Episode 609 (14th October 1980)

==Plot==
Joe is settling in to his new job with NY Estates but there is tension among the workers at Ridge Farm. John has money worries due to taxes on his wages, and gets slightly drunk in The Woolpack. He comes back from work half an hour late, slightly drunk, and almost causes an accident on a tractor when he knocks some milk tins over. Joe sends John home.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Jack - Clive Hornby
*Matt - Frederick Pyne
*Dolly - Jean Rogers
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Richard Anstey - Carl Rigg
*Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
*Pat Merrick - Helen Weir
===Guest cast===
*John Tuplin - Malcolm Raeburn
*Mary Tuplin - Jo Beadle
*Daniel Hawkins - Alan Starkey
*Ian Reeve - Andrew Breakwell
*Margaret Hatfield - Doreen Sloane
Category:1980 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes