Graham Ryder values Brookfield. Jill is more upset than she will admit.

Radio Times: There is a visitor at Brookfield, and Carol is a good friend.

Characters: Carol, David, Graham Ryder, Jill, Peggy, Ruth

• Jill has decided to make herself scarce when Graham Ryder comes to value Brookfield, so will pick Carol up and go on to see Peggy.
• Graham Ryder arrives and assures David that getting a proper valuation is the right thing to do. Davis is upset when they look at the fields Phil bought, though Graham reminds him that they were a good investment. He suggests dividing the farm into three lots to maximise the price; one block of land on each side of the proposed road and the farmhouse with a few acres. There are still wealthy city types looking for a piece of old England.
• Jill confesses to Carol that she couldn’t bear to see ‘that awful man’ poking round her home. Suddenly the idea of moving has become very real. When they reach Peggy’s they chat about gardens – Bert has transformed the garden at Glebe, which might not be what Jill needs to hear right now. Carol’s daughter has been to visit, but Carol is evasive when her son is mentioned. They discuss Peggy’s birthday celebrations and the setting up of a Bridge club. When Jill is sure Graham Ryder will have been and gone, they set off for home. Jill admits that if Brookfield should be sold, she could not bear to stay in Ambridge.
• Graham extols the atmosphere of Brookfield with its sense of generations of yeoman farmers round the kitchen table. David sound ever more glum, and while Ruth’s caring voice can be heard, all she wants to know is Graham’s thoughts on price. He suggests 4.5 million – less than David wants- but tells them to get a move on if they want to buy elsewhere; there is a shortage of ‘decent’ farms.