Episode 392 (29th September 1977)

Plot
Joe and Matt are still deliberating over why Basil has really come to Beckindale. Joe overhearing Basil talking about his home life has only fuelled their intrigue. Dolly packs her away her things at The Woolpack as she prepares to move to the Vicarage. The explanation for the malicious phone calls is now beginnning to work its way around the village. Wilks informs Amos that the phone calls came from a girl the vicar once nearly married but she is now mentally ill and has just been released from a mental home. Meanwhile, Basil is doing everything he can to avoid his daughter Renee Barstow, who is searching for him. According to her he left home after the rest of the family tried to put him on a diet!