Woolpack for the first time in the last five years. Annie and Joe row over him trying to better himself for Marian. Janie and Frank have a drink together in The Woolpack. Jameson talks to Amos about the Sugdens and the Wilks. Peggy is down as she feels stuck in a rut. Jack drinks with Janie and Frank at Frank's cottage. As he is browsing through Frank's collection of books, he notices one entitled 'The Field of Tares' - it has his picture on the back cover. Henry and Marian have a heart to heart, she talks about having been recently engaged to someone who ran off and married another girl who was pregnant with his child. She worries about Joe getting the wrong idea now Henry has asked him to be farm manager. Henry advises her to take the holiday she was talking about and he'll deal with the Sugdens. Joe tells Matt that he has recommended him to be Henry's new farm manager. Frank assures Jack that he will not tell anyone about the book.

Cast

Main cast

• Annie - Sheila Mercier
• Jack - Andrew Burt
• Peggy - Jo Kendall
• Joe - Frazer Hines
• Matt - Frederick Pyne
• Sam - Toke Townley
• Marian - Gail Harrison
• Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
• Amos - Ronald Magill
• Janie - Diane Grayson
• Frank - Eric Allan

Guest cast

• Jameson - John Glyn-Jones

Locations

• The Woolpack - Public
• Beckindale Forge
• Smithy Cottage - Living room
• Inglebrook House - Downstairs rooms
• Emmerdale Farm - Farmhouse kitchen/living room and Peggy and Matt Skilbeck's bedroom and yard

Notes

• Toke Townley is credited as Sam Pearson though he does not appear in this episode.
• TV Times synopsis: Episode 21: Sam is now recovering in bed following his collapse in the cowshed. Henry Wilks is going ahead with his farming plans, but has failed to strike a bargain with Harry Jameson.
• This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
  • Emmerdale Farm: Volume One DVD released by Network on 15th October 2007.