Episode 1093 (7th July 1971)

Plot
The judges arrive: Annie on cakes, Emily on wines, Alf on beer, George Greenwood on flowers and veg. Maggie bakes a cake for Ray to enter. Alan agrees on £5 a week more plus 15%. Minnie gets drunk helping Alf test the beer. Emily also gets drunk on the wine. Len is horrified to learn that he has won the cake decorating competition and he realises Ray has set him up. George recognises the Orchid as one of his own to Hilda's shame. Harriet Esmondhalgh wins the beer and wine prizes. Albert is praised for his Sweet Peas, Dahlias, Geraniums, Cabbages and wins the challenge cup. Hilda is sad that she has to stay with Stan and not George. Billy packs for London. An anonymous cartoonist has drawn cartoons of the judges for the Gazette - Annie is horrified at hers and threatens legal action.

Regular cast

 * Annie Walker - Doris Speed
 * Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
 * Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
 * Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
 * Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
 * Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
 * Emily Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
 * Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
 * Ray Langton – Neville Buswell
 * Maggie Clegg – Irene Sutcliffe
 * Betty Turpin – Betty Driver
 * Alan Howard - Alan Browning

Guest cast

 * George Greenwood - Arthur Pentelow