Episode 1772 (9th January 1978)

Plot
Tommo and Dave follow Mike and Ernie back to the factory. Emily plans a summer holiday abroad. Hilda is bitter that she hasn't got a colour TV. Eddie promises to get her one. Steve is embarrassed when the factory girls tease him about Suzie. Renee is flattered when Alf rings her from London. Ernie makes up the wages. Eddie gives Hilda a green and blue screen to put on the black and white TV. She thinks it's useless and refuses to have it. Tommo and Dave, with shotgun demand the wages from Ernie. He is in the middle of handing it over when Mike comes into the wages' office. Tommo fires the gun and Ernie hits the floor. Mike calls an ambulance as he's still breathing.

Regular cast

 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
 * Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
 * Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
 * Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
 * Ernie Bishop - Stephen Hancock
 * Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
 * Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
 * Renee Bradshaw - Madge Hindle
 * Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
 * Steve Fisher - Lawrence Mullin

Guest cast

 * Tommo - Dave Parke
 * Dave - Tony McHale