Episode 1184 (22nd May 1972)

Plot
Rita refuses to return to Harry Bates but Len refuses to have her at No.9. The band starts up - Ernie on piano, Billy and Ken on trumpet and Alan on guitar. When Elsie refuses, Maggie takes Rita in. Stan discharges himself from hospital. Billy tells Annie about the brewery's offer - she calls him "Judas". Annie goes to the Brewery. Len goes to see Harry at his roadworks site.

Regular cast

 * Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
 * Ray Langton – Neville Buswell
 * Bet Lynch – Julie Goodyear
 * Maggie Clegg – Irene Sutcliffe
 * Ernie Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning
 * Rita Bates - Barbara Mullaney

Guest cast

 * Jack MacGuire - Harry Jones