"A Dying Breed" 16 February 1980 James and Siegfried get to see a modern milking parlour when they attend a calving. There are problems when the milkman's horse has to be taken off the road for treatment. Miss Westerman returns with Hamish. Tristan tries to avoid her, given that he misplaced the dog last time he was put in his care. She is concerned about the rumours that dogs will need to be euthanised in the event of war, but Tristan puts her mind at ease. The vets agree to spay a cat for a minimum fee, thanks to Tristan, but find they may have been taken advantage of. Siegfried treats Herbie Hinchcliffe's aging horse, Dolly, and becomes emotionally involved in the case when it comes to putting her down. Characters: Mrs Hall, Herbie Hinchcliffe, Mr Blackburn, Mrs Beck, Miss Westerman, Mrs Bravington. "In 'A Dying Breed' we corpsed a lot," remembered Carol Drinkwater. "We laughed out loud when Peter had to come into the breakfast room and tell us all that a horse had to be put down. Every time Peter came in from the telephone to say, 'He's had Dolly put down' we all burst out laughing. I don't know why. It must have been something to do with the way Peter delivered the line the first time and we all laughed, and Peter went, 'What?' The director asked why we were laughing and we couldn't say because we didn't know. Any time we tried to do this scene, we burst out laughing every time Peter came into the room, even before he talked about this sick animal."[