Episode 346 (22nd March 1977)

==Plot==
The rescue search continues for Asta but conditions are beginning to worsen. As a hope of finding her alive fades, the rescue team decides to enter the cave from a back entrance to try and find her. The rescue ends in success when Matt finds Asta on a ledge. As the celebrations commence for the rescuers Joe and Kathy sit quietly in the bar, discussing what's happened to her family following the news that Freda has finally left Jim and gone to live with her aunt Carrie.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Matt - Frederick Pyne
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Kathy - Polly Hemingway
*Dolly - Katharine Barker
===Guest cast===
*Olof - Jurgen Anderson
*Asta - Madeline Hinde
Category:1977 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes