Episode 212 (24th December 1962)

Plot
Christmas Eve: Ena agrees to play the piano for the play. The residents try to make mend with the costumes, although Minnie doesn't go down too well as a gaiety girl. Ena opens with Land of Hope and Glory and Emily gets stage fright. The curtain gets stuck so Ena leads everyone in sing-songs. Jed prompts as Albert gets stuck in the French Window. Emily is plied with tranquilisers and whisky. After the play she faints into Swindley's arms. Cast of Lady Lawson Loses: Mrs Gilda Montefiore – Emily Duchess of Bannock – Annie Gerald, Duke of Bannock – Ken Lady Priscilla Dauntsey – Christine Hon Reggie Fitzgerald – Harry Manders – Albert Duke of Selina – Frank Lady Rhona Philbeach – Minnie Mrs Savage – Concepta Nellie the maid - Florrie

Regular cast

 * Florrie Lindley - Betty Alberge
 * Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis
 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
 * Concepta Hewitt - Doreen Keogh
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Valerie Tatlock - Anne Reid
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
 * Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
 * Jed Stone - Kenneth Cope
 * Christine Appleby
 * Linda Cheveski - Anne Cunningham
 * Ivan Cheveski - Ernst Walder