Episode 21 (1st January 1973)

Plot
Henry Wilks asks Joe if he would be interested in running Jameson's Farm for him. Joe recommends Matt for the job. Jack tells Marian that she should put Joe straight about educating himself to impress Marian. Jameson questions Amos about Wilks. Annie and Joe row over him trying to better himself for Marian. Janie and Frank have a drink together in The Woolpack.Jack drinks with Janie and Frank at Frank's cottage. As he is browsing through Frank's collection of books, he notices one entitled 'Field of Tares' - it has his picture on the back cover. Wilks and Marian have a heart to heart, she has recently been engaged to someone who ran off and married another girl who was pregnant with his child. Marian is worried about Joe. Joe tells Matt that he has recommended him to be Wilks's new farm manager. Frank assures Jack that he will not tell anyone about the book.

Main cast

 * Annie - Sheila Mercier
 * Joe - Frazer Hines
 * Jack - Andrew Burt
 * 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.