Episode 164 (28th May 1974)

Edward receives a call notifying him that Letty has been attacked by Mick. Joe reveals his suspicions that Dryden and Diana are having an affair. Dryden worries for a drunken Franklin and informs him that his father died of alcohol poisoning.
==Plot==
Franklin apologises to Amos for his unpleasantness in The Woolpack last night. He enquires as to where he can find Dry and rings Emmerdale Farm. Joe makes out that Dry isn't in. He informs Matt of his suspicions about Dry fixing Diana's fuses and wonders if Franklin found out he stayed the night. Sam winds up Amos by discussing Ethel's past and mentioning to Reverend Ruskin that she's knocking around with Dan Middleton. Matt talks to Joe about whether he's planning to have the wedding in a church or registry office. Reverend Ruskin gets a call to say that Letty Brewer's husband, Mick, has arrived back from Hotten and attacked her. A drunken Franklin tracks Dry down and asks him to build him a cupboard. Dry asks him why he drinks so much and Franklin tells him to mind his own business. He tells Franklin that his father was a great drinker and it killed him off. Dry bumps into Christine outside the farmhouse and reports to them that she's had a rough time with her father.
==Cast==
===Regular cast===
*Annie - Sheila Mercier
*Sam - Toke Townley
*Joe - Frazer Hines
*Matt - Frederick Pyne
*Wilks - Arthur Pentelow
*Amos - Ronald Magill
*Ruskin - George Little
*Liz - Daphne Green
*Dryden - Roy Boyd
*Diana - Zibba Mays
===Guest cast===
*Prescott - Donald Morley
==Locations==
*The Woolpack - Public bar
*Vicarage - Lounge
*Crossthwaite's Cottage - Living room
*Emmerdale Farm - Farmhouse kitchen/living room, Field
==Notes==
*No episode was broadcast on Bank Holiday Monday 27th May, instead Bank Holiday Sport was broadcast.
*TV Times synopsis: Franklin Prescott apologises to Amos Brearly in The Woolpack bar, and gives Joe Sugden advice about marriage...
Category:1974 episodes
Category:Emmerdale Farm episodes