Seasons & episodes
S17 · E61Episode 1271 (Wed 10th Aug 1988) 1988-08-10
The longer Marian stays with Jack the more she risks, and Henry is determined to send her home.
S17 · E62Episode 1272 (Thu 11th Aug 1988) 1988-08-11
It looks like Caroline has found a companion. Alan decides that only desperate measures will even the score!
S17 · E63Episode 1273 (Wed 17th Aug 1988) 1988-08-17
Alan decides that the best way to get over Caroline's affair is to have one of his own. While, Matt finds disturbing evidence that Dolly's affair might not be in the past.
S17 · E64Episode 1274 (Thu 18th Aug 1988) 1988-08-18
Annie returns to the farm keen to catch up on the news, but Jack makes an announcement that shocks not just Annie but the rest of the family as well.
S17 · E65Episode 1275 (Wed 24th Aug 1988) 1988-08-24
Amos' brother Ezra turns up at The Woolpack. Amos wonders why he has suddenly turned up after not seeing Amos for a few years. At Home Farm some people are surveying the land. Turner notices them and is wondering why they are here. Ezra says he has suddenly got a phobia for meat and is going vegetarian.
S17 · E66Episode 1276 (Thu 25th Aug 1988) 1988-08-25
The alarm on one of the barns at Emmerdale Farm is going off. Matt stops it as a distressed Dolly worries the police may arrive. Amos' brother Ezra is staying at the Woolpack
S17 · E67Episode 1277 (Wed 31st Aug 1988) 1988-08-31
Jack is getting ready to leave Beckindale to live with Marian in Italy. It is the 2nd anniversary of the death of his wife Pat as well and tensions are running high at Emmerdale Farm. Jackie accuses Jack of being selfish and also for forgetting the anniversary of Pat's death. Meanwhile, Ezra fights his sudden phobia of meat once and for all by carving up and mincing meat in a shed at Emmerdale Farm with Amos, Jack and Jackie watching. He then leaves to return to Whitehaven.
S17 · E68Episode 1278 (Thu 1st Sept 1988) 1988-09-01
It is an emotional day at Emmerdale Farm as Jack is preparing to leave again to live with Marian in Rome. He bids an emotional farewell to everyone and then leaves for the airport. Turner has been invited to lunch in Hotten with Denis Rigg. Denis turns up late and when he suggests to Turner that he buys Joe out of Home Farm. Turner walks out saying he will not see his partner out of a home, leaving Denis with a flea in his ear.
S17 · E69Episode 1279 (Wed 7th Sept 1988) 1988-09-07
Sandie has welcomed her new lodgers at Mill Cottage. They are Kate and her teenage children Rachel and Mark. Mark and Rachel now have to adjust to living in new surroundings. Turner is nursing a massive hangover and even has a touch of diarrhoea. Joe meets Kate again at the local supermarket. She says that is her day job. Kate says she saw Denis Rigg at The Feathers last night with a well dressed big man with a posh voice. Joe suspects it was Turner. Alan has not yet met Kate officially. Joe worries that Denis is trying to play him and Alan into selling their shares in Home Farm.
S17 · E70Episode 1280 (Thu 8th Sept 1988) 1988-09-08
There's a dog on the loose in Beckindale attacking sheep, but while Joe tries to track it down, Alan is more than interested in a visitor from the skies!
S17 · E71Episode 1281 (Wed 14th Sept 1988) 1988-09-14
When he finds the dog that's been killing sheep, Joe thinks his troubles are over, but they're only just beginning. Jackie, too thinks his future's looking brighter as he takes over at Emmerdale Farm, but, like Joe, he's a nasty shock in store
S17 · E72Episode 1282 (Thu 15th Sept 1988) 1988-09-15
The balloon goes up at Beckindale fete, as Seth sets out to prove that Amos's tales of daredevil flying are so much hot air, while Joe's joy-ride turns out to be anything but and Dolly's emotions are up in the air when she hears that Stephen may be around.
S17 · E73Episode 1283 (Wed 21st Sept 1988) 1988-09-21
Henry sets off to investigate the strange disappearance of Amos - last seen two days ago wandering on the Yorkshire Moors!
S17 · E74Episode 1284 (Thu 22nd Sept 1988) 1988-09-22
Tensions between Joe and Jackie come to a head when Annie is involved in an accident at Emmerdale Farm.
S17 · E75Episode 1285 (Wed 28th Sept 1988) 1988-09-28
Amos is back in Beckindale with a surprise for the village. There's a surprise too for Joe, who finds himself the third person at an intimate dinner for two.
S17 · E76Episode 1286 (Thu 29th Sept 1988) 1988-09-29
For the second night running, an unexpected guest ruins Joe's evening - but Nick is determined not to let a surprise visitor ruin his.
S17 · E77Episode 1287 (Wed 5th Oct 1988) 1988-10-05
It's not only pheasants in the firing line as Home Farm stages its first shoot of the season. Alan's gunning for Seth, while Nick finds himself in Eric's sights.
S17 · E78Episode 1288 (Thu 6th Oct 1988) 1988-10-06
Three's a crowd at The Woolpack - but who should go, Gloria, Amos or Henry? Alan, meanwhile, has no such problem about who should leave Home Farm.
S17 · E79Episode 1289 (Wed 12th Oct 1988) 1988-10-12
Joe becomes the unusual white knight defending Rachel - but who's going to defend Joe against Denis?
S17 · E80Episode 1290 (Thu 13th Oct 1988) 1988-10-13
Unexpected visitors mean that the party's over for both Amos and Archie - but when Joe turns up to celebrate Kate's birthday, the party's not even begun.
S17 · E81Episode 1291 (Wed 19th Oct 1988) 1988-10-19
Nick is determined to get Helen out of his hair, but he's reckoned without the fury of a woman scorned.
S17 · E82Episode 1292 (Thu 20th Oct 1988) 1988-10-20
Intrigue at Home Farm as Alan gets ready to stab Joe in the back, but it looks like Joe may be about to make a move of his own.
S17 · E83Episode 1293 (Wed 26th Oct 1988) 1988-10-26
Seth is determined to get his old job back at Home Farm, and decides it's time he took the law into his own hands.
S17 · E84Episode 1294 (Thu 27th Oct 1988) 1988-10-27
When Joe discovers that Alan has stabbed him in the back it's Phil who bears the full brunt of his fury.