Episode 2308 (16th May 1983)

Plot
Ken's article on "Abandoned children" appears in the Weatherfield Recorder. He feels Pamela Mitchell has changed his words and worries that the piece will get him into trouble. Annie puts Suzie onto a job at the "Lord Nelson". The female customers upset Bet by laughing at the idea of video-dating. Hilda worries about her brother Archie Crabtree's health. Bet visits the "Bill & Coo Video Dating Agency" run by Margot Sutcliffe. She views the videos of the agency's men. Alf doesn't like Ken's article and accuses him of having a go at all Councillors now. Bet is startled to find Jack Duckworth Duckworth on the video, calling himself Vince St. Clair. Suzie gets the job at the Nelson. Hilda is upset as her brother, Archie, dies of a heart attack. She is now the only one left in her family. Stan comforts her.

Regular cast

 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Fred Gee - Fred Feast
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
 * Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
 * Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
 * Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey

Guest cast

 * Pamela Mitchell - Prim Cotton
 * Margot Sutcliffe - Shirley Stelfox
 * Man on Video - Roger Grainger