Episode 50 (10th April 1973)

Plot
Jim visits Penny at Beryl's and asks her out, but she says she's meeting Joe in The Woolpack but he's welcome to join them. Joe and Matt have managed to salvage some of Wilks' belongings from the Inglebrook fire, while Annie has offered him a bed at Emmerdale Farm. Wilks tells Amos and Alison the fire was caused by a red got cinder on the rug as he drowns his sorrows in The Woolpack. Ruskin offers Wilks a bed at the Vicarage, he accepts. Peggy goes into labour. Penny tells Jack that Peggy has been taken to hospital. Wilks talks to Ruskin about asking Alison to marry him; Ruskin says there's something he needs to know about her. Jim asks Alison about Penny. Wilks barges into The Woolpack and informs Alison she has received her message from Ruskin, she says she doesn't want to discuss her private life in the bar. Jack, Joe, Penny and Sam wait for news on Peggy at home; Jack receives a phone call from Wallace. Annie and Matt are anxious at the hospital. Jim waits for Penny at the Millhouse, he asks if he can sit with her in church and help with the decorating. Peggy has given birth to a boy and a girl.

Regular cast

 * Jack - Andrew Burt
 * Annie - Sheila Mercier
 * Joe - Frazer Hines
 * Peggy - Jo Kendall
 * Matt - Frederick Pyne
 * Sam - Toke Townley
 * Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
 * Amos - Ronald Magill
 * Alison - Carolyn Moody
 * Ruskin - George Little
 * Liz - Daphne Green

Guest cast

 * Beryl - Joan Scott
 * Penny - Louisa Martin
 * Jim - Myles Reithermann

Notable dialogue
Sam Pearson: "I hate fires. The one thing I can't bear t'thought of being caught up in is a fire." Peggy Skilbeck: "You do your best to get on top of it 'ere."