Episode 1752 (31st October 1977)

Plot
Hilda is furious when Stan expects her to take in washing. Annie's cousin Charles Beaumont arrives. She is delighted. The Ogdens win third prize in "Loving Cup Shandies" competition - a second honeymoon night in a five-star hotel with £25 spending money. Deirdre worries about being left on her own in the house. Hilda reveals her winning slogan "Be a mistress as well as a wife and your husband'll still be a boyfriend". Stan doesn't want to go and suggests she goes on her own. She tells him he's going - even if she has to chain him to her.

Guest cast

 * Charles Beaumont - Derek Francis