Episode 653 (31st March 1981)

==Plot==
Preparations for the protest meeting are underway, but there's a shock in store for Jack. Jack begs Pat to go to the police about being assaulted by Tom, as the doctor was suspicious last night. Pat says that if she says it was an accident, the doctor cannot do anything. Tom is creeping around near the caravan and as Jack goes, Tom picks up the hankie he dropped. Tom meets up with his old friend Whippy Barton, and offers him £10 to do a job for him. A fire then breaks out at Ridge Farm. At the protest meeting, Jack is arrested by Ian MacArthur in regards to a fire at Ridge Farm, and Tom smirks. 
==Cast==
===Main cast===
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Jack - Clive Hornby
*Matt - Frederick Pyne
*Dolly - Jean Rogers
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Pat Merrick - Helen Weir
*Tom Merrick - Edward Peel
*Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
*Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson
*Richard Anstey - Carl Rigg
*Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
===Guest cast===
*Sgt. MacArthur - Martin Dale
*Whippy - Jack Le White
Category:1981 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes