Thread:Benny1982/@comment-25358237-20190111111735/@comment-25358237-20190224213340

I think that because Emmerdale Farm was reaching up to tens of millions of viewers in it's then-current slot, then the companies thought that moving to a primetime slot may affect it's or another show's ratings. I agree, they should have had Matt go to court, maybe Derek begin to act shifty and it looks like he is going to confess, but Matt is found guilty of manslaughter. Wilks visits Matt in prison and he finds that their fight took place further downstream to where Harry's body was and tells MacArthur. MacArthur and the other officers re-open the investigation and then they find Derek and Keith robbing the money. The show probably would have found that they didn't need to move slots - or even might have made some of the companies change their minds.