Episode 371 (12th July 1977)

==Plot==
As Matt and Lucy prepare to spend their final day living together it is clear that they have grown fond of one another. There's a suspicious character in the area and it comes in the form of Syd Harker who has been released from jail. He's the last person Joe wants to see again but it isn't long before he's hanging around Emmerdale Farm. At The Woolpack, Amos announces that he's been given an assignment by the Courier but he can't talk about it on the grounds that its secret and dangerous.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Matt - Frederick Pyne
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Rev Hockley - Jonathan Newth
===Guest cast===
*Lucy Stubbs - Adrienne Frank
==Notes==
*This episode aired on Monday 11th July 1977 at 3.50pm in the Southern, Ulster and London regions.
*TV Times synopsis: 
**On the eve of the return of Annie and Sam, trouble comes to Beckindale. (Yorkshire)
**Trouble comes to Beckindale when Annie and Sam return from holiday. (Southern)
**While Annie and Sam have been on holiday everything's gone smoothly. But on the evening of their return, trouble comes to Beckindale. One of the village bad lads has returned, which means no good for anyone. And some sheep seem to be missing. (Ulster/London)
**While Annie and Sam have been on holiday everything's gone smoothly. But on the eve of their return, trouble comes to Beckindale. (Tyne Tees)
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Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes
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