Episode 679 (8th September 1981)

Episode 679
ITV broadcast date	8th September 1981 (Tuesday)
Writer	Kevin Laffan
Director	Len Lurcuck
Executive producer	Michael Glynn
Producer	Anne W. Gibbons
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Plot

Jack is determined to improve profits at Emmerdale Farm, but his plans for the farm provoke bitter arguments in the family.

Cast

Main cast

• Annie - Sheila Mercier
• Joe - Frazer Hines
• Sam - Toke Townley
• Jack - Clive Hornby
• Matt - Frederick Pyne
• Dolly - Jean Rogers
• Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
• Amos - Ronald Magill
• Rev. Donald Hinton - Hugh Manning
• Richard Anstey - Carl Rigg
• Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
• Pat Merrick - Helen Weir
• Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
• Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson

Guest cast

• Nicholas Houghton - David Gillies
• Virginia Lattimore - Wanda Moore
• Jolly Makepeace - Peter Martin

Notes

• Emmerdale Farm returns from its summer break with this episode, last being broadcast on 25th June 1981.
• This episode was broadcast in London region at the earlier time of 5.15pm.
• TV Times synopsis: Jack Sugden is determined to improve profits at Emmerdale, but his plans for the farm provoke bitter arguments within the family.