PlotEdit

Annie is given a date for the court hearing. Len and Ray audition Gina Fletcher and Eileen Hutchinson. They are taken with Gina's looks but her cooking is hopeless. Stan tells Len about Arthur Burrows. Eileen wows Len and Ray with her cooking. Len and Ray go to the Top Drum pub and trick Burrows into admitting he watered the gin. They take him to the police and Annie is cleared. Gina is taken on. Val doesn't know how to tell Albert that the family is emigrating to Jamaica when Ken is offered a job.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
• Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
• Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
• Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
• Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
• Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
• Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid

Guest castEdit

• Arthur Burrows - Ken Jones
• Gina Fletcher - Deirdre Costello
• Eileen Hutchinson - Maureen Morris
• Dodo Williams - Barbara Keogh

PlacesEdit

• Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug, hallway and living room
• 9 Coronation Street - Hallway and back room
• 13 Coronation Street - Back room and kitchen
• 14 Coronation Street - Living room, hallway and kitchen
• Top Drum pub.

NotesEdit

• Although ITV had begun full-colour transmissions on 15th November 1969, the ITV Colour Strike which began on 13th November 1970 caused this episode to be recorded in black and white.
• TV Times synopsis: In which Len and Ray beat the top drum.
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,850,000 homes (3rd place).