Episode 1861 (15th November 1978)

Plot
The taxi arrives to take the Langtons to the airport but Deirdre is adamant she's not going. She feels a new start would make no difference; the marriage is finished as she can no longer trust Ray. Blanche urges Deirdre to try afresh in Holland. Deirdre feels a husband and a home aren't enough without love. Mike is pleased with having spent a romantic evening with Carole Gordon. Deirdre worries that Ray will take Tracy away from her but he realises Tracy needs her more than him. He tells Deirdre he's going to go to Holland. He leaves without saying goodbye to Tracy. Carole knows Mike is using her to be his inside person at Bradleys. She tells him she won't be giving him orders in that way. He tells her he'll see her around. She tells him Bradleys are opening a boutique which will be bigger than the Western Front. Len drives Ray to the bus station and promises to keep an eye on Deirdre and Tracy for him.

Regular cast

 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Knox
 * Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
 * Fred Gee - Fred Feast
 * Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
 * Blanche Hunt – Maggie Jones
 * Renee Roberts - Madge Hindle
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
 * Steve Fisher - Lawrence Mullin

Guest cast

 * Carole Gordon - Louisa Rix
 * Mrs. Lomas - Joyce Wentworth

Notable dialogue
Deirdre Langton: "We were like a team. We ate off same plate. I could finish his sentences for him. Even his thoughts. The world outside us was just summat you had to waste your time with now and again. To make a living, buy food. We were the real world. Me, him and Tracy. It was perfect. Then there were that fellah. The real world struck a fist through one of me windows. But I got over it.... Then her, Janice. I couldn't believe it... I couldn't see how he could possibly have bin unfaithful to me. It was like it was with that fellah all over again. I could understand that fellah in a way. But I'll never understand Ray. He had me. And he went to her."