Episode 1213 (7th January 1988)

==Plot==
After a Christmas spent apart, Joe confides in Ruth. Alan is becoming increasingly grumpy with his staff, especially Seth. Malcolm clearly disapproves of his daughter Kathy marrying a farm labourer, Jackie. Kathy even sobs and has to be comforted by Jackie. Christopher Meadows arrives to do an inventory of goods at Home Farm. He is surprised to see Home Farm had a fish farm as he thought it was a sewage works. Archie finds an abandoned car at Crossgill and has plans to renovate it. Dolly is desperate to move to Crossgill but has to convince Matt.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie Sugden - Sheila Mercier
*Matt Skilbeck - Frederick Pyne
*Amos Brearly - Ronald Magill
*Henry Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Jack Sugden - Clive Hornby
*Joe Sugden - Frazer Hines
*Dolly Skilbeck - Jean Rogers
*Seth Armstrong - Stan Richards
*Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
*Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson
*Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
*Mrs. Bates - Diana Davies
*Kathy Bates - Malandra Burrows
*Nick Bates - Cy Chadwick
*Phil Pearce - Peter Alexander
*Ruth Pennington - Julia Chambers
*Archie Brooks - Tony Pitts
*Bill Middleton - Johnny Caesar
*Jock MacDonald - Drew Dawson
*Sam Skilbeck - Benjamin Whitehead
*Robert Sugden - Richard Smith
===Guest cast===
*Malcolm Bates - Tom Adams
*Christopher Meadows - Conrad Phillips
*Liz McDonald - Elizabeth Mickery
*Judy MacDonald - Natalie Worsnop
*Barry - Mark Moraghan
Category:1988 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes