Episode 1460 (5th June 1990)

Episode 1460
ITV broadcast date	5th June 1990 (Tuesday)
Script editor	Ann Tobin
Story editor	Morag Bain
Writer	David Joss Buckley
Designer	Agnes Hall
Director	Terence Daw
Executive producer	Keith Richardson
Producer	Stuart Doughty
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Plot

It is the day of the Connelton Show. Kathy is showing her sheep, Annie is entering the cake competition and Kate is putting Lucy in for the obedience trials. Mark is embarrassed to find out that he has to look after Lucy. Zoe tells Dolly that she has to judge the children's pet competition. Amos wears a check suit and a press badge. Sgt MacArthur turns up at Blackthorn Farm and asks to search the premises. Nick is puzzled by Elsa's cool attitude. Forensic experts find a glove in Michael's truck which matches one found at the scene of the fire. Kate, Joe, Rachel and Mark arrive at the show. Dolly arrives with Sam and Alan. Chris brings Kathy a bottle of champagne to drink at the show. Annie talks to Sarah about her imminent redundancy. She tells her that there will always be plenty of work for her on the farm. Joe panics when he sees a man who looks like David Hughes. Lucy shows Mark up at the obedience trials. Alan asks Dolly if she would like a day out at Knaresborough, she agrees. Sgt MacArthur arrives at the show and arrests Michael on suspicion of starting the fire at Tate's barn.

Cast

Regular cast

• Annie Sugden - Sheila Mercier
• Amos - Ronald Magill
• Mr Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
• Joe Sugden - Frazer Hines
• Dolly Skilbeck - Jean Rogers
• Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
• Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
• Seth - Stan Richards
• Kathy Merrick - Malandra Burrows
• Kate Sugden - Sally Knyvette
• Mark Hughes - Craig McKay
• Rachel Hughes - Glenda McKay
• Frank Tate - Norman Bowler
• Christopher Tate - Peter Amory
• Zoe Tate - Leah Bracknell
• Nick Bates - Cy Chadwick
• Sarah - Madeleine Howard
• Elsa Feldmann - Naomi Lewis
• Michael Feldmann - Matthew Vaughan
• Sam Skilbeck - Benjamin Whitehead

Guest cast

• Sgt MacArthur - Martin Dale
• Announcer - Tony Heath

Locations

• Emmerdale Farm - Yard and farmhouse kitchen
• Home Farm - Kitchen and sitting room
• Connelton Show venue
• Blackthorn Farm - Yard and farmhouse kitchen
• 3 Demdyke Row - Front room
• The Woolpack - Old tap room

Notes

• TV Times synopsis: On Connelton Show Day, Mark enters an obedience test and Christopher quaffs bubbly with Kathy. But there's a shock in store for Joe.
• This episode was released on the Emmerdale 3 DVD released by MMT Laukkanen Ltd on 14th May 2014.

Memorable dialogue

Annie Sugden: "You seem to think there are no rewards to this job. It's not all slog."
Sarah Connolly: "No?"
Annie Sugden: "No! Oh, you don't have to tell me about the cold and the mess and the grind... getting out of a warm bed at five o'clock on a winter's morning... but the satisfaction of rearing healthy animals, to see them with their young ones in the spring, to produce a good crop against all odds and the sheer joy of having faced and defeated another winter."