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Lynda’s lost patience with interrogating Tony about his Christmases past, she still hasn’t got any clues. When Jim mentions Lynda’s ‘Christmas Chronicles’ she admits they don’t exist, she made them up to get out of a tricky situation. Lynda’s heart sinks when they’re interrupted by Tony apologising for his lack of positive Christmas memories, he goes to fetch his box full of Christmas memorabilia. When Lynda says there won’t be any Christmas Chronicles, Tony and Jim protest that it’s a lovely idea; people have already started collecting their Christmas memories. Jim thinks Lynda’s had an excellent idea by accident and she really ought to follow it up.

Neil tells George that Martyn jumped at the chance of having George at Berrow for some work experience. Later when George meets up with Martyn, George tells him he wants to be in farming, but he wants to be rich. He asks Martyn how he could’ve improved the way he negotiated the deal with the pheasants. Martyn says he’s asking the right questions and shows him the ins-and-outs of the business side of the pig unit. When Neil appears, Martyn says that as George has an aptitude for business, and he should shadow Martyn instead of Neil.

David and Ruth check in on Ben, but he’s adamant that he’s still considering leaving uni. Later David and Ruth tell Ben they’ll pay Vince off by selling some Brookfield land. Ben needs to finish his course and the family are all behind him. Ben agrees but wonders whether Jill’s behind him too?