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The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Emmerdale Season 1 Episode 14 - Episode 14 (Tue 28th Nov 1972)
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    #1 - Episode 14 (Tue 28th Nov 1972)

    S1:E14

    Jack makes an enemy in Janie after embarrassing her in front of his family. Meanwhile, Henry is knocked unconscious after having a fall, and is later found by Marion and Norman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Emmerdale Season 1 Episode 17 - Episode 17 (Mon 11th Dec 1972)
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    #2 - Episode 17 (Mon 11th Dec 1972)

    S1:E17

    Peggy and Matt discover they will have twins, whilst PC Ball prosecutes Jack and Joe. Janie flirts with Frank but he doesn't reciprocate.

    Director:Desmond McCarthy
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Emmerdale Season 1 Episode 20 - Episode 20 (Tue 19th Dec 1972)
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    #3 - Episode 20 (Tue 19th Dec 1972)

    S1:E20

    Matt finds an unconscious Sam in the cowshed and rushes him to hospital. Meanwhile, Frank and Janie have a great first date, and even have their first kiss.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 1 - Episode 21 (Mon 1st Jan 1973)
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    #4 - Episode 21 (Mon 1st Jan 1973)

    S2:E1

    Sam is now recovering in bed following his collapse in the cowshed. Henry Wilks is going ahead with his farming plans, but has failed to strike a bargain with Harry Jameson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 2 - Episode 22 (Tue 2nd Jan 1973)
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    #5 - Episode 22 (Tue 2nd Jan 1973)

    S2:E2

    Harry plays Henry and Jack off each other for the sale of his farm. The Sugdens are shocked when Bart reveals that Jack became famous in London.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 3 - Episode 23 (Mon 8th Jan 1973)
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    #6 - Episode 23 (Mon 8th Jan 1973)

    S2:E3

    Joe receives his court summons, whilst the Sugdens adjust to having a best selling author in the family. Meanwhile, Frank cleverly proposes to Janie.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 4 - Episode 24 (Tue 9th Jan 1973)
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    #7 - Episode 24 (Tue 9th Jan 1973)

    S2:E4

    Harry continues to play Henry and Jack against each other. Jack and Marian reconcile as she prepares for her cruise. Janie accepts Frank's proposal and he presents her with a self-made ring.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 5 - Episode 25 (Mon 15th Jan 1973)
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    #8 - Episode 25 (Mon 15th Jan 1973)

    S2:E5

    Jack feels Jacob has left him the farm out of spite, but is left with food for thought when Marian delivers him a few home truths.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 6 - Episode 26 (Tue 16th Jan 1973)
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    #9 - Episode 26 (Tue 16th Jan 1973)

    S2:E6

    When Jack loses interest in Jameson's Farm, Harry tries to trick Henry into paying more, but fails. Amos proposes to Annie but she lets him down gently. As Marian leaves for her cruise, she tells Henry to make it up with Jack or she won't be back.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 7 - Episode 27 (Mon 22nd Jan 1973)
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    #10 - Episode 27 (Mon 22nd Jan 1973)

    S2:E7

    Ten days have passed since Emmerdale Farm Limited was formed. Jack has supposedly joined Marian on her cruise and Jameson's Farm now belongs to the partnership of the Sugdens and Wilks. Sam parades around in his new suit - acquired from part of the money he received for selling his share of the farm to Henry. Preparations are underway for the sheepdog trials. Amos is running the beer tent with the help of Jerry, a local man. Trash, a well known tramp is wandering around the showground and three local youths try to chat up three girls. Henry discusses the possibility of Marian joining the local hunt set with the local squire, George Verney. Jim Latimer, a local youth follows one of the girls - Sharon Crossthwaite - as she makes her way home along the river, he catches up with her and makes her feel very uneasy.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 8 - Episode 28 (Tue 23rd Jan 1973)
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    #11 - Episode 28 (Tue 23rd Jan 1973)

    S2:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 9 - Episode 29 (Mon 29th Jan 1973)
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    #12 - Episode 29 (Mon 29th Jan 1973)

    S2:E9

    Jim eventually gives up waiting for Sharon to emerge from her hiding place in the abbey. Beryl Crossthwaite is frantic with worry. Annie suggests calling the police. Jim goes straight to The Woolpack for a drink and it is here that P.C. Ball questions him about Sharon's disappearance, he claims not to have seen her since the sheepdog trials. Henry has dinner with Verney who admits that he regrets not having any children. Sharon returns home and tells her mother that she felt ill and had to rest which was why she did not come straight home.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 10 - Episode 30 (Tue 30th Jan 1973)
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    #13 - Episode 30 (Tue 30th Jan 1973)

    S2:E10

    Annie asks Matt and Joe to look over the millhouse as she has seen a light on. Jack lets Trash stay on at the millhouse if he runs errands for him. Sharon sneaks her building society book out of the house. Jim tells Amos that he has been laid off work. Henry needs to know Jack's whereabouts so he can get him to sign some papers to change the ownership of Emmerdale Farm. Henry stays for dinner at the farmhouse. Amos takes a message from Wallace for Jack. Trash goes to The Woolpack to buy drink for Jack. Amos thinks that he must have stolen the money. Jack tells Trash to have a wash. Sharon has drawn out her life savings from the building society, she is on her own in the house counting out the money when Jim calls round. He forces his way into the house, sees the money lying on the table and grabs her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 11 - Episode 31 (Mon 5th Feb 1973)
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    #14 - Episode 31 (Mon 5th Feb 1973)

    S2:E11

    Jack is hiding out in the millhouse trying to write his second novel. He still cannot persuade Trash to wash. Sam arrives at The Woolpack with his new puppy dog and he mentions that he has seen Jack with a woman in the village. Annie and Henry are surprised as they have both been trying to find him. There is a strained atmosphere at the Verneys as Laura tells George she wants a divorce and admits to being unfaithful. Beryl arrives at the farm where she is worried as Sharon has not been home all night. Trash complains about Jack's typewriter keeping him awake all night but Jack tells him he saw him snoring. Reverend Ruskin calls in at The Woolpack for a drink to the surprise of the regulars. He asks Amos if he is willing to give a lady who has just come out of prison a job as a barmaid. Joe finds out that Sharon withdrew £50 from her savings the day she disappeared. Verney struggles to understand why Laura wants a divorce, she tells him she's had enough of him.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 12 - Episode 32 (Tue 6th Feb 1973)
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    #15 - Episode 32 (Tue 6th Feb 1973)

    S2:E12

    Joe and Frank discuss Marian and Jack. Henry tells Annie that Emmerdale Farm needs a telephone, he asks Peggy to do the accounts for the company. Jack visits Frank to tell him that he will be able to be his best man. Laura takes an interest in Jack - the feeling seems to be mutual. Jack visits the farm where Annie tells him off for not visiting sooner and asks what happened with Marian. Peggy is not feeling very well.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 13 - Episode 33 (Mon 12th Feb 1973)
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    #16 - Episode 33 (Mon 12th Feb 1973)

    S2:E13

    Trash hands in evidence he believes will assist the police in finding Sharon, whilst Matt calls a doctor for an unwell Peggy.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 14 - Episode 34 (Tue 13th Feb 1973)
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    #17 - Episode 34 (Tue 13th Feb 1973)

    S2:E14

    Peggy has to go into hospital for observation. Amos tells Reverend Ruskin that he will give Alison a trial at The Woolpack, the vicar is impressed not suspecting that Amos has an ulterior motive. George asks Frank to shoe his hunt horses but Frank refuses saying that he is against bloodsports. Laura and Jack meet again and she invites him for a drink. Jack rushes up to the farmhouse to see how Peggy is and he shows Annie the watch found by Trash, she recognises it belongs to Sharon. Trash is absorbed by Jack's book. Jack questions him about the watch and he gets upset.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 15 - Episode 35 (Mon 19th Feb 1973)
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    #18 - Episode 35 (Mon 19th Feb 1973)

    S2:E15

    A panicked Trash makes a desperate escape from Mill Cottage in order to avoid being locked up again, but has a fall from the second storey window. A background check on Trash leaves many surprises.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 16 - Episode 36 (Mon 19th Feb 1973)
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    #19 - Episode 36 (Mon 19th Feb 1973)

    S2:E16

    Jack is seen in the pub with Laura. Jack finds Trash drunk in his bed and goes for the doctor. While he is gone, Trash falls out the window.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 17 - Episode 37 (Mon 26th Feb 1973)
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    #20 - Episode 37 (Mon 26th Feb 1973)

    S2:E17

    Following Trash's death, Jack follows Laura to London. Ex-criminal Alison meets Amos in hopes of getting a job at The Woolpack.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 18 - Episode 38 (Tue 27th Feb 1973)
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    #21 - Episode 38 (Tue 27th Feb 1973)

    S2:E18

    Frank and Janie discuss their wedding preparations with Edward, whilst Alison proves to be a hit with the Woolpack regulars.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 19 - Episode 39 (Mon 5th March 1973)
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    #22 - Episode 39 (Mon 5th March 1973)

    S2:E19

    Frank has taken Janie home as she is upset and returns to speak to Reverend Ruskin alone. He gives them both his blessing. Peggy's concerned that Jack's affair with Laura may affect Henry and George's friendship. PC Hallam looks for Jack saying he's wanted for the inquest on Monday. Matt mentions Joe may have a number for him in London. In London, Jack and Laura are at Wallace's place, they ignore the phone as it rings. Reverend Ruskin talks to George about Frank's eviction notice from Dale Properties asking if he knows them. Verney says he does.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 20 - Episode 40 (Tue 6th March 1973)
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    #23 - Episode 40 (Tue 6th March 1973)

    S2:E20

    Jack is forced to return to Beckindale for the inquest into Trash's death. Meanwhile, Matt Skilbeck discovers a rotten beam in Jameson's Farm, meaning the place could cave in at any minute.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 21 - Episode 41 (Mon 12th March 1973)
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    #24 - Episode 41 (Mon 12th March 1973)

    S2:E21

    As the verdict for Trash's inquest is revealed to be accidental death, Jack feels Trash has been let down by society. He decides to hold a funeral, but is even more disappointed when he is the only attendee.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Emmerdale Season 2 Episode 22 - Episode 42 (Tue 13th March 1973)
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    #25 - Episode 42 (Tue 13th March 1973)

    S2:E22

    George goes on a mission to hunt down the person responsible for trashing his good name, and attacks Jack when Laura reveals it was him.

    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Episode 14 (Tue 28th Nov 1972)" is the worst rated episode of "Emmerdale". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/28/1972. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Episode 17 (Mon 11th Dec 1972)".