Episode 1617 (14th July 1976)

Plot
The Bishops feel it's unfair that they should have to close the shop whilst the Ogdens just sail through life. Ena tells Len and Eddie about Frank Holmes. They hide as she talks to Holmes. She realises he is a con-man. Ernie goes to the bank to ask for a loan. Len and Eddie stop Holmes from leaving. Eddie nearly throttles him. Len takes him to the police station. Albert supervises the residents to sort out his allotment. Eddie is embarrassed about making a citizen's arrest. Ena tells Len she twigged Holmes because Hettie Boothroyd has been dead for five months. Hilda shows the "muriel" off. Annie is horrified that the other wallpaper is the same as her bedroom paper. Ray carves "Albert Rules OK" on Albert's prize marrow. Ernie is refused a bank loan and goes into liquidation.

Regular cast

 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Ernie Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
 * Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes

Guest cast

 * Frank Holmes - Colin Farrell