Episode 50 (10th April 1973)

==Plot==
Jim visits Penny at Beryl's and asks her out, but she says she's meeting Joe in The Woolpack but he's welcome to join them. Joe and Matt have managed to salvage some of Henry's belongings from the Inglebrook fire, while Annie has offered him a bed at Emmerdale Farm. Henry tells Amos and Alison the fire was caused by a red hot cinder on the rug as he drowns his sorrows in The Woolpack. Reverend Ruskin offers Henry a bed at the Vicarage, he accepts. Peggy goes into labour. Penny tells Jack that Peggy has been taken to hospital. Henry talks to Reverend Ruskin about asking Alison to marry him; Reverend Ruskin says there's something he needs to know about her. Jim asks Alison about Penny. Henry barges into The Woolpack and informs Alison he has received her message from Reverend Ruskin, she says she doesn't want to discuss her private life in the bar. Jack, Joe, Penny and Sam wait for news on Peggy at home; Jack receives a phone call from Wallace. Annie and Matt are anxious at the hospital. Jim waits for Penny at the millhouse, he asks if he can sit with her in church and help with the decorating. Peggy has given birth to a boy and a girl.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Jack - Andrew Burt
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Peggy - Jo Kendall
*Matt - Frederick Pyne
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Alison - Carolyn Moody
*Ruskin - George Little
*Liz - Daphne Green
*Sam - Jamie Bell (uncredited)
*Sally - Justine Bell (uncredited)
===Guest cast===
*Beryl - Joan Scott
*Penny - Louisa Martin
*Jim - Myles Reithermann
==Locations==
*The Woolpack - Public bar
*Crossthwaites' Cottage - Living room
*The Mill - Exterior
*Vicarage - Living room
*Emmerdale Farm - Farmhouse kitchen/living room, yard and drive
*Hospital - Ward and corridor
==Notes==
*The nurse who lets Matt Skilbeck in to see his wife Peggy is uncredited despite a line of dialogue.
*TV Times synopsis: Jim Latimer is showing interest in Trash's daughter Penny, and Mr. Ruskin has found a donation of £42 in the church offertory box. Meanwhile, there has been a big fire at Henry Wilk's home at Inglebrook.
*ITVX synopsis: Peggy Gives Birth - It's a double celebration for Peggy & Matt Skilbeck when they welcome the birth of twins.
*This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
**Emmerdale Farm: Volume Two DVD released by Network on 14th September 2009.
==Memorable dialogue==
Sam Pearson: "I hate fires. The one thing I can't bear t'thought of being caught up in is a fire."
Peggy Skilbeck: "You do your best to get on top of it 'ere."
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