Episode 1227 (18th October 1972)

Plot
Stan has alcoholic poisoning. Hilda discovers that his mates have bet against him and she fires him up. At the pub Olympics Stan wins the beer drinking, Betty wins the darts contest, Ena wins dominos but Jacko loses at crib and Len loses at billiards. Franny Slater tells Sharon Duffy the truth about Ray's penthouse. The Rovers win the Olympics. Annie gets a call from Concepta Hewitt saying she's arriving for a visit. Sharon persuades Ray to give her the key to the flat.

Regular cast

 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Ernie Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning
 * Norma Ford - Diana Davies

Guest cast

 * Jacko Ford - Robert Keegan
 * Sharon Duffy - Susan Littler
 * Franny Slater - Michael Angelis
 * Jonty Chataway - Joe Holmes
 * Eric Blunt - Roger Hulme
 * Johnny Owen - Terence Davies