Episode 1245 (4th May 1988)

==Plot==
Suddenly, there's nothing to stop Joe and Ruth being together - but Sandie and Phil are being forced apart. Bill takes the bull to the market. Eric and Phil plan to make fast cash. He has bought a Victorian chest for £180, which Phil has made up to look Georgian so he can sell it for a profit and rip people off. Phil sells it for £2000. Eric gives Phil the money. Alan is facing his day in court over his drink driving incident but orders Seth to hurry up with the repairs at The Bates' house as he feels that Nick and Caroline are eating him out of house and home at Home Farm. Jack has ordered some tree trunks, so he can plant them and grown them into trees. Annie thinks Jack is reading too much into the tree felling at Home Farm.
==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
*Sandie Merrick - Jane Hutcheson
*Jackie Merrick - Ian Sharrock
*Kathy Merrick - Malandra Burrows
*Alan Turner - Richard Thorp
*Mrs. Bates - Diana Davies
*Nick Bates - Cy Chadwick
*Ruth Pennington - Julia Chambers
*Eric Pollard - Christopher Chittell
===Guest cast===
*Stephen Fuller - Gregory Floy
Category:1988 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes