Coronation Street - Season 14 (1972)

Emily has moved into the camera shop flat with Auntie May. Ernie is completing his assignment in Holland. Emily offers to go to evening classes with Elsie to occupy her evenings and gets a sharp retort from her. Annie wants to give Billy the £2,000 she got from the insurance company when Jack died but he refuses it. Len returns and Maggie tells him about Alan and Elsie's split. Billy shows a man round the garage. Alan tries to get answers from him about his money but gets nothing. Lucille and Lorraine Binks ask Emily for photos of them so they can get go-go dancing ...

Lucille and Lorraine Binks ask Ernie to do their publicity photos. Emily tells Ernie she feels they ought to turn down such business. The girls refer Ernie to their agent, Ray. Billy gives Alan £112.20, his share of the profits, and tells him that if he can come up with £2,500 the garage is his, even though the buyer has offered £2,750. Alan asks for 48 hours, even though he doesn't know where he's going to get the funds. Elsie asks Maggie if she's heard anything about the garage and is told about the sale and Alan's redundancy. Len sympathises with Alan's predicament...

Ken sets off his first day as Deputy Head at Bessie Street School. The Howards are reconciled, agreeing that making up after a row is the best part. Billy pushes Alan for an answer but he replies that his 48 hours isn't up and he has a couple of phone calls to make first. Ken is pleased to arrive back at the school. Wilfred Perkins welcomes Ken before he begins teaching class 4A but reprimands him for not attending assembly. Alan hears from Mark Howard that Laura has opened a salon in Harrogate. Ken's first history lesson is on the First World War. He gets annoyed ...

Alan speaks to Laura Howard on the phone but hides the fact from Elsie. He sets off for Bradford to get the money for the Canal Garage but is similarly evasive about the source. Maggie starts to get annoyed with suggestions Betty Turpin has about improving the Corner Shop and tells her to stop making them. Minnie asks the two ladies for their birthdays but doesn't say why. Terry Bates is late for class, saying it was his sister Doreen's fault. Ken asks him to come and see him at dinner time. Minnie asks Len, Ray and Alf for their birthdays, telling them its for her ...

Len repaints the Canal Garage sign for Alan. Elsie looks for Len. Billy is at a loose end. Elsie asks Len to find out where Alan got the money for the garage. He reluctantly agrees, thinking that it's better to act like the three wise monkeys. Ken asks Terry Bates about his homelife and hears how much he has to look after his sister. He tells him he should be concentrating his energies on his schoolwork. Alan tells Billy he has to bounce back from his troubles and not have regrets. Len asks Alan for the source of his money, pretending its for him to get a loan but ...

Hilda pushes Stan to get a day off work from Len for her birthday. Len tells Elsie not to push Alan for an answer but to let him tell her the source of the money in his own time. Perkins tells Ken that Mrs Bates has been in to complain about him, saying he's interfering. He tells him to let the matter drop. Billy and Alf argue over the usefulness, or otherwise, of councillors. Elsie asks Billy if he knows where he got the money from but he denies any knowledge. Albert and Minnie push Alf for free coal from the council. Hilda suspects Stan is keeping something from her...

Albert reads the war poetry of Robert W. Service in the Snug. Hilda wants to find out about Paris from Annie. Alan tells Elsie that he's meeting a business contact in Cheshire. Ena and Minnie bore of the poems as they're all about the First World War. Ken visits Mrs Bates. She accuses him of making Terry feel small by visiting her. He tells her he just wants Terry to do well as he's a bright lad. Elsie has to call in Jerry when she causes a power cut in the house. Alan visits Laura Howard for dinner. He's on edge, wondering what she wants from him. Mrs Bates promises ...

Stan's stomach is off from fear of flying. Billy and Jerry wind Hilda up about the sights they can see. Mrs Bates wonders if Terry is poorly. The Ogdens set off for their trip with a slanging match between Hilda and Elsie. Laura rings Alan again, insisting he sees Mark. Len thinks he should tell Elsie about the loan before she finds out herself. Albert is sorry to have missed the Ogdens and he wanted them to pass on messages to old friends he met in the First World War. Stan panics in the airport terminal and needs fresh air. While they are out, their flight is called...

Maggie asks Ernie questions about his photography business customers, puzzling him. Minnie tells Len her concerns about Ena. Over at the centre, Ena loses her keys and has a sudden head pain. Billy tells Lucille she can do better for herself than the go-go dancing. Albert annoys Annie complaining about the Rovers pies. Len questions Ena about the work being too much for her, annoying her, but he realises nothing is wrong when she easily sees off Albert's complaints about his gardening lecture slot. Billy is taken with Lorraine Binks when he sees her practising her ...

Annie doesn't think Billy is getting anywhere in getting Lucille into a more respectable job. Lucille thinks Ray is exercising too much control over their act. Auntie May is due to be moved to her new flat tomorrow. Maggie asks more questions of the residents. Annie pushes Betty to find out why. Emily wonders how compatible she and Ernie really are. Ray gets the girls a booking at the Butterfly Club but Billy steals his thunder with Lorraine Binks when he reveals he knows the manager there and can get the booking extended. Albert grumbles that he can't watch what he ...

Maggie gets a letter from Irma in Llandudno; she wants all her money out of the shop and she wants it soon. The police continue to question Ena. Len reveals Ena forgot to lock the Community Centre and the TV room. She gets annoyed with Minnie for suggesting the job's too much for her and Albert for saying she fell asleep at her post and should be shot. Cyril is annoyed that Betty is off to work at the Rovers when he has a week off and he doesn't like her working nights. Bet has received a valentine's card. Elsie says she has five - all from the United States of ...

Betty worries that they won't have enough money to buy into the Corner Shop but Cyril tells her not to worry. Alf can't understand how two sisters couldn't get on. Maggie tells Lucille that Annie had made enquiries as to the selling price of the shop on behalf of someone else. Len has interviewed four women for the post of co-caretaker at the Community Centre but they've all declined when they've found out who they'll be working with. Minnie tells Ena she'll enjoy having someone to boss around. The stolen TV is found in the back of a van in Balaclava Street and two ...

Ray and Len get annoyed with their change of breakfast cereal as their usual one is too expensive for Jerry's housekeeping budget. Ernie and Emily decide on a spring wedding although Emily is nervous of telling Auntie May. Ena complains that Albert is slacking on the job as 'Junior Caretaker'. Annie tells Billy she's thinking of buying Irma's share in the Corner Shop for Lucille. Billy tells her Lucille is too irresponsible. Lucille confirms his opinion by asking his opinion on her being an air hostess. Maggie refuses to tell Cyril where the other offer comes from but...

Jerry, Len and Ray go to Harrison's Supermarket to get their own individual shopping and compare what they spent with each other. Maggie questions Len as to why they aren't using the Corner Shop and Alf takes the mickey out of them. Emily gets despondent at Auntie May's attitude. While Ray is interested in Brenda the checkout girl, Len gets used to the unfamiliar experience of supermarket shopping. Maggie apologises to Betty and they make up. Len puts luxury goods in his basket. Alan and Ken pull Ernie's leg about coming to a decision about the wedding. Cyril and ...

Irma writes to Stan and Hilda pushing them to get some money off Maggie. As Ray and Len refuse to pay the increase in housekeeping, Jerry refuses to cook. Emily is annoyed with Ernie for swearing when he heard the news about Auntie May. Cyril tries to persuade Maggie to take up their offer but she tells him she and Betty wouldn't get on under the same roof. She tells the Ogdens they've just got to wait for her answer. Annie is cold with Betty. Alf tells Billy that Annie wants the shop for Lucille. In turn, Billy tells him about the off-licence idea. Alf's shocked. ...

Emily is surprised when Ernie turns up for Sunday service in gumboots and outdoor gear as he has a photographic job after the service at the canal taking images on the theme of pollution. She worries that people will talk. Alf is shocked to hear that Maggie plans to go and live in London. Hilda wants to decorate the hall but Stan refuses. Elsie looks forward to a visit from her grandson Paul Cheveski. Alf and Maggie go for a walk by the canal. He tells her of the distance between himself and his wife. They meet Emily and Ernie at their work. Maggie summons the Turpins...

Paul Cheveski, recovering from flu, is on his way to stay at No.11. Alan goes to the station to collect him while Linda phones from Birmingham, fussing that everything is okay. Jerry is pre-occupied with the design of his boat. He asks Len for a loan to help fund its construction. Bet finds a job in the Gazette for Lucille. Elsie and Alan enjoy having Paul around. Lucille tells Maggie that the job is at the Mark Brittain Warehouse and asks her for a reference. She reluctantly agrees and Lucille takes umbrage at her attitude, telling her to forget it. Paul surprises ...

Having enjoyed Belle Vue, Alan reminisces about the Newcastle upon Tyne fairs when he was a lad. Betty gets Paul some comics for helping her out with some bottles but Bobby is traumatised after being Tommy-gunned by the boy while he was having his breakfast. Jerry is annoyed when Len and Ray take over the building of the boat. Maggie confides in Ken that she feels Lucille got the warehouse job with false references. Minnie buys some herbs to help Bobby recover from his lack of appetite. Paul wants Alan to keep his promise of a game of football before dinner. Len talks...

Elsie admits she enjoyed having Paul around. Maggie tells Lucille that the warehouse wanted to know why she left Dave Smith's Betting Shop and she didn't tell them about the forged reference. Emily hands out copies of her wedding present list. Hilda looks for something cheap on it. Emily and Ernie go to see his house in Eccles. Jerry Booth calls the boat "Shangri-La". Freddie Baxter, the secretary of the Weatherfield Sailing Club agrees to see Jerry after a sea cadets meeting in the Community Centre. Emily doesn't like the old furniture that Ernie inherited from his ...

Jerry asks the sea cadets meeting in the Community Centre on advice on sailing. Their Lieutenant, Arthur Sugden, is not interested until he finds out that Jerry has his own heron-class boat. Ernie and Emily bicker over the house in Eccles. He thinks she's rejecting him as well as the house. Annie tells Emily she'd like her to be married from the Rovers and asks her to move back in. Emily's touched. Ernie tells Maggie about the problem with the house. She tells him that Emily won't think of the house in the same emotional way as him and wouldn't want to feel that she's...

It is Sunday. Emily worries that Minnie hasn't got a fire lit and is not going to the Rovers but just plans to sit at home all day. Jerry is not confident about launching the Shangri-La. He rings Joe Robinson who has a trailer and cancels his appointment for the boat to be taken to Burmer Reservoir. Bet amazes Annie when, before they come in, she pulls all the pints that everyone will order at Sunday dinner opening time and correctly guesses who will arrive and what they will want, with the exception of Elsie. Annie gives Bet her drink on the house. Lucille tells the ...

The Shangri-La has been retrieved and is back in the yard. Jerry, Ray, Len and Alan bicker over who was to blame for the boat capsizing. Hilda tells them that Stan's confined to his bed ill. Minnie tells Albert that she's two weeks behind with her rent and needs £2. He worries her further when he tells her that Wormold has been to see the rent officer at the Town Hall. Hilda tries to blag some honey off an ill Ken to make honey and lemon. Len and Ray catch Stan drinking in the Rovers for "medicinal purposes". Prompted by Bet, Len speaks to Minnie about her rent. ...

Emily and Ernie get excited about the upcoming wedding. Emily asks him to shave off his beard. He's reluctant to agree. Audrey doesn't want to come back to the Street and sends cousin Vicki Bright in her place. Audrey's divorce from Dickie is imminent and she wants to know what certain people are up to. Ernie and Emily hand Ena the wedding guest list and she realises she is missing from it. She's offended. Lucille taunts Ray about Audrey's return. Vicki agrees to the sale of No.3 to Ernie and Emily. They invite her to the wedding and Ray introduces himself to her. ...

Ken still can't anywhere to live. Emily starts to get overwrought and have wedding nerves. Ray takes Vicki Bright out on a boating lake. The residents wonder if the wedding will take place this time. A sulking Albert asks Ken how much rent he was willing to pay and is told £3 a week. Vicki tells Ray she has only recently broken off her own engagement as she realised she couldn't stand the thought of spending the rest of her life with her fiancé, much to her parents' disgust. Ray pushes her to attend the wedding. Emily insists that Ernie's moustache has to go. Len, ...

After an attack of nerves, Ernest finally arrives at the church and he and Emily are married. Ray discusses marriage with Vicki, but she drops a bombshell. Emily's friend Mavis takes a shine to Jerry.

Annie is furious at the delay but Emily refuses to let it upset her, saying that Ernie must have just forgotten something. Although Ernie and Stan arrive at the chapel, a nervous Ernie insists they drive round again. The wedding attendees theorise over the late arrival of the groom. Emily has perfect faith in her intended and sets out for the chapel. Ernie frets that Emily will jilt him and Stan has to beg him to go into the mission. Ena leads the congregation in singing "Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us" as they wait. Norah Seddon loses her patience and goes to see ...

Jerry wonders where they can store the Shangri-La. Vicki comes to the yard. Neither have slept well and she can't make up her mind what to do. They agree to talk later. Emily sends a postcard from the Peak District, changing her mind about the colour scheme of No.3. Annie decides to chivvy up the decorators to get it done. A reluctant Ken has to fill in for an absent games teacher. Elsie guesses that Vicki is pregnant and Hilda overhears their conversation. Vicki tells Elsie about the proposal. Jerry tells Ray not to get married and to steer clear of her. Hilda is ...

The Bishops are due home that night. Vicki looks for Ray to get her answer. Elsie tells her to think about what she wants too. The residents finish decorating under Annie's watchful eye, painting the ceiling of the living room of No. 3 purple as she claims it's the "in-colour". Ken and Perkins coach the Bessie Street School team. Vicki tells Ray she'll do whatever he wants to do. She tries to convince herself adoption would be the best thing. Ken hears that the PE teacher's wife usually washes the boy's football kits. Perkins asks him to find a replacement. Ray looks ...

As the Bishops look over their house, they are surprised to see their purple ceiling and Alf still papering the bedroom. He explains how the neighbours stepped in to help them. Hilda is annoyed that everyone seems to know the Bishops are back before she does. Ray is depressed about Vicki Bright's departure. Elsie feels guilty that she interfered by giving advice. Albert gives a bored Ken advice on football formations in preparation for the match. Ray joins in and he and Albert argue over tactics. Emily and Ernie are puzzled as neither of them wanted purple for the ...

Ivy has spent the night at No.11, feeling sorry for herself and irritating Alan. Albert volunteers himself to give tactics to the Bessie Street School boys. Ernie plans the redecoration of the purple ceiling. He worries that he's forgotten something important. Ivy knocks back a huge breakfast as she rants about Jack. She doesn't take Alan's hints that she's not welcome. Alf walks into the Bishop's bedroom to collect a pan of paint he left and reminds Ernie that he was due to preach this Sunday morning as per the circuit plan. Ernie panics. Albert uses his uniform to ...

Alan doesn't like the way Ivy is familiar with him. It is the day of the football match between Bessie Street School and Regent's Road. Terry Bates feels excluded as he's the reserve. Ivy can't work through worrying about Jack. Billy returns. Albert thinks a spectator at the match is a scout from Weatherfield County FC but he turns out to be a nostalgic father whose son turned once down a career in football. One of the boys, Rodney Smith, goes down with injury but Terry has gone missing so the team has to play a man short. Bessie Street wins the match. Ivy rows with ...

Alan blames Ivy and Edna for Elsie getting into trouble. Billy is amused when Annie tells him that Stan swerved to avoid a fox at Scotch Corner and a consignment of bananas fell on him, putting him in hospital. Johnny Fitzpatrick castigates Elsie for letting Alan into the warehouse and advises her to throw Ivy out of her house, saying being boss and friend doesn't mix. Rita threatens to tell Terry's dad about him disappearing from the match and going to the pictures. In turn, Terry threatens to tell him Rita is interested in Ken. Albert and Ken both try to take the ...

Maggie spots Archie Crabtree, Hilda's brother arriving at No.13. Mr Perkins tells Mark Hillkirk off for writing on the blackboard. Archie claims he is there to look after Hilda while Stan is in hospital. Not having seen him for twelve years, she's suspicious as to his motives and finds out he's on the dole. He suggests he could decorate for her and she demands the front of the house is pebble-dashed so it looks like a picturesque fisherman's cottage. Perkins warns Ken about his involvement with Rita, saying he was indiscreet when he visited her at her home. He's angry...

Alf advises Maggie to visit Gordon. She refuses as she'd have to close the shop. Rita fools around with Ken at the PTA to Wilfred Perkins' annoyance. Maggie decides to take Alf's advice. Perkins warns Rita that gossip is not good for the school morale. She tells him to keep his nose out of her business; there's nothing between Ken and her. Jerry tells Billy that Hilda will need planning permission for the porch on the front of No. 13. Rita leaves Bessie Street School and joins her date - Len, not Ken.

Len arranges to see Rita again. Archie is proud as the porch nears completion. Albert complains that the Corner Shop is closed with Maggie away. Councillor Warburton calls on Len and is annoyed when he won't back a housing plan to do up a building in a run-down area, Len preferring a series of old people's bungalows. Lucille worries about a dental appointment. Len arrives at Harry Bates's house to return a scarf that Rita left in his van. They flirt. Betty thinks that someone should tell Archie about the need for planning permission. Len tells Jerry and Ray to stay ...

Archie goes to the Town Hall to get planning permission for the porch. Hilda gives him Stan's suit. The residents think they have no chance and Hilda gets annoyed when Albert and Minnie ask for the wood when it's taken down. Billy and Ray plan to use the shop flat as a love nest in Maggie's absence, and trick the key off Alf. Betty and Lucille realise what Billy is up to and refuse to let him away from the Rovers but Lucille agrees to swap shifts with him when he pays her. Rita entertains Len after getting Terry out of the way. The girls stand Billy and Ray up by ...

Maggie returns from visiting Gordon. Archie Crabtree swears vengeance on the porch thief. Hilda accuses the residents. Rita tells Len she has to vacate by the end of the week. Len agrees to help her as she's on the housing list. The Bishops look for ways to get people using the centre. Maggie suggests something fun. Rita introduces Len to her husband Harry Bates, convinced Len will get them a house. Len arranges an appointment with them and the housing committee. Lucille suggests a talent show at the centre. They decide on a street band. Sid Bolton, Brewery rep, asks ...

Having walked out on Harry after a violent row, Rita turns up at Len's looking for somewhere to stay. Stan returns from the hospital. The band meets for its first rehearsal. Billy approaches Annie about his taking over as licensee of the pub.

Rita tells Len that Harry Bates hit her before he threw her out and the cause of their row was jealousy over Len. She refuses to return to Harry. Len refuses to have her at No. 9, citing the fact that three men live there already. Alf refuses to join the band as he can't play an instrument. Annie tells Billy that she's kept his old trumpet and he's left with no option but to join the band himself. Stan discharges himself from hospital. Hilda and the Rovers' regulars are delighted to see him. Elsie refuses to put up Rita, annoying Len. The band starts up - Ernie on ...

Len grows impatient waiting for Harry Bates. Billy turns down the licence on the Rovers. Ena makes it clear that she is opposed to the band using the Community Centre. Ray refuses to take Stan on at the Yard, on the basis that he walked out on them before. Billy likewise refuses Hilda's suggestion that Stan become the Rovers' cellarman. Annie is cold with Billy when she returns from the Brewery. Councillor Warburton goes to the roadworks site to find Len. Maggie tells Rita she can stay as long as she has to but not a minute longer. Bates arrives back at the site. Len ...

Maggie advertises for an assistant at the Corner Shop with the flat available with it. Alan gets annoyed that Len hasn't done some work for him that he put his way several weeks ago and decides to do the work himself. Rita goes back to Harry Bates and Len thanks Maggie for putting her up. Stan puts on a suit to go down to the Labour Exchange, much to Hilda's delight. Ellen Page tries out for the job but she reminds Maggie of Betty too much with her bossy, correcting ways. Ray and Len argue over the way in which he's neglecting work at the yard. Alf finds out why the ...

Hilda starts Stan up again with the money for a bucket and chamois leather but he still needs a ladder. Norma enjoys her first night in the flat and serves her first customer - Ena. She spins her fanciful stories about her parents and previous work. They amuse Maggie. Len sets off again for his meeting with Harold Chapman. Ray sells Stan his old ladder back for £4 spread over eight weeks. Chapman entertains Len to lunch in the mayoral Rolls parked up at the end of the street. Hilda asks Alf if Stan can get the job of doing the Community Centre's windows. He tells her ...

Ray takes an interest in Norma. Insurance clubman Ned Fox collects club money from Maggie but Elsie avoids him as she can't make her weekly payment. Len, Ray and Jerry start a job at Silcock's Shirts where Ray takes a fancy to the sight of owner's daughter Sue Silcock and her flashy car. Norma introduces efficiencies in the Corner Shop which enable her and Maggie to take a lunch break in the Rovers where she meets the rest of the residents. Betty tells Maggie there's no hard feelings for her not entering into a partnership but wonders where Norma is really from. Only ...

Ned Fox gives Elsie a cheque for £296. He advises her to take out insurance but she's already made plans for the money. Ray chats Sue Silcock up but she doesn't give anything away. Len and Jerry take the mickey. Ernie and Emily struggle to find anyone interested in helping out at the senior citizens' concert. They manage to rope in Ken. Maggie and Ritchie Levitt think Norma is being hard on her father, Jacko Ford. Ray fixes Sue's car so that it doesn't work. He then "repairs" it for her. He seems to have got lucky when Sue lets him accompany her in a spin round the ...

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Ritchie Levitt tells Maggie he has good news for Norma about her dad. Ray and Sue get caught in the rain at Heaton Park. Hilda finds out about what Elsie is having done at No. 11 when she sees the bath getting taken in. Elsie wants black wallpaper in the bathroom. Norma discovers Jacko is coming out next week and knows where she lives. Sue takes Ray home to meet her father Tommy and he and Ray take the mickey out of Sue's poshness. Hilda and Elsie argue over Hilda's snide comments about the bathroom suite. Maggie realises Norma is lying to her when she denies seeing ...

Tommy Silcock finds out more about Ray. He hears from Annie that he has a dubious past. Jerry is bitter that he takes his job more seriously than Ray but isn't a partner. Norma rows with the customers in an attempt to get Maggie to sack her but Maggie refuses to. Len is honest with Tommy about Ray's past but tells him how he's turned himself around and just works all the harder after he's taken a knock. Norma tells Maggie how having a father like Jacko ruins her relationships whether she is honest or lies about him being in prison. Annie considers taking another ...

Norma throws Jacko out but Maggie reverses the order on the grounds that it's her house. Jacko promises Norma he'll mend his ways. Hilda gets on at Len as her bins haven't been emptied but he assumes they're being boycotted and chooses not to get involved. Sue starts feeling suffocated by Ray. She feels uncomfortable when he tells her that he's in love with her. Billy has decided on a foreign holiday and looks over travel brochures. Jacko gets Maggie to run around after him. Tommy asks Ray to work for him, starting at the bottom. Maggie feels Jacko ought to be given a...

Annie puts up a poster for Preston Guild and gets annoyed when Albert corrects her on the history of the event. Stan thinks two men are pinching his customers and goes on the warpath. Billy plans a holiday abroad. Len gets tickets from Alec Gilroy for the opening of the new Victoria Street Working Men's Club and invites Elsie and Alan. Len tells Elsie it's a swish place and she decides she needs a new dress for it. Minnie and Albert are both interested in the Guild and she asks Ken to organise a coach trip there. He refuses and suggests Albert instead. Elsie is very ...

After some "negotiation", the Henshaws swap one of Stan's streets for a bigger one. Len wants to get to know Rita again. She agrees. Stan discovers his new patch is being demolished. The police want Jacko over a break-in at a jewellers in Longsight.

Annie organises a Preston Guild trip from the Rovers in competition to the one that Albert is organising from the Community Centre. Rita turns up at the Rovers to see Len and tells him about Alec Gilroy's offer. Jacko tells Norma he's innocent of the break-in in Longsight and doesn't have an alibi as he was sleeping rough at the time. Rita auditions for Alec. Norma refuses to give Jacko a false alibi. Maggie believes he didn't do the jewellers. Annie is furious when Albert asks her to advertise the centre's trip to Preston. She tears up his poster in front of him. Alf...

Maggie thinks Norma did the wrong thing shopping Jacko. Jerry doesn't like the idea of having Rita around. Annie and Albert both try to make sure that people go on their Preston Guild trip and not the other. Jerry tells Ray he doesn't like Rita. Billy makes fun of Annie's pretensions to being the leader of the community. Jacko returns. Maggie makes him talk to Norma and he tells her that the police have caught the real crook. Bet is impatient, waiting for a letter to arrive. Albert demands to see Annie who passes him her outing list to take on. She tells him that the ...

Jerry thinks Len is making a fool of himself. Lucille thinks Billy and Bet have planned a dirty holiday together in Italy but Billy vehemently denies it. Jacko starts at the Rovers. Benny Lewis opens a new betting shop in the precinct and invites Len and Alf in their capacity as councillors and Billy as a local businessman to a grand opening. Jerry makes sarcastic comments to Len about where he spent the night. Benny takes Ted Loftus on. Len brings Rita to the opening. Benny is taken with her but panics when Detective Inspector Patterson turns up at the opening and ...

Jacko makes himself useful at the Corner Shop. Hilda thinks Stan is working long hours. Alf knows he's at No. 19 Inkerman Street. Minnie is one of the first customers at the betting shop. Benny's counter bookkeeper doesn't turn up for work as she's pregnant. Ernie repeats his criticisms of not having a cooked meal made for him. Emily grows tired of his complaints. Mrs Toft tells Hilda she's seen Stan in Inkerman Street. Ray hears that Benny needs a bookkeeper. Jacko delivers some pies for the Bishop's tea and tries to compare notes with Ernie on being in jail, asking ...

Annie disapproves of Lucille getting a job at the betting shop. She still doesn't know about Hilda's defection. Hilda and Lucille clash over the cleaning taking too long. Norma asks Jacko not to bet so much. He gives a tip on the horses to Minnie in front of Ena. Benny takes on Ray and Jerry to transform his flat above the shop into a bachelor pad, complete with dimmer lights and a cocktail cabinet, based on the flat in Come Blow Your Horn. Ray thinks he'll be able to borrow the place once in a while for his own courting. Norma comes in to place a bet for Jacko and ...

Len and Benny each invite Rita to spend the evening with them. Cyril learns that Jacko is working at the Rovers. Minnie is outraged by Ena's tactics to stop her from betting.

Jacko fears that his criminal past will reach Annie's ears. Benny shows off his flat to Albert and the Howards. Bet refuses to back down over the holiday clash with Billy.

Emily resolves to restore the peace between Minnie and Ena. Norma asks Annie to give Jacko another chance. Benny entertains Rita and Len at his flat.

Elsie grows suspicious of the reason for Alan's ex-wife getting in touch. Betty still has misgivings about working with Jacko. Stan wants to buy a cheap van on tick.

Alan asks Elsie not to be with him when he meets Laura but she refuses. She takes the day off work to be ready to meet her. Ken and Ray obtain an inner tube from Colin Harvey. Maggie tells Elsie not to be jealous of Laura. Elsie plans a full makeover before meeting her. Billy plans a test of Jacko to persuade Betty that he can be trusted. Ken collects signatures on the inner tube. Norma worries that Jacko is being treated as an untouchable. Billy plants £3 under the phone. Alan confesses his concerns about Laura meeting Elsie to Len. Jacko isn't tempted by the money. ...

Lucille is hysterical over the Peeping Tom but Billy tells her to play it cool or Annie will cancel her holiday to Blackpool with Nellie Harvey. Emily and Ernie are furious over Jacko's treatment. Elsie admits she was wrong over the money as it was only what Laura owed Alan but he makes her stand by her decision. Benny tries to get Rita to stay for a few drinks but she refuses as she has a date with Len. Billy feels guilty over his treatment of Jacko. Lucille doesn't want to go out, frightened of the Peeping Tom. Hilda also sees him outside the back of No.13. Rita and...

A shaken Elsie rushes into the Rovers and tells Alan, Ken and Billy that she thinks she's disturbed the Peeping Tom in her back yard. Hilda buys a pair of binoculars. Benny questions Rita about Len's treatment of her. Hilda keeps watch on the area from the upstairs windows. Ernie tells Elsie and Emily they ought to form a vigilante committee to patrol the area. He goes to the Rovers to get the menfolk to form one. Ken and Billy agree to join him. Rita tells Len that Benny is always asking questions about him as he's interested in her. Ernie, Emily, Ken, Alan and Elsie...

The residents of the Street turn on Stan who protests his innocence. Jerry calls him sick. Len tells Rita to choose between him and Benny. The residents decide not to call in the police over Stan. Hilda sticks by him. Benny asks Rita to marry him and she accepts him. Hilda angrily tells the residents what she thinks of them and spits on the Rovers' floor. PC Conway tells the residents they've caught the real peeping Tom in Bessie Street.

Billy is waiting for the man caught in Bessie Street to be charged before he'll believe that Stan is innocent. Jerry tells Len that Rita isn't steady enough for him. Benny presents Rita with an expensive engagement ring. The Ogdens talk about moving as Stan loses some customers. After they receive anonymous hate mail, Hilda decides to fight her ground and decides a put a notice in the Gazette threatening legal action against slanderers. Jerry tells Benny that he was wrong and that Len has real feelings for Rita. The Ogdens read of the arrest of Edwin Ferguson - the ...

Lucille spreads the word that Rita's engagement to Benny is over. Alf's wife is taken into hospital. Nellie Harvey tells Annie that the national president of the LVA, Ethne Willoughby, is to call on her. Annie insists that the regulars wear ties in the Rovers for when she is due to call. A travelling salesman offers to take Maggie to the Rovers but it's only to discuss business. Len insists that Rita give Benny his ring back. Maggie is depressed at being on her own. Ethne arrives at the Rovers with Nellie and gets on well with Annie. She shows an interest in the ...

Maggie realises Alf is avoiding her. Nellie Harvey discovers all the tickets for the Preston Guild have been taken. Len is annoyed at the continuous congratulations on his supposed wedding. Norma tells Maggie about the ad in the personal column she placed for her when she receives some unexpected letters. Maggie realises Lucille knows all about it. Rita tells Len that she tried to give the ring back to Benny but he told her to keep it. Nellie tells Annie that she was voted by the Weatherfield LVA to give a presentation to the Preston branch to mark the Guild so she ...

The Ogdens continue to spurn the residents though Stan thinks no one is bothered. Hilda wants to get her Preston Guild money back from Albert. Norma tries to persuade Maggie to ring Ron Cooke but she refuses. Billy tries to get Jerry to take up cycling again. Alf tells the regulars that the hospital are doing tests on Phyllis Roberts. Maggie starts to get impatient with Norma's match-making, afraid of what Ron is like. Spotting a chink in Maggie's excuses, Norma manages to get her to make the phone call. While she is doing so, Norma lies to Alf when he calls in and ...

Phyllis Roberts goes into a coma. Maggie introduces Alf to Ron Cooke. The Howards drop out of the Preston Guild trip so Billy takes a ticket. Ron takes Maggie to Heaton Park. They learn a lot about each other. Norma agrees to go to the Preston Guild with Jerry. Hilda gives up hers and Stan's tickets as a gesture of kindness, only to buy them back - they have the moral high ground. Ron tells Maggie he's an alcoholic and asks her for help.

Ena, Minnie, Bet, Betty, Albert, Billy, Ray, Jerry, Norma, Edna, Stan and Hilda go to the Preston Guild. Maggie doesn't know what to do about Ron Cooke but doesn't want to be on her own again. The Lomaxes, Colin, Karen and baby Jason, arrive from Hartlepool to visit Ena. Lucille tells them that she won't be back before ten. They wait in the Rovers but Annie is cold to them as she doesn't believe they're related to Ena and doesn't like them bringing a baby in with them. They put Jason outside. Maggie writes a letter telling Ron she can't take him on. He turns up before...

Karen Lomax becomes hysterical as the residents search for Jason. Elsie and Annie take charge. Annie blames herself. The police are called in. They contact the army to help with the search. Colin is catatonic. Detective Inspector Patterson finds out that Elsie was the last one to see Jason before he was snatched. He thinks Jason was awake at the time. A policewoman sits with Karen. Patterson asks the residents if there's anyone local who might be capable of snatching Jason but they're reluctant to name people. Ena is shocked when she is summoned from the Preston Guild...

Two days after Jason's disappearance, the police are operating from a mobile HQ set up in Victoria Street. Minnie looks after the Lomaxes, who are still catatonic. The police find a cream-coloured baby glove and ask Karen if it's Jason's. She's sure his are pale blue. Frogmen drag the Irwell. Ena breaks down. Lucille puts a woman, Margaret Beecham, onto the police when she says she has information about Jason. Margaret calmly explains to Det. Ins. Patterson how she buried Jason with stones at the back of her house. The police follow up her story but find nothing at ...

Emily and Betty can't bring themselves to look in the pram for fear of what they might find. Betty rings the police from a call box. Sgt Conway and Detective Sgt. Simms take the report seriously. Karen Lomax can't sleep and Ena sends Minnie out for some brandy. Detective Inspector Patterson tells Conway and Simms not to touch the pram until he gets there. Annie gives Minnie the brandy on the house. Betty rings Billy with her news. Minnie overhears him and rushes back to tell all at No.5. Jerry offers to drive the Lomaxes there in his van. They get there just before ...

Maggie is alarmed to discover rag-and-bone-men Dirty Dick and Tommy have reopened the viaduct stables for Dolores, their donkey. Alf tells Maggie that Phyllis is a lot better and he's just off to visit her in hospital. Billy covers for Annie being ill in bed, saying she's had a bilious attack. She refuses her food. Billy tells Lucille he doesn't want anyone gloating over his mother. Maggie tells Dick and Tommy that Dolores can't be stabled so close to the Corner Shop and threatens to report them to the Town Hall. Dick and Tommy row over who is the legal owner of ...

Maggie is upset that Alf hasn't told her about Phyllis' death. Tommy and Dirty Dick try to lure Dolores to them in the Street in a witnessed contest to see who she regards as her true owner but Dolores goes to sleep. Alf tells Maggie that he can't see so much of her because of his feelings towards her. Tommy gives Dolores to Dick. Dr. Mitchell tells Billy they have to get Annie up and about.

Annie refuses to eat. Billy has gone to London in an attempt to get Annie out of bed and behind the bar. She feels betrayed and turns on the waterworks when Lucille says she has to go to work. Ena, returned from being with the Lomaxes in Hartlepool, is getting tired of the mess that Dolores leaves behind. Bet has flu so the Rovers is short-handed. Betty is furious to hear that Billy has gone on the advice of Dr. Mitchell. Tommy tricks Dirty Dick into signing a form for Dolores. Annie has four sleeping tablets left. Lucille summons Dr. Mitchell who tells Annie that ...

Len rings for an ambulance when he and Lucille can't wake Annie. Tommy keeps Dick away from the Rovers while Minnie collects for the Dolores fund. The residents wonder if Annie was attempting suicide. Ena blames herself, as do a lot of the regulars. The ambulance men carry Annie through the bar. Lucille returns from the hospital and tells everyone Annie only took four tablets and has had her stomach pumped. The regulars find it hilarious. Ken helps Norma expand her vocabulary. Annie returns with a doctor. Lucille expects to be told off but instead Annie thanks her for...

Norma decides to ask Ken for private lessons in English Literature. Rita tells Len that her landlady Lena Norris has told her that she can't have men visitors after 9pm. Albert takes to his bed with his old war wound. Maggie worries that Norma is setting herself up for heartbreak. Jerry warns Len that Rita has given up a lot for him and hasn't gotten much back. Ken agrees to teach Norma for 50p an hour and gets her to keep Albert company in exchange. Ray takes Mandy Taylor out and she spends all his money. Len gets rid of Jerry to entertain Rita at No. 9. Jerry ...

Having got rid of Jerry, Len and Rita start cuddling on the sofa. Ray interrupts them to borrow money off Len to take Mandy out. Jerry asks Ken for private History lessons, believing that Norma is studying the same subject. When Ken tells him he's tutoring Norma in English Literature, Jerry changes his request accordingly. Jerry gatecrashes Len and Rita's night again to collect his pen and notepad. He is soon followed by Ray, who abandoned his date as he found Mandy too hard to keep up with. Len pays him to go to the Rovers. Norma is annoyed that Ken has taken Jerry ...

Ray and Len make fun of Jerry's attempts at education. Doing work on Benny Lewis's flat, Ray uses the phone to ring Sharon Duffy and arranges to meet her later there. Bet sees in the paper that Johnny Owens of the Flying Horse is boasting that he's a beer-drinking champion. Stan agrees to challenge him at the Pub Olympics and starts his training. Ena is cynical about Norma's studying. As Ken can't use No.1 for the next lesson, Maggie suggests using the flat. A pleased Norma plans to "forget" to tell Jerry. Emily is bored and feels cut off from the community. Bet sets ...

Ena is annoyed that Ernie is neglecting his Community Centre duties for the Pub Olympics. Emily tells her that he seems to have forgotten her birthday. Ray joins in with Len's plan to sabotage Stan. Sharon calls at Benny Lewis's flat to find her ring that she dropped but he puts her off coming in as Len and Jerry are working there. Ernie works out a training plan with Stan. Emily drops hints about her birthday but Ernie is oblivious. Norma gets some time with Ken alone in the flat but Jerry interrupts them. Emily sends Ernie out to get some birthday candles but he ...

Hilda discovers that Stan's friends have bet against him winning the beer-drinking contest. Elsie and Maggie try to arrange a surprise birthday celebration for Emily. Prompted by Franny, Sharon hatches a plan to set up Ray.

Stan has alcoholic poisoning. Hilda discovers that his mates have bet against him and she fires him up. At the Pub Olympics Stan wins the beer drinking, Betty wins the darts contest, Ena wins dominoes but Jacko loses at crib and Len loses at billiards. Franny Slater tells Sharon Duffy the truth about Ray's penthouse. The Rovers win the Olympics. Annie gets a call from Concepta Hewitt saying she's arriving for a visit. Sharon persuades Ray to give her the key to the flat.

Jimmy Frazer tries to interest Alan into starting to sell used cars. Franny Slater takes a copy of Ray's key to Benny Lewis's flat. Billy offers Jacko his job back at the Rovers. Jacko turns it down at first but then accepts. Concepta arrives to stay with Annie and Lucille. She announces herself at the Rovers while Lucille is having a trivial argument with Billy. Alan is tempted by Jimmy's offer as he wants to make a name for himself. Hilda shows Jacko round Benny's flat. Sharon Duffy wants Ray to take the blame for the robbery Franny is planning but he wants to stick...

Lucille is convinced that Concepta Hewitt is being taken for a mug. Billy tells Concepta that Sean Regan can come to stay at the Rovers. Concepta's engagement is announced. Alan agrees to Jimmy Frazer setting up the money for the car deal but is alarmed when Jimmy gets two good time girls to entertain them for the evening at The Vine. Franny Slater sets Jacko up so he won't have an alibi for his planned robbery of Benny Lewis's flat. He also gets Sharon to go with Ray to Benny's flat and scout out its alarm system. Concepta asks Lucille for her blessing and admits ...

Whilst Jacko is stranded in the middle of nowhere with a drunk, Franny burgles and then wrecks the flat to make it look like an unplanned job. Soon afterwards, a despondent Benny returns from Spain to find the damage. The residents hang around the Rovers after closing time as they're curious to meet Sean Regan. At Len's suggestion, they give him an after-hours welcome after his plane lands. Benny realises nearly £5,000 has been stolen. In his time of need, he calls on Rita before informing the police. Elsie rows with Alan over his night out when he staggers home in ...

Billy tells Lucille to stop being so cold with Sean. Detective Inspector Patterson investigates the burglary and interviews Rita and Benny about the routine of banking the money and who had the keys to the flat. Benny tells the police only £500 is missing. Franny Slater buys a new sports car and gives Freddie Slack £500 and Sharon Duffy £1,000 for their part in the robbery. He keeps £3,500 and tells Sharon he's going away for a while, warning her not to betray him. Alan has a hangover. Patterson interviews Lucille about any strangers she saw and asks Hilda if she ...

Ray is worried sick. Sean is chirpy at the breakfast table. Billy assures Concepta that he likes Sean. Bet arrives to collect her wages and makes a cryptic remark to Lucille about Sean. Having been phoned by Len, Detective Inspector Patterson turns up at the yard and interviews Ray. He tells him about Sharon Duffy. To Len's fury, Patterson insists that No.9 and the yard are searched. Norma is convinced Jacko was involved. Hilda overhears Jacko telling Emily that the burglary was an inside job and remembers letting him in there. Lucille asks Bet to explain her remark ...

Hilda tells Stan that she's caught up with Patterson and told him about Jacko. Lucille tells Bet she can't bring herself to tell Concepta about Sean. Norma is shocked when Patterson comes into the Rovers looking for Jacko as he wants to take him to the station for questioning. She begs him not to walk him out in front of everyone. He agrees and waits in the car for him. Norma breaks down after she's passed the message on. Patterson interviews Jacko at the shop and insists on searching the premises. Ray comes into the Rovers but Len refuses to have a drink with him. ...

Len and Ray start working uneasily again together. Jimmy Frazer starts to put pressure on Alan to take more work on. Elsie tells Jimmy she's not happy about the way the partnership is working. With Maggie in London, Norma asks Lucille to work in the Corner Shop. Annie tells Norma to accept the facts and not believe too strongly in Jacko. She plans to visit him in Risley Remand Centre. Jerry offers to finish off Benny's work as a form of apology but is told that Henderson's have got the job. Elsie tells Len her fears about Alan working with Jimmy. Len doesn't believe ...

Benny feels life is looking up with the new business venture. He gets Rita to support him in a meeting to discuss terms with Jimmy and Alan. Len tells Ray he can't have the Scarborough job. Ken and Norma question Benny about the break-in again but he doesn't want to get involved and suggests they speak to Ray as he used the flat to chase Sharon Duffy. Jerry tells Ken £5,000 was taken; way out of Jacko's league. With the borough coming to an end, Mayor Alderman Chapman meets privately with Alderman Rogers at Heaton Park to discuss who will be the final Mayor of the ...

Elsie hopes Alan knows what he's doing getting involved with Jimmy Frazer. Hilda suggests Benny names the club "The Capricorn" and puts herself forward as the cleaner. Alan goes for a business lunch with Jimmy at The Vine and cancels an appointment with Elsie to do so. She follows him there and catches him, Jimmy and two floozies - Deirdre Hunt and her friend Annie drinking there together. Rita decides to take the job of hostess at the Club, keeping on the Betting Shop as well. Deirdre leaves just as Elsie arrives and starts quizzing her. Ken starts looking for Sharon...

Len asks Benny to drop Rita from The Capricorn. He refuses. Ken gets Vine barmaid Brenda to find out Sharon Duffy's whereabouts. Alan, Benny and Rita hold auditions for dolly birds, hostesses and strippers at Benny's flat as the decorators are still at the club. Billy, Albert and Stan gatecrash. Edna Gee auditions for a job as hostess but Alan is not in favour. Len asks Rita to drop the idea of being hostess. She wonders why he's changed his mind. Alderman Rogers tells Alf he's backing him for Mayor of Weatherfield. Brenda tells Ken that Sharon is in London with ...

Ena is suspicious when Len asks her for a list of any jobs that need doing on the Community Centre flat. Ken tells Norma that Sharon Duffy is in London and that her boyfriend Franny Slater might have carried out the robbery. Benny is in a nervous state as the opening of the Capricorn nears. Billy tells him his barmaids are not up to scratch and offers free lessons in return for complimentary tickets. Hilda lords it over junior cleaner Bessie Proctor. A pipe bursts in the cloakroom causing a flood and sending Benny into a panic. Hilda suggests that Stan could fix it ...

Tommy and Dirty Dick are served with notice to quit the stable. Alf and Len bend over backwards to be nice to people. Maggie tells Ken that Norma is vulnerable. Hilda is annoyed that she is paid the same as Bessie Proctor when she is senior cleaner. Billy and Rita embarrass Len in front of Mayor Alderman Chapman at the opening of The Capricorn. Rita gets into a fight with a drunken woman and ends up on Chapman's lap, all to the delight of Alf and Alderman Rogers.

The morning paper carries a report of the fight at the Capricorn. Alf, Billy and Annie enjoy reading the reports. Annie is annoyed when the Rovers new cleaner doesn't turn up. Elsie wants Alan to come home at dinner time rather than be out with Jimmy Frazer. Norma tells Bet how attracted she is to Ken. Annie, Ken, Ernie and Ena argue over the British attitude to work. Rita looks for Len who left the club quickly when the fight broke out. Hilda's bossiness almost causes Bessie Proctor to walk out. Alf tells Rita that Len is up for Mayor of Weatherfield. The Gazette ...

Annie is furious with Hilda's slapdash work at the Rovers and that Billy is now paying her 60p an hour. Len pushes for Alan to fix his van and tells Alf he and Rita have split up. He wants the Mayor to know while he's in Scarborough. Bet warns Norma that she gets a ready-made family if she takes up with Ken. Likewise, Albert warns Ken that Norma has set her sights on him. Billy and Ernie talk about doing something at the Rovers for Christmas. Annie asks Stan to have a word with Hilda about her work but she refuses. Ena tells Ernie he can't get out of organising ...

Rita worries that Alan is drinking too much and asks him why he never brings Elsie to the club. Ena refuses to allow a disco at the Community Centre for Christmas and tells Ernie that Albert has lost the centre's decorations. Ken won't tell Albert who he's going out with for the night. Albert refuses to take responsibility for losing the decorations and threatens to resign when Ernie orders him to find them. Stan refuses to take on Alf's windows, telling him he's retiring due to the high levels of tax he pays. Billy, Jerry and Ray are disgusted with Stan's attitude ...

Billy and Lucille donate some of the Rovers Christmas decorations to the Community Centre. Alf also donates a large box full but Ena sees through his efforts and guesses that it's another plug for him to be Mayor. Ken and Norma enjoy each other's company back at No.1. Ken was thinking of going to Glasgow for Christmas but thinks he'll just be a reminder to the twins of old days. Stan returns from the Flying Horse to a series of questions from Hilda. She tells him that if he retires he can take on the housework. With Alan busy, Elsie is bored and leaves the club early ...

Stan does all the housework quite happily. Hilda is proud of him. Alan tries to make Elsie see there's nothing between him and Rita. He tells her he's scared that he's losing her. Albert tells Ken he has to sort Norma out. Emily agrees to Ena singing "The White Cliffs of Dover" not knowing that Ernie has told Annie she can sing it. Hilda buys a moving oil lamp, and electric tongs for the house. Stan spends his money on drink and neither of them have enough for the housekeeping. The Bishops get Ena and Annie together, hoping one of them will choose another song but ...

Elsie faces up to the realisation that Alan is on the verge of becoming an alcoholic. The 1940s show proves a hit with the regulars at the Rovers. Minnie has a curious encounter with a mysterious woman.

Ken goes to Glasgow to visit Peter and Susan and Ena goes to West Hartlepool to visit Karen, Colin, and Jason Lomax for Christmas Day. Elsie realises that Alan is on his way to getting a drink problem. The residents gather in the select of the Rovers for the 40's show: