Episode 68 (12th June 1973)

As David's friends and the Sugdens celebrate his birthday, he reveals that he and Gwen have decided to return to Cardiff that day.
==Plot==
The girls worry when David doesn't return home after his walk. Jack ponders whether he may have gotten lost on the moors. He and Gwen go looking for him in the freezing cold. They are unable to find him and start to return home. David arrives back at the millhouse drunk. Penny is angry with him as she tells him that Jack and Gwen are on the moors looking for him. They arrive home an hour later to find him asleep. The following day, Frank manages to start Joe's motorbike first time. Janie offers to make Gwen a cake at short notice for a friend's birthday. Janie mentions a birthday to Joe and he rushes off thinking that it's Penny's birthday. Bess has run off again and Annie and Sam are out looking for her as Henry guards the Sunday roast. They arrive back with Jack and Joe and all sit down to dinner together, talking about the birthday. They decide to hold an impromptu party. Annie decides to make a cake, while Janie has just finished baking hers. Everyone arrives at the millhouse and they find out it's David's birthday, he's astounded, and is happy again, after his recent disappointment. They laugh as they realise they have two sponge cakes, one made by Janie and one by Annie. A few hours later, David and Gwen talk and announce that they're moving back to Cardiff first thing in the morning. David says he has enjoyed his time in Beckindale but enough is as good as a feast. Henry asks David if he can buy one of his paintings, the one of the abbey he was talking to Seddon about, and David obliges. Jack is sad about Gwen leaving.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Jack - Andrew Burt
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Frank - Eric Allan
*Janie - Diane Grayson
===Guest cast===
*Penny - Louisa Martin
*Gwen - Emily Richard
*David - Martin Howells
==Locations==
*The Mill - Penny's bedroom
*Beckindale Forge - Exterior
*Smithy Cottage - Living room and kitchen
*Emmerdale Farm - Farmhouse kitchen/living room
*Road outside Emmerdale Farm
*Beckindale Moors
==Notes==
*TV Times synopsis: Episode 68: Henry Wilks and Joe have been to the Connelton point-to-point. Wilks is still considering what farming policy to pursue at Emmerdale.
*This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
**Emmerdale Farm: Volume Three DVD released by Network on 30th May 2011.
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