Plot
Minnie and Martha smuggle a bottle of milk stout into the hospital in a bunch of plastic tulips. Ena reveals her locker full of bottles - the patients are allowed one a day on the NHS and the rest of the ward are teetotal. Elsie shocks Ena by visiting her, worried about her condition. Minnie and Martha buy Ena a budgie, Archie, as a welcome home present. Len reveals to Harry that Nellie and Stanley have left home.
Notes
- The day prior to the transmission of this episode, on 3rd April 1962, the Equity actor's strike was called off. Although it would take until 23rd April before another of the regular cast reappeared, Granada could now start planning storylines which did not just revolve around the core cast of thirteen.
- UK broadcast - 8,054,000 homes (2nd place).
Notable dialogue
Elsie Tanner: "They've bin talkin' about me ever since I put me first pair o'nylons on."
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