Plot
The shop goes up for sale. Jenny feels unwanted by Elsie. Ronald Wilde tells Jerry to submit a tender for the maisonettes that are being built on the factory site. Dennis can't sell the sundries. Len is angry that Jerry saw Wilde without telling him. Val agrees to give Dennis a £30 order and give him back the stuff to sell so that his bosses will be pleased with him. He is taken on permanently at "Crowning Glory". David shows a buyer round the shop but he thinks the price is too high. Val thinks of opening the Salon again. Ken discovers a box of one gross cut-throat razors on the doorstep and thinks Val is going into men's hairdressing.
Cast
Regular cast
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Dennis Tanner - Philip Lowrie
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- David Barlow - Alan Rothwell
- Irma Barlow - Sandra Gough
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
Guest cast
- Jenny Sutton - Mitzi Rogers
- Ronald Wilde - George Waring
- Mr Skinner - Sidney Vivian
Notes
- George Waring makes a pre-Arnold Swain appearance as Ronald Wilde.
- Long-term contributor Barry Hill makes his script-writing debut on the programmme with this episode.
- TV Times synopsis: Dennis on trial
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 8,400,000 homes (1st place).
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