Episode 182 (30th July 1974)

==Plot==
Joe still can't get hold of Mr. Sharp. Christine tells Joe that she has written to him stating they're getting married. Dry covers for Alison in the shop while she composes herself. Annie tries to console her. Paul calls into the shop looking for Dry. He tells Annie and Henry that Dry upped and left six months ago and they've been looking for him since. He reveals that Celia is Dry's fiancée. Reverend Ruskin discovers that Henry knows about Alison's past in prison. Dry invites Celia to the farm. Joe bumps into Mr. Sharp at a cattle market, at first he is unaware he is talking to Mr Sharp as he has not yet met him personally. Celia accuses Dry of being a coward, but he makes it clear that she pushed him into proposing. He says he is reluctant to surrender to her love, but admits he loves her. He tells her he has no wish to marry and doesn't want to abandon the life he leads. He says they will be happy for a few months, then after that they will be stuck in an unhappy marriage. Dry says that is not a price he is willing to pay. Celia vows to make sure he marries her. She says she will stay in the village until he agrees to marry her, and if he goes, she will follow him. Dry walks out of the farmhouse. Mr Sharp buys Joe a drink, and says his farm is the other side of Hotten. He then says his name is Sharp, and this is a familiar name to Joe. Robert then says his full name, and Joe says he is Joe Sugden. Joe knows what farm Sharp is talking about and Robert asks if he knows it. Joe says he knows his daughter Christine as well. Joe asks him to confirm Christine is his daughter, and Robert says she is. Joe is surprised to have met Christine's father by chance. He says he has been trying to ring him to ask for his permission and good wishes but his secretary kept fobbing him off. Mr. Sharp warns Joe about marrying Christine, saying she's a dreamer and their marriage won't last. Joe accuses him of being a snob but he says he is a fool to marry her. Mr. Sharp says he is thinking of Joe more than her. He then says goodbye and walks off.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Matt - Frederick Pyne
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Alison - Carolyn Moody
*Christine - Angela Cheyne
*Dryden - Roy Boyd
*Ruskin - George Little
===Guest cast===
*Celia - Penelope Horner
*Paul - Donald Gray
*Sharp - Bernard Kay
==Locations==
*Beckindale village
*The Woolpack - Public bar
*Village Store - Shop floor, Exterior
*Emmerdale Farm - Farmhouse kitchen/living room, Field
*Unknown cattle market - Interior and car park
==Notes==
*Final appearance of Roy Boyd as Dryden Hogben.
*TV Times synopsis: From a chance encounter, Joe Sugden learns something new about his wife-to-be.
Category:1974 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes