Episode 1588 (5th April 1976)

Plot
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.

Regular cast

 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
 * Tricia Hopkins - Kathy Jones

Guest cast

 * Mrs Conroy - Christine Buckley