Episode 329 (5th February 1964)

Plot
Dennis is threatened with the sack if he makes another mistake. Len reveals that the PPOP members are all doing business with Laurie and that Alderman Langton has sold Laurie his share of the factory. Val doesn't know what to do to help Ken. She blames him and he hates her for not being completely interested in him. He tells her he doesn't need a wife, he needs someone who understands him. They realise they shouldn't have married. Len thinks of taking on an apprentice with all the work at the shop and the club. Dennis takes the blame for a smashed crate so that he will be sacked. After drowning his sorrows, Ken returns home to find Val has left. Val arrives at Dave's flat with her suitcase.

Regular cast

 * Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis
 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
 * Concepta Riley - Doreen Keogh
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
 * Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid

Guest cast

 * Laurie Frazer - Stanley Meadows
 * David Robbins - Jon Rollason