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- Adapted from a stage play by Curt J. Braun, the film takes place in a mid-sized German industrial town. When the local factory closes its doors, the townsfolk are thrown into confusion and dismay. The story concentrates on a dozen laid-off workers, relating their individual life stories and detailing their hopes, aspiration and fears.
- Bet leaves her flat and goes out. She calls at The Kabin but Mavis, in the middle of doing the VAT return, tells her that Rita isn't available as she is with Len. Bet has no option but to return home. Deirdre has calmed down and can't contact the doctor to find out if her test is definitely positive. She and Ray look forward to being parents but he insists that she gives up work and that they need a bigger place to live in. He's calm but happy at the prospect and she admits that she's chuffed too. Rita tells Len that her proposal comes from Harry Bates. He's got a divorce and fancies marrying her and she fancies him too. Len tells her he can't advise her as it's a personal matter to her. Harry is now a site foreman and marriage will give Terry a settled home. Len doesn't think she'll go through with it. Bet returns and calls on Tom Russell. She invites him round to share a half bottle of whiskey. Ray returns home with a celebratory drink to the news that the doctor has rung to say it was a false alarm. Deirdre admits she's disappointed as she got herself excited at the thought. They both feel a bit flat. Tom tells Bet about his dead marriage and how he wants to start trying to find romance again. She tells him that he has little chance of meeting a girl of his dreams and to go back to his family. Sat with Len, Rita starts to talk herself out of marriage, thinking that she's satisfied with all that she's got. Len tells her he never got married again because of sheer inertia but he's also happy with his lot. He asks her if she's definitely going to marry Harry and she shakes her head. Deirdre thinks of what might have been as Bet settles down for another night in bed alone.
- The word spreads that Deirdre is pregnant. She puts the gossipers right. Len gets a phone call to say that someone is coming to stay and gets Hilda to tidy the house in readiness but he won't say who his guest is. Ray enjoys everyone buying him drinks before Rita tells them he's not going to be a father. Rita thinks Len is making the house tidy for her but it is Elsie Howard who arrives at Len's, suitcase in hand.
- Auntie Edie goes away for a few days and Mavis doesn't want to sleep in an empty house. Emily invites her to stay at No.3. Ernie is annoyed as it's their fourth wedding anniversary. Ray tells Deirdre he's doing a foreigner but really goes to a charity stag night at the Gatsby Club with Alf. Ernie agrees to join them. Annie considers putting on a Mastermind competition. Ernie gets drunk and is used as a prop by a stripper. The brewery promise a prize to Annie. Deirdre feels sorry for Ray working not knowing he is catching strippers' bras. The Gatsby is raided by the police.
- Alf considers resigning before he's sacked. Rita gives Fred tickets for the Gatsby Club. Ken shows Wendy off in the Rovers. Tricia realises she, Gail and Elsie will be evicted when Renee buys the shop. Alf takes a shine to Renee. Fred tries to build up courage to ask Rita out.
- Stan's friend Wally Fisher arrives to be the escapologist at the party. Wendy doesn't feel part of the street's oneness. The street celebrates with clog dancers, a barrel organ and Punch and Judy. Ken takes care of special guest M.P. Geoffrey Hardcastle. Wally proves a success. He offers £5 to anyone who will try to escape from the sack and chains. Stan volunteers. Wendy leaves the party to meet Diana Kenton. Stan is let out of the sack when he can't breathe. He can't get out of the chains and Wally disappears. Wendy meets Roger.
- Ken is surprised when Albert shows him compassion. Albert tells him he still cares what happens to him. Derek Wilton returns. Mavis is annoyed as he hasn't kept in touch but forgives him. They arrange a meal. Ken is angry and bitter as he loved Wendy Nightingale. He tells Elsie she can have No.11 back. Fred asks Rita out. She tells him that she's going out with someone else although she isn't. He gives her a pot plant. Derek has to work and cancels the meal. When Fred arrives to see if Rita's date's turned up, she pounces on Derek and passes him off as her boyfriend. Fred admits defeat.
- The residents tell Ken that Albert doesn't encourage them to take an interest in his affairs so they don't. Albert goes off and Ken searches for him. Ken finds Albert at the allotment. Albert tells him the council are taking it off him because he's too old to look after it. Renee accuses Emily of reporting her as she's religious. Ken pays Albert's electricity bill. Albert tells him people don't give a toss about old folk. Ken tells Alf he's changed his mind - he wants to stay on. Gail tells Renee it was Tricia who reported her. Renee apologises to Emily. She tells Emily she only wants to make friends with everyone. Emily gives her advice on running a shop. Ken asks the men to help Albert on his allotment. Ray gives Annie a £25 deposit for the party. Deirdre finds out and is furious and tells him to get the money back.
- Ernest chastises Emily for selling her wedding ring. Nellie delights in showing off her new car to an envious Annie. Albert remains determined to get his money out of Bertha.
- Terry misses the army. Bertha apologises to Albert and gives him £10. Annie discovers Nellie Harvey had to have eighty-six lessons to pass her test. Albert is horrified when Bertha kisses him. Elsie is upset when Gail loses one of her earrings whilst out with Roy Thornley. Nat Lumley threatens to thump Albert when he hears about the kiss but Ena intervenes and separates the two men. Elsie finds the lost earring in the stockroom. Len makes her realise that Roy must be married when he points out that he has to entertain Gail at the shop. Nellie challenges Annie to learn to drive in less than eighty-six lessons when she goads her.
- Elsie doesn't know if she should tell Gail that Roy Thornley is married. Emily finds the hospital exhausting. Elsie tells Gail about Roy's family but she doesn't believe her. Annie is annoyed when Hilda broadcasts the fact that it's her birthday. Elsie gives Roy the message from his wife in front of Gail. He tells Gail it was only a game - what did she expect? She gives him back his bracelet but he tells her he can't give her back her virginity. A young man arrives at the Rovers, wears thick spectacles and drinks several pints before saying that he is there to take Annie on her first driving lesson. It then transpires that he is a friend of Eddie's called Cliff Humphries who he called in in an attempt to set up an unamused Annie. Eddie does a paper round at The Kabin. Instructor Don Grady gives Annie her first proper lesson, to the residents' amusement.
- Ray stays in hospital for observation. The Haggerty boys, Kevin and Jimmy, run amok in the street. Roy Thornley doesn't know Doreen is divorcing him or that she is citing Gail. Elsie asks him not to defend the divorce. Hilda's washing is stolen, she thinks the Haggerty boys took it. Ray discharges himself from hospital, his arm in a sling. Roy apologises to Gail. She tells him she hates him; her reputation will be ruined. Stan steals the Haggertys' washing. Gail breaks down when Roy decides to defend the divorce. Renee returns the Ogdens' washing; she took it in when it was raining and put it in her machine. Stan is worried about taking the Haggertys' washing back, having heard about the size of Mr Haggerty.
- Gail refuses to work her notice. Fred, Terry and Alf plan another night with the dogs as the track wasn't open the night before. Albert is in profit as he sells his vegetables to the old folk. Elsie forces Gail to work at the shop. Ray buys a second-hand pram. Deirdre thinks Gail could take Sylvia Matthews to the industrial tribunal for unfair dismissal. Elsie threatens to take Sylvia to a tribunal on Gail's behalf. Fred, Alf and Terry buy a greyhound, Fred's Folly from Joe Mooney.
- Fred keeps the greyhound in the Rovers' cellar. He, Alf and Terry can't believe they spent £30 when drunk on the dog. Fred tries to keep Annie away from the cellar. Ray does the pram up in the yard as a surprise for Deirdre. Annie finds the dog in the cellar and releases it, thinking it fell through the trap door. The dog runs away. Deirdre gives the pram to young Darren Briscoe to carry round his bonfire wood in. Terry is so hung-over he can't remember buying the dog. Renee puts up official notices that she is applying for a drinks licence. Sylvia Matthews rings Gail and tells her that she's reconsidered her sacking and that she can keep her job. Ray is furious that Deirdre gave the pram away while she is furious that he wanted it for their child. Albert buys dog food from Renee who worries that he's hard up.
- The girls continue to undress Ernie. Vera pulls his shirt off and he runs away in his string vest and underpants. Gail gets drunk and kisses Terry. He reads more into it, especially when she tells him she doesn't want him to leave the area. Annie refuses to lend glasses for the party as they got the drink from Renee. Terry asks Gail to go out with him as he'd like to settle down. She laughs at him and says she's only with him as there's no one else. He calls her a tart and slaps her face. Len is angry when Marie Stanton dumps him for Mike. Ernie's clothes can't be found so he has to wear denims. Annie test-drives the Rover 2000. Terry leaves for Lancaster, planning to join up again. Renee is upset at being on her own. Ivy and Vera give Ernie's clothes to Emily. She questions why the girls undressed him instead of Mike or Len. Bet goes to the party fearing Vera has her claws into Mike but finds him on his own. He gives her the key to No.5 as a Christmas present.
- Gail is depressed as she's not doing anything with her life and people think she's a tart. Annie had to provide a blood sample in the police station. Annie discovers her car insurance is £200. She is annoyed as Kitty Stonely spreads the word round the Lady Victuallers about the breathalyser. Bet holds a house-warming. The residents are jealous of the modern house. Annie's blood sample proves she was below the limit. Mike arrives halfway through the party but doesn't mind. Len gets a letter from his son Stanley Fairclough saying he's coming up to visit with his fiancée.
- Deirdre hides away at the flat, embarrassed about her false alarm. The dance at the Community Centre takes place. Marie sets out to steal Mike from Bet. Emily and Ernest spend the evening apart after a row.
- More chocolates arrive for Albert. Hilda continues to feel ill. Annie threatens to sack her. Hilda tells Stan he'll have to stand in for her. Stanley Fairclough is annoyed at Len's flirting with the women. Stan intimidates the customers as he cleans the Rovers. Annie docks him £2 off Hilda's normal salary. Len tells Liz Brocklebank he'd like to hear Stanley invite him to the wedding. Annie refuses to give Hilda to rest of her wages as Stan did such a bad job. Hilda is furious to discover that Stan was only docked £2 and not £3 as he had told her. The chocolate company sends an official to The Kabin to investigate Albert's complaints. Rita is furious. Stanley tells Len he doesn't want him at the wedding. Ray is told that Deirdre has been taken into hospital.
- Hilda has had enough of the Ogdens' misfortunes. Ray worries that he won't make a good father. Annie buys a shawl for the new baby but Betty tells her that Bet's already bought an identical one. Ray brings Deirdre and the baby home. The residents coo over the new baby. Annie has swapped the shawl for a Babygro, only to find that Blanche has also bought an identical one. Mavis suggests to Hilda that her bad luck could be to do with living at a house numbered 13 and Renee backs up this suggestion. Hilda tells Stan that she wants their door number changed to alter their luck.
- Mike grows annoyed as Bet treats No.5 like a tip. Deirdre and Ray clash over the baby's name. Blanche wants her to be called 'Maureen'. Mike is furious when Bet hires Hilda as a cleaner to sort No.5 out. He tells her she is the housekeeper and should do the work herself. Emily walks out of the Rovers when she sees Ernie drinking with Thelma James. Ray registers the baby 'Tracy Lynette' behind Deirdre's back and the two of them row over it with Deirdre accusing him of being sly. Blanche's boyfriend, Steve Bassett, arrives and Blanche shows him off. Mike asks Bet to lay on a dinner party for a client and to get a woman for him. Blanche tells Deirdre that she only works for Dave Smith; they've split up. Emily warns Ernie that Thelma is after him. Bet is annoyed when she thinks Mike thinks she's a bit tarty. In revenge she asks Betty to join the dinner party.
- Rita looks forward to Tenerife and her job at the Hotel San Antonio. Len worries that she'll never return. Bet goes flat-hunting. Len begs Rita not to leave. Hilda wants to get into No.5 before the Langtons but Stan doesn't want to move. Mike tells Renee he'll pay an extra £2 a week on top of Bet's offered £6 to let her have the shop flat but doesn't want Bet to know about it. Renee tells Bet she'll lower the price and Bet can move in. Bet is delighted. Mavis asks Len for Rita's job but he refuses to talk about it. Rita signs the singing contract. Bet moves into the shop flat. She unplugs the freezer in the shop instead of the heater by mistake. Len proposes to Rita and tells her he loves her.
- Rita doesn't know whether to marry Len or go to Tenerife. Mavis tells Elsie about the proposal. Renee discovers the shop freezer stock, worth £100 is ruined. Elsie tells Len he's stupid to marry again and also tells him Rita is bound to accept. He convinces her he needs Rita. Renee makes Bet feel better by telling her she's insured. Mr. Nesbit, the insurance man tells her she's not insured as it was an act of carelessness. Len refuses to give Mavis the job of manageress at The Kabin. She is upset and resigns. Eddie sells off Renee's defrosted food. Bet offers to work in the shop when she can to repay the damage. Len gives Rita the engagement ring he gave her in 1974. She refuses to take it and tells him she can't marry him; he's three years too late. Vince Denton looks for Ken.
- After a slight delay, Len and Rita become husband and wife in front of their friends and neighbours. Hilda whines about not being invited to the ceremony. Elsie is puzzled by the attentions of Ted at the reception.
- Elsie gets the dress cleaned and gives the girls the bill. Fred agrees to take Mavis fishing at the weekend. He worries about being on his own with Mavis and gets Alf to join them. Deirdre wants to have Tracy christened, Ray doesn't see the point. Suzie and Gail entertain Rod and Kevin. Elsie is pleased when Ted Brownlow makes a date with her. She tells the girls they can't have the lads round. Ted provides expensive food for a meal with Elsie. They enjoy each other's company. Mavis gets Renee to make up a fishing foursome.
- Alf, Fred, Mavis and Renee set off on their fishing trip. Deirdre refuses to listen to Ray over the christening. A hungry Suzie arranges a date between Ted Brownlow and Elsie hoping he'll bring food with him. Renee falls in the river. Mavis tries to rescue her and is pulled into the water, then Fred tries to retrieve his rod and also falls in. Ted arrives and takes Elsie alone out for Sunday lunch. Suzie is stunned. Reverend Copley, the vicar of St Luke's, tells Deirdre he won't baptise Tracy because the Langtons don't go to church.
- Len has a sprained ankle. Rita makes him go to see a doctor. Rita's uncle Sam arrives to give her away. Annie helps Rita organise the reception at the Greenvale Hotel. Alf gets drunk with Sam and has a hangover on the wedding day. Elsie discovers the mark on her dress. She is very upset and decides not to go to the wedding. Rita and Len leave for the church with their respective attendants.
- The Faircloughs return from honeymoon. Ray has redecorated No.9 for them. Mike uses pictures of Albert in the denim as a promotion. Hilda applies for the post of cleaner at the factory. Renee is pleased when Alf invites her to the pictures. Elsie gives Hilda the cleaner's job. She starts work straight away. Ted Brownlow plans to take Elsie out for a meal but Len arranges for them to have a meal at No.9 instead. Rita is furious.
- Deirdre tells Ray they're not going to London if they can't find someone to look after Tracy. Ray gets the Bishops to agree to look after her. Eddie and Ken talk Ena into being Queen Victoria on the Silver Jubilee float. Fred portrays Sir Francis Drake, with one of Jack Walker's bowls. Ernie is Walter Raleigh, Ken is Sir Edmund Hillary and Eddie plays a caveman. Annie is Queen Elizabeth I. Emily is thrilled to have Tracy for a weekend. Stan has to move the lorry in the night and leaves the lights on. Deirdre refuses to have the Bishops looking after Tracy; they've never had children. The players sit on the lorry and wait for the off but the lorry's battery is flat.
- Arthur Stokes buys the cabinet. Albert makes a nuisance of himself at the hospital trying to find the truth about Ena's condition. The doctor tells him she is suffering from severe concussion and is slightly improving. Ivy wants the girls to form a workers co-operative, Vera isn't keen. Mike gets Suzie and Gail to model the new denim designs in front of Ivy and the girls to show them how good they are. He tells them to have faith in their work. He convinces them that only he will lift them out of the slump, and not a workers co-op. In the meantime they'll have to go on a three-day week. Stokes tells Annie that Alf and Betty are an item. Alf tries to make him see he's got it wrong but Stokes persists in telling everyone. Albert talks to Ena whilst she is unconscious. She opens her eyes briefly. Mike switches the denim work to London and concentrates on the new models in Weatherfield. Elsie goes to Newcastle to see Alan Howard and try to interest buyers in the new designs. Ena regains consciousness and tells Albert to stop talking.
- A student surveys Coronation Street but Bet kids Annie he's from the council and is planning some redevelopments. Terry Bates turns up to see Rita. Ernie goes after a job as accounts manager at P and V Cables. Terry tells Rita he's having hassle from Doreen, his dad's girlfriend. She feels sorry for him. The council decides not to improve the area around Coronation Street. Alf tries to keep the news secret. Len tells Rita not to worry about Terry. Annie goes to the Town Hall to find out if the street is going to be demolished. She discovers that the council voted against including Coronation Street in an Improvement Area, thus denying the residents grants to modernise their homes. She is furious that Alf voted against the proposal, in favour of the area around the Red Rec. Terry hits Doreen and leaves home. Rita takes him in.
- Hilda tells Stan to sell the tandem for £12. Mike offers Eddie a labouring job at the factory but he refuses it. Albert tells Annie that he heard her on the telephone to Nellie Harvey telling her about Betty being a thief. Suzie and Gail are interested in the tandem but ask for a test-run. Albert tells Betty he'll swear in court that Annie slandered her. The girls buy the tandem off the Ogdens for £7. Len tells the Ogdens the bike is worth £100.
- Rita has to work longer hours at The Kabin whilst Mavis is running around after Auntie Edie. Hilda orders new clothes whilst waiting for her share of the tandem money. Mavis leaves Ethel Platt looking after Edie whilst she goes out with Derek. He tells Mavis that Edie is taking advantage of her. The yard gets an unexpected big cheque from a bankrupt firm so Ray and Len plan a big night out. Hilda refuses to believe the demolition story - she feels that Stan and Eddie are keeping the money from her and demands her share. Deirdre is not happy with Ray getting only 40% of the yard's profits. She tells Ray he's a mug and she's not satisfied with the set-up.
- Hilda searches No.13 for the tandem money. Ethel Platt accuses Mavis of making Auntie Edie worse by carrying on with Derek. Ken and Albert prepare for a visit from Peter. Edie begs Mavis not to leave her on her own but Mavis worries about losing her job. Deirdre pushes Ray into tackling Len for a 50% partnership at the yard. Len refuses. Rita makes Mavis work until 7.00pm to make up for all the hassle she's caused. Hilda takes possession of her new clothes. Eddie produces the tandem's bell as proof of its fate. Deirdre accuses Ray of being scared of Len. Len feels that the Langtons have got a case but Rita refuses to let them have more money. Len tells her it's nothing to do with her; it's yard business. Mavis returns home to find Aunt Edie dead.
- Annie returns from Jersey. Hilda discovers Annie's carpet is a cut-off from the Alhambra Weatherfield Bingo Hall, hence the monogram "AW". Bet warns her not to tell Annie. Betty agrees to return to the Rovers as senior barmaid. Annie decides to throw a sherry morning for the Lady Victuallers to show off the carpet. Alf helps Renee with her VAT. Elsie is furious when Rita refuses to refund her for a pair of tights when they ladder. Rita is livid when Len gives Elsie another pair. Alf takes Renee for a ride in the country.
- Gail apologises to Suzie when she discovers how Bob Birchall really is. Bet plans a party to celebrate Annie being in the Rovers for forty years. Bob accuses Elsie of turning Suzie against him and tells her that he doesn't want Suzie living with a tart like her. Elsie throws him out. Bob tries to force Suzie into his car, Steve stops him and Bob hits him. Bob tells Suzie he never wants to see her again. Annie is touched when the residents throw the party for her. She is astonished when Billy arrives as a special guest. Richard Cresswell comes from Newton and Ridley and presents Annie with a silver tray. Deirdre is followed home and is assaulted under the viaduct.
- Hilda's washing machine breaks down. Emily tells Ray that Deirdre knows who her attacker was. Harry Brown, the repair man, finds a button in the machine and gives Hilda a £6 bill for his troubles. Ray forces Deirdre to tell him that the man tried to rape her. She tells him she feels dirty and refuses to tell him who she thinks the man is. Mike invites Bet out for a meal but she refuses. Annie is upset that Billy is going back to Jersey so soon. Stan thinks that Hilda can take in washing to make some extra money. The paper carries a report of a man attacking another woman. Deirdre tells Ray it was the same man.
- Hilda is furious when Stan expects her to take in washing. Annie's cousin Charles Beaumont arrives. She is delighted. Mr Pritchard calls to tell the Ogdens that they've won third prize in a "Loving Cup Shandies" competition - a second honeymoon night in a five-star hotel with £25 spending money. Deirdre worries about being left on her own in the house. Hilda reveals her winning slogan: "Be a mistress as well as a wife and your husband'll still be your boyfriend". Stan doesn't want to go and suggests she goes on her own. She tells him that he's going - even if she has to chain him to her.
- Ray persuades Deirdre to return to work. Rita lends Hilda her negligee for the second honeymoon. Deirdre locks herself in the yard office when a man, Colin Bailey calls. It turns out he is a friend of Ray's. She breaks down and Ray takes her home. Fred has enough of people ordering him about. He tells Annie she can stick her job, he's had enough. Annie discovers Charles Beaumont has been borrowing from her staff and customers. He admits to being a con man and she gives him money to pay off his debts. She realises that the "Walker" name is more important to her than the "Beaumont" one.
- Episode 1766 aired 19th December, 1977 in the U.K. Ken throws an OAP party at the community centre. Ivy tells Elsie that the girls want to play a joke on Mike and need her help. Mavis is depressed over losing the house and Derek. Hilda turns up for the Christmas party at the factory dressed as Charlie Chaplin after Bet tells her that it's fancy dress. Mike is annoyed when Suzie invites a lad, Robin Smethurst, to the party. Both he and Steve are furious at her cheek. Ivy, Elsie and Vera play their joke - complaining about their small bonuses before descending on Mike with mistletoe. Mavis helps out at the OAP party. Gail tries to lure Steve away from the factory party but he's too occupied by Suzie and Robin. The comic booked for the OAPs doesn't turn up so Mavis recites poetry to them.
- *Episode aired on 26th December, 1977 in the U.K.* The Langtons return home from Blanche's. The Ogdens entertain Eddie for lunch. They all get drunk together. Elsie and the Faircloughs have a good meal before Rita and Elsie start sparring off each other again. With Ken in Glasgow, Annie reluctantly invites Albert to join her and Fred for a meal. The Langtons decide to throw a party. Ray is glad that Deirdre seems so much better and the Bishops are relieved. Eddie's stock of turkeys arrive - a day late for Christmas. Elsie gets her own back at Rita's age remarks and tells her that people are talking about her and Fred.
- *Episode aired on 28th December, 1977 in the U.K.* Eddie stores the turkeys in Renee's deep freeze. Albert sells them for him, telling people they're in aid of the Legion's War Heroes Tribute. The Langtons throw a party. Alf goes to the Langtons' party when he hears Renee is going to be there. When Fred pesters Rita for a dance, Len tells him to lay off. Fred hits him, smashing Deirdre's coffee table.
- Len has a black eye. He swears vengeance. Annie reprimands Fred for fighting Len. Fred refuses to pay Ray any money for the coffee table. Hilda decides to camp out for Perkins' sale to buy a colour TV for £5. The residents hang around the Rovers in the hope of a fight. Hilda camps outside the store. Len hits Fred in the Rovers. Rita drags him home. Hilda is horrified when a meths-drinking tramp, Ozzie, camps down with her.
- Hilda grabs Suzie's leg and tries to pull her down. She manages to keep hold of her shoe. She is horrified when a pigeon flies down from the hole into their bedroom. Stan weakly demands that Suzie pays for the damage to the ceiling. She puts on a limp and threatens to sue him for not having a safe ceiling. Ena is holidaying with the Lomaxes in Hartlepool. Fred offers to help Emily with any manual jobs now Ernie is dead. Hilda demands money for the ceiling but Elsie physically throws her out of the house. Emily sorts through Ernie's clothes to give to the mission. She asks Mavis not to treat her like an invalid. She plans to return to work at the hospital. Hilda goes up into the loft and puts her broom through Elsie's ceiling to pay her back.
- Elsie thinks she and the Ogdens should pay for their own ceilings. Len tells her it'll cost £25 to repair. Stan receives a Valentine card. Hilda knows who it's from. Ken invites Sally and Philippa Robson to a meal at No.1. Albert isn't pleased. Hilda tells Stan the card was obviously sent by someone at No.11. They decide to play them along and stage a loud row. Eddie sits back and enjoys the performance. Hilda is put out when Stan enjoys the shouting so much. Hilda beats the bedroom carpet in the yard, covering Elsie's washing in dirt. Albert gets out of the way as Ken entertains Sally. Ken gets on well with Philippa. Hilda plans a showdown with Elsie.
- Hilda borrows Rita's black coat to go to the Arbitration offices. Suzie uses the Western Front phone to ring Roger Floriet in France. She is on for fifteen minutes and puts the phone down when Mike arrives. Renee is thrilled when Alf buys her an expensive engagement ring from jeweller Donald Anderson. Suzie phones Roger again. He invites her over for the winter sports. Alf and Renee throw an engagement party. The Ogdens and Elsie go to court. Elsie dresses down to appear poorer than she is whilst the Ogdens are in their best.
- The Ogdens claim for the ceiling damage. Hilda verbally attacks Elsie, disrupting the proceedings. Bet accuses Betty of being jealous of Renee's engagement to Alf. Suzie phones Roger Floriet again and they plan a holiday together. The arbitrator, Mr. Franklyn, decides that Elsie and Hilda each pay for their own repairs. Elsie is satisfied but Hilda is furious. Suzie tries to put Gail off going to France. Steve is amazed to discover Suzie has been phoning France. He tells her that he'll tell Mike if she does it again. The residents celebrate Alf and Renee's engagement. Len toasts the happy couple. Alf tells Renee he wants to get married at the end of the month.
- Ivy collects signatures on a petition to bring back hanging for murderers. Alf tells Renee they're marrying a week on Saturday. Emily refuses to sign the petition; she doesn't believe in hanging. The Western Front's phone bill is £20 higher than normal. Mike tells Steve to sort it out. Suzie asks Steve to cover up for the phone calls but he tells Mike one of the girls has been phoning France. Mike tells him to find out who it was and sack her.
- Hilda plans to go to court to see Ernie's murderers' trial. Mike is adamant that Suzie is to be sacked. Steve gives Suzie a week's notice.
- Alf pretends to book a honeymoon in Scarborough to see Renee's reaction. She puts on a brave face. Emily and Hilda watch the trial. Renee is thrilled when Alf reveals they're really going to Capri. Mike gives evidence at the trial.
- Alf and Renee return from Capri. They feel Bet is in the way at the shop. With Elsie gone, Ivy considers applying for the supervisor's job before her enemy Ida Clough does. Mrs. Mottershead, the secretary of Len's party, the Ratepayers' Association, informs him that they don't want him as their representative any more. Len is furious. Ida has her eyes set on Elsie's job and gets her daughter Muriel to flirt with Steve. Vera applies for the supervisor's job as well causing Ida to row with her and Ivy. Mike tells Ivy, Vera and Ida that he'll hold a selection board for the supervisor's job.