Episode 1239 (13th April 1988)

Episode 1239
Production code	D064/61
ITV broadcast date	13th April 1988 (Wednesday)
Writer	Andrew Holden
Director	Mervyn Cumming
Executive producer	Keith Richardson
Producer	Stuart Doughty
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Plot

The only way Joe and Turner can stay in business is to cut down hundreds of beautiful trees - and Jack is determined to stop them. When he hears this, he leaves The Woolpack to see Joe. After Jack has gone, Stephen says to Sandie that they will be cutting down enough trees to make Jack really mad. Jack confronts Joe and says the trees belong to Beckindale but Joe says they are his now. Joe says that the cutting down and sale of these trees will keep Home Farm in business and will be beneficial to the community in the long run. Jack leaves in disgust. Jack also invites his new girlfriend Sarah Connolly round to Emmerdale.

Cast

Regular cast

• Annie Sugden - Sheila Mercier
• Matt Skilbeck - Frederick Pyne
• Amos Brearly - Ronald Magill
• Henry Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
• Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
• Joe Sugden - Frazer Hines
• Dolly Skilbeck - Jean Rogers
• Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
• Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
• Kathy Merrick - Malandra Burrows
• Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
• Mrs. Bates - Diana Davies
• Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson
• Phil Pearce - Peter Alexander
• Ruth Pennington - Julia Chambers
• Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
• Jock MacDonald - Drew Dawson
• Sarah - Madeleine Howard
• Sam Skilbeck - Benjamin Whitehead
• Robert Sugden - Richard Smith

Guest cast

• Stephen Fuller - Gregory Floy

Notes

• TV Times synopsis: The only way Joe and Turner can stay in business is to cut down hundreds of beautiful trees... and Jack is determined to stop them.