Episode 28 (23rd January 1973)

Plot
Sam is wanting to buy himself a sheepdog puppy, he argues with his friend Hilly as he is trying to con him into buying a non pedigree sheepdog. Trash is thrown out of The Woolpack, but Sam gives him some money. Jim Latimer has disappeared from the sheepdog trials and his friends search for him, meanwhile Jim is taunting Sharon by the riverside and will not let her go home. Sam is pleased when he is offered a lift in Verney's Rolls Royce. Amos is jealous when he sees Wilks and Annie together. Sharon becomes very scared by Jim's threatening behaviour towards her, he tries to kiss her and they are spotted by Trash. Sharon uses this distraction to try to escape and runs into the disused abbey where she is forced to hide until it gets dark. Jim vows that he will wait for her. Annie, Sam, Henry Wilks & Verney have a drink together in The Woolpack. Joe arrives to tell Annie that Sharon's mum and Annie's cousin, Beryl Crossthwaite, is worried that she has not returned home.

Main cast

 * Annie Sugden - Sheila Mercier
 * Joe Sugden - Frazer Hines
 * Sam Pearson - Toke Townley
 * Henry Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
 * Amos Brearly - Ronald Magill
 * George Verney - Patrick Holt

Guest cast

 * Trash - Leonard Maguire
 * Jim Latimer - Miles Reithermann
 * Robin Matthews - Mike Grady
 * Gary Bidwell - Paul Rosebury
 * Sharon Crossthwaite - Louise Jameson
 * Joy - Margaret Heald
 * Marilyn - Susan Littler
 * Hilly - Lewis Wilson
 * Jerry - Gordan Kaye
 * George - Edward Palmer

Commercial Releases

 * Emmerdale Farm: Volume Two DVD released by Network on 14th September 2009.