Episode 28 (23rd January 1973)

Amos throws Trash out of The Woolpack, and whilst he tries to find somewhere to sleep, he encounters Jim cornering Sharon in an alleyway. He becomes Sharon's knight in shining armour as he distracts Jim by throwing rocks at him.
==Plot==
Sam is wanting to buy himself a sheepdog puppy, he argues with his friend Hilly as he is trying to con him into buying a non pedigree sheepdog. Trash is thrown out of The Woolpack and threatened with the police. Sam gives him some money. Jim has disappeared from the sheepdog trials and his friends search for him, meanwhile Jim is taunting Sharon by the riverside and will not let her go home. Sam is pleased when he is offered a lift in Verney's Rolls Royce. Amos is jealous when he sees Henry and Annie together. Trash tries to hand in empties he stole from the tent earlier for money but Amos threatens him with the police and he runs off. Sharon becomes very scared by Jim's threatening behaviour towards her, he tries to kiss her and they are spotted by Trash. Sharon uses this distraction to try to escape and runs into the disused abbey where she is forced to hide until it gets dark. Jim vows that he will wait for her. Annie, Sam, Wilks and Verney have a drink together in The Woolpack. Joe arrives to tell Annie that Sharon's mum and Annie's cousin, Beryl Crossthwaite, is worried that she has not returned home.
==Cast==
===Main cast===
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Verney - Patrick Holt
===Guest cast===
*Trash - Leonard Maguire
*Jim - Miles Reithermann
*Robin - Mike Grady
*Gary - Paul Rosebury
*Sharon - Louise Jameson
*Joy - Margaret Heald
*Marilyn - Susan Littler
*Hilly - Lewis Wilson
*Jerry - Gorden Kaye
*George - Edward Palmer
==Locations==
*The Woolpack - Public bar
*Cemetery
*Old Abbey Ruins
*Hill by the Old Abbey Ruins
*Sheep dog trials site
*Field near to sheep dog trials
*Woodland
*Unknown road
==Notes==
*This is the first episode in the show so far to not feature any scenes at Emmerdale Farm.
*TV Times synopsis: Episode 28: Most of Beckindale has turned out for the annual sheepdog trials. Amos Brearly has set up a beer tent; Henry Wilks has met the Beckindale "squire", George Verney, and Trash, the tramp, has turned up in the village again. Sam has bought himself a new suit and is determined to get a dog with the money Wilks paid him for his share of the farm.
*This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
**Emmerdale Farm: Volume Two DVD released by Network on 14th September 2009.
==Memorable dialogue==
Annie Sugden: "You had a good day Amos?"
Amos Brearly: "Could be better, could be worse."
Annie Sugden: "That's what my Jacob used to say about your beer."
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