Episode 1354
Production code	P694/354
ITV transmission date	7th January 1974 (Monday)
Stories by	Esther Rose Peter Tonkinson Harry Driver
Writer	Leslie Duxbury
Designer	Ed Buziak
Director	June Wyndham Davies
Producer	Eric Prytherch
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PlotEdit

Jerry books a table at Mario's Italian Restaurant to take Mavis out. Mavis tells Maggie her parents are returning to Grange-over-Sands and if things don't work out with Jerry she's going with them. Arthur Harvey turns up with chocolates for Annie. She tries to get him to return to Nellie. He tells her he's not returning; he wants to live with Annie. Mavis and Jerry can't understand the Italian menu so they copy from another couple. Annie visits Nellie who refuses to believe her story and threatens to sue Annie for enticement as well as announcing her divorce plans in the Gazette.

CastEdit

Regular castEdit

• Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
• Annie Walker - Doris Speed
• Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
• Deirdre Hunt - Anne Kirkbride
• Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
• Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
• Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
• Ernest Bishop - Stephen Hancock
• Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley

Guest castEdit

• Nellie Harvey - Mollie Sugden
• Arthur Harvey - Henry Moxon
• Waiter - Guido Adorni
• Frank - David Gilmore
• Zilla - Maureen Darbyshire

NotesEdit

• TV Times synopsis: A very special dinner date for Mavis and Jerry
• Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,650,000 homes (5th place).