Episode 1999 (28th May 1980)

Plot
Arnold advises Emily to invest her money in stocks and shares. Ivy works out a shopping rota for the machinists. Deirdre types up a letter for Arnold to his bank manager, asking for his overdraft to be extended. Emily wonders what his financial position is. Hilda gets bored, stuck in bed with Stan. Emily fears Arnold is after her money. Annie pays a sick visit to the Ogdens, to Hilda's shame. Mike refuses to let the girls have a shopping hour. He tells Pauline he's not running a charity. Pauline is furious and accuses him of destroying her authority with the workers. She tells him he's humiliated her and she's had enough. She quits and walks out.

Regular cast

 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride (Credited as "Dierdre Langton")
 * Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Renee Roberts - Madge Hindle
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch (Credited as "Christobel Finch")
 * Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
 * Arnold Swain - George Waring

Guest cast

 * Pauline Stringer - Patricia Browning