Episode 25 (15th January 1973)

Plot
Sam is keen to read Jack's book. Jack tells Marian that Lynn Wallace was his common law wife. Marian admits that she would like to marry Jack, but would not hurt her father by living with him. Janie and Frank make plans for their wedding. Amos and Jameson discuss possible brides for Amos among the village women. Jameson mentions Annie which gets Amos thinking. A new washing machine arrives at Emmerdale Farm. Jack confides to Marian that he regrets leaving Beckindale; he says he wrote 'Field of Tares' to get something out of his system, but that he does not know what to do with his life now. Annie confides in Peggy and Joe that Jack used to have to do all the work while his father drank in The Woolpack. Jack visits his father's grave. Marian tells Jack that he is just as selfish, pig headed and obstinate as he makes out his father was. Henry Wilks tells Jack that he has bought the freehold to Emmerdale Farm.

Main cast

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

Guest cast

 * Harry Jameson - John Glyn Jones

Commercial Releases

 * Emmerdale Farm: Volume One DVD released by Network on 15th October 2007.