Episode 1672 (24th January 1977)

Plot
The Langtons wait in hospital together. Bet sports a bruised face. Deirdre is taken to the delivery room. Ray is relieved when he doesn't have to be present at the birth. Eddie sells watches. Mavis buys one for Derek. Deirdre is delivered of a daughter. Ray is delighted. Bet buys one of Eddie's watches. Mavis discovers hers has stopped. Blanche arrives to meet her granddaughter. Hilda tells Emily that Ernie left the dance early. Emily is suspicious as he was late coming home. Eddie refuses to refund Mavis' money so Bet tells him the police were around looking for stolen watches. Ray throws a celebration at the flat where Hilda tells Blanche that Deirdre was on her own when she went into labour.

Regular cast

 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Ernie Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
 * Blanche Hunt – Maggie Jones
 * Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
 * Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch (Credited as "Baby")

Guest cast

 * Staff Nurse Maloney - Brenda Fricker
 * Sally Norton - Yvonne Nicholson
 * Father in hospital - Peter Martin
 * Hospital Porter - Tom Wallwork
 * Dorothy Millington - Pat Blyton