The BEST episodes of Coronation Street season 13
Every episode of Coronation Street season 13, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Coronation Street season 13!
Follows the lives of the residents of the fictional Coronation Street, located in Greater Manchester, which is made up mainly of working-class people.
#1 - 5 April 1972
Season 13 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/1972
Emily refuses to let the delay upset her and she sets out for the chapel, surprising everyone. Ernie follows Emily there and they are married. At the reception, Mavis takes a shine to Jerry. Ken reads the telegrams from Dave Smith, Jed Stone and Dennis Tanner. The Bishops honeymoon walking in Edale. Ray asks Vicki to marry him. She tells him she's pregnant.
#2 - 22 May 1972
Season 13 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/22/1972
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.
#3 - 28 June 1972
Season 13 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/28/1972
After some "negotiation", the Henshaws swap one of Stan's streets for a bigger one. Len wants to get to know Rita again. She agrees. Stan discovers his new patch is being demolished. The police want Jacko over a break-in at a jewellers in Longsight.
#4 - 14 August 1972
Season 13 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/14/1972
The residents of the Street turn on Stan who protests his innocence. Jerry calls him sick. Len tells Rita to choose between him and Benny. The residents decide not to call in the police over Stan. Hilda sticks by him. Benny asks Rita to marry him and she accepts him. Hilda angrily tells the residents what she thinks of them and spits on the Rovers' floor. PC Conway tells the residents they've caught the real Peeping Tom in Bessie Street.
#5 - 20 September 1972
Season 13 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/20/1972
Maggie is upset that Alf hasn't told her about Phyllis' death. Tommy and Dirty Dick try to lure Dolores to them in the Street in a witnessed contest to see who she regards as her true owner but Dolores goes to sleep. Alf tells Maggie that he can't see so much of her because of his feelings towards her. Tommy gives Dolores to Dick. Dr. Mitchell tells Billy they have to get Annie up and about.
#6 - 18 October 1972
Season 13 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/18/1972
Stan has alcoholic poisoning. Hilda discovers that his mates have bet against him and she fires him up. At the pub Olympics Stan wins the beer drinking, Betty wins the darts contest, Ena wins dominoes but Jacko loses at crib and Len loses at billiards. Franny Slater tells Sharon Duffy the truth about Ray's penthouse. The Rovers win the Olympics. Annie gets a call from Concepta Hewitt saying she's arriving for a visit. Sharon persuades Ray to give her the key to the flat.
#7 - 29 November 1972
Season 13 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/29/1972
Tommy and Dirty Dick are served with notice to quit the stable. Alf and Len bend over backwards to be nice to people. Maggie tells Ken that Norma is vulnerable. Hilda is annoyed that she is paid the same as Bessie Proctor when she is senior cleaner. Billy and Rita embarrass Len in front of Mayor Alderman Chapman at the opening of The Capricorn. Rita gets into a fight with a drunken woman and ends up on Chapman's lap, all to the delight of Alf and Alderman Rogers.
#8 - 25 December 1972
Season 13 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/25/1972
Ken goes to Glasgow to visit Peter and Susan and Ena goes to West Hartlepool to visit Karen, Colin, and Jason Lomax for Christmas Day. Elsie realises that Alan is on his way to getting a drink problem. The residents gather in the select of the Rovers for the 40's show: