Episode 2178 (15th February 1982)

Plot
Alf finds the card and realises he forgot to post it. He pushes it through No.13's door. Eddie starts to use a CB radio with the callsign of "Slim Jim" and he contacts a woman calling herself "Stardust Lil". Hilda finds her Valentine and hides it from Stan. Deirdre is cool towards Ken. Hilda thinks she's got a secret admirer, Stan says he sent it but she refuses to believe him as he's never sent her one before. Eddie spends the day talking to Stardust Lil. He tells her he's a business man. She is impressed by him. He asks her for a date and she agrees. Hilda dresses up in case her admirer makes himself known to her. Wilf turns up to see Elsie. She worries that he's left home. He tells her that he would never leave Dot for her. She feels better when he tells her his marriage has been wrecked for a long time, now he wants a bit of happiness. Eddie decides he'll nick Hilda's keys to Mike's flat to entertain Lil.

Regular cast

 * Ken Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
 * Rita Littlewood - Barbara Knox
 * Deirdre Barlow - Anne Kirkbride
 * Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Chalkie Whitely - Teddy Turner (Credited as "Chalkie")
 * Marion Willis - Veronica Doran (Credited as "Stardust Lil")

Guest cast

 * Wilf Stockwell - Terence Longden