Episode 53 (23rd April 1973)

Plot
Wilks has received planning permission for the pig unit. Jack is working on his book. Penny asks if her friend, Gwen, can come and stay at the Millhouse. Jack reluctantly agrees. Wilks measures up the field for the pig unit and decides on 180 in one field. Matt thinks it's cruel and Sam's not keen on Wilks's attitude towards farming. Matt passes on the news that Wilks has received planning permission and of what Wilks is planning for the pig unit to Jack. He's furious. Wilks visits Buckley Builders in Bradford to organise the building of the pig unit. Jack is impressed to find Penny weaving; she informs him Gwen will be arriving tomorrow. In The Woolpack, Wilks talks with Joe about encouraging Matt over the pig unit, wanting to concentrate more on profit and less about pigs. Jack and Penny arrive. Jack clashes with Wilks; he doesn't like Wilks referring to Matt as just being a worker. He storms out and Penny follows him. They row over the argument. Joe drunkenly sets Wilks and Matt up for a discussion about the pig unit in front of Annie and Sam. When Wilks ridicules Matt for something he says, he's left to think when the others seem to agree with him.

Regular cast

 * Jack - Andrew Burt
 * Annie - Sheila Mercier
 * Sam - Toke Townley
 * Joe - Frazer Hines
 * Matt - Frederick Pyne
 * Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
 * Amos - Ronald Magill

Guest cast

 * Penny - Louisa Martin
 * Buckley (1973 character) - Norman Mitchell

Commercial Releases
This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
 * Emmerdale Farm: Volume Three DVD released by Network on 30th May 2011.