The BEST episodes of Coronation Street season 18

#1 - 10th August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 64 - Aired 8/10/1977

The Ogdens tell Suzie and Gail that they don't want to sell the tandem anymore. The girls refuse to hand the bike back. Len plans alterations to The Kabin flat, certain that Mavis will stay at Auntie Edie's house forever. Annie offers to make up with Betty but she's not interested. Eddie buys the tandem off the girls for £15. He tells the Ogdens he'll go halves with them when he sells it. Annie asks Betty to put a card up in the shop saying that she, Annie, has the utmost trust in Betty's honesty. Betty refuses to put it up; people will think she's dishonest. Eddie and Stan, on route to the bike dealer, leave the bike in a street whilst they go into a pub. Betty discovers Albert isn't exactly sure what he heard Annie say. Len tells the girls the tandem is worth £100. Betty accepts Annie's apology and drops the action. She refuses to return to the Rovers though. The tandem is buried when the wall it was against is demolished.

#2 - 21st September 1977

Season 18 - Episode 76 - Aired 9/21/1977

Annie prepares for her party. Bet decides it's the best thing to tell her that the carpet is from the Alhambra Weatherfield Bingo Hall and does so. Annie is horrified but is too late to stop her friends from coming. Renee cooks Alf a meal. Lady Victualler Olive Gallop recognises the carpet and Annie feels humiliated. Ralph Lancaster phones Len and offers Rita more singing at the Gatsby Club but Len tells him she's given it up. Annie threatens to report Eddie to the police if he doesn't get rid of the carpet and give her a refund.

#3 - 19th September 1977

Season 18 - Episode 75 - Aired 9/19/1977

Annie returns from Jersey. Hilda discovers Annie's carpet is a cut-off from the Alhambra Weatherfield Bingo Hall, hence the monogram "AW". Bet warns her not to tell Annie. Betty agrees to return to the Rovers as senior barmaid. Annie decides to throw a sherry morning for the Lady Victuallers to show off the carpet. Alf helps Renee with her VAT. Elsie is furious when Rita refuses to refund her for a pair of tights when they ladder. Rita is livid when Len gives Elsie another pair. Alf takes Renee for a ride in the country.

#4 - 14th September 1977

Season 18 - Episode 74 - Aired 9/14/1977

Mike hears that Steve has not made the Southport delivery. Steve and the girls try to free the van from the sand. With the tide coming in they empty the van of the gear. Mike and Dawn Perks enjoy their date. Steve moves the van by letting down all the tyres. The clothes from the van are covered in sand. Steve returns to the Street, he tells Mike what happened and is sacked. Mavis looks for somewhere to live when Len tells her she can't have The Kabin flat. She tells Rita she will no longer be able to do the morning papers. Steve gets a week's pay in lieu of notice. He considers looking for work abroad. Bet gets Betty to admit she'd like to return to the Rovers. Rita is furious when Len tells her she'll have to do all the morning papers. She refuses and tells Len he'll have to do the papers. Gail and Suzie tell Mike they talked Steve into going to Southport. He admires their loyalty and tells Steve he's not fired. Bet orders Dawn to clean the toilets. Dawn refuses and throws Mike in her face. She then walks out of the pub.

#5 - 12th September 1977

Season 18 - Episode 73 - Aired 9/12/1977

Mavis is given notice to quit the house by Auntie Edie's bank. She looks forward to moving back to The Kabin flat, especially now Len has made alterations to it. Suzie and Gail persuade Steve to take them on a delivery trip to Southport on their half-day. Bet is annoyed when Mike makes a play for Dawn Perks. Steve is hooked on Suzie but she is indifferent; Gail however, throws herself at him. Len wants £15 a week rent for the flat now it has a separate entrance and is horrified when Mavis moves back. The girls delay Steve from making the delivery. Betty spies out Dawn, her replacement, at the Rovers. Mike makes a date with Dawn.

#6 - 7th September 1977

Season 18 - Episode 72 - Aired 9/7/1977

Ken asks Peter if he and Susan would like to live in Weatherfield. Bet and Dawn Perks clash behind the bar. Peter can't decide whether or not to live with Ken. He tells Ken he'd like to but Ken feels he's not sure. Annie plans to visit Billy in Jersey. She asks Bet to get on with Dawn in her absence. Ken tells Peter he knows that he doesn't want to live with him. Peter says he'd miss Glasgow too much. Annie goes to Jersey leaving Bet in charge. Bet orders an annoyed Dawn to empty the ashtrays.

#7 - 5th September 1977

Season 18 - Episode 71 - Aired 9/5/1977

Ken returns home with torn ligaments. Annie is annoyed that Betty shows no sign of returning to the Rovers. She interviews mousy Dawn Perks for the job and takes her on. The mountain rescue team praise Peter for his level-headedness. Annie's new carpet is laid. She gladly pays £71 for it. Ken decides to ask Peter if he'd like to return permanently. Dawn turns up for work transformed in a low-cut dress. Bet is put out.

#8 - 31st August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 70 - Aired 8/31/1977

Peter scrambles about the Peak District countryside trying to reach help whilst Ken lies in agony. Peter gets lost on the moors and has to spend the night in the open. Albert worries about Ken and Peter when they don't return home. Renee tells Betty that she can't keep her on full-time. Peter stops a car and tells the mountain rescue people about Ken's state. He helps them in their search for Ken. Gail is pleased that Steve will be working with them. The rescue team find Ken and take him to hospital. Eddie shows Annie a sample of the carpet. She likes it and gives him £10 deposit. Ken is airlifted to a nearby hospital.

#9 - 29th August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 69 - Aired 8/29/1977

Renee returns to the shop. When Mike has a flat tyre, Steve Fisher, a customer in the Western Front, changes it for him. An impressed Mike offers him a job. Ken and Peter leave on a walking outing in the Peak District. Eddie tries to get Annie interested in a new carpet but she tells him she doesn't trust him. Steve lies to Mike and says he has no qualifications. Mike gets the truth from him that he has too many qualifications to land a job. Mike takes him on as a driver. Eddie tells Annie the carpet will be monogrammed in gold. Ken falls down a ravine and crushes his leg. Peter runs off into the night to get help.

#10 - 24th August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 68 - Aired 8/24/1977

Ray tells Len he wants a 50-50 partnership. Len refuses and tells him that he can always leave if he doesn't like the set up. Albert is annoyed when his home-made kite fails to fly. He enjoys telling Peter about the War. Ken is too busy at work to spend time with Peter who tells him that he'd like to go walking in the Peak District - Ken agrees to take him. Rita warns Len not to give Ray more money; she'll never forgive him. Len worries that Ray may leave the Yard and take Deirdre with him. Deirdre pushes Ray to leave the Yard and set up in competition against Len. Ray tells Len he's leaving the business. They both decide on a new contract and swear each other to secrecy. Auntie Edie's will is read, she leaves two pot dogs to Ethel Platt and her estate to Mavis. Ethel threatens to contest the will. Mr Lewis, the solicitor, tells Mavis that the house was sold to a finance company and isn't hers. Ray and Len refuse to tell their wives the terms of their new partnership.

#11 - 22nd August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 67 - Aired 8/22/1977

Mavis blames herself for Auntie Edie's death. Derek supports her at the funeral. Peter Barlow arrives for a couple of weeks. He and Ken feel like strangers to each other. Rita, Emily and Alf attend Edie's funeral. They are horrified at the way Ethel Platt puts Mavis and Derek down. Rita rows with Ethel over her hypocrisy in not looking after Edie. Deirdre refuses to let Rita dictate as to how much money Ray gets. Mavis tells Derek that Edie told her she was leaving everything to her in her will.

#12 - 17th August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 66 - Aired 8/17/1977

Hilda searches No.13 for the tandem money. Ethel Platt accuses Mavis of making Auntie Edie worse by carrying on with Derek. Ken and Albert prepare for a visit from Peter Barlow. Edie begs Mavis not to leave her on her own but Mavis worries about losing her job. Deirdre pushes Ray into tackling Len for a 50% partnership at the Builder's Yard. Len refuses. Rita makes Mavis work until 7.00pm to make up for all the hassle she's caused. Hilda takes possession of her new clothes. Eddie produces the tandem's bell as proof of its fate. Deirdre accuses Ray of being scared of Len. Len feels that the Langtons have got a case but Rita refuses to let them have more money. Len tells her it's nothing to do with her; it's Yard business. Mavis returns home to find Edie dead.

#13 - 15th August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 65 - Aired 8/15/1977

Rita has to work longer hours at The Kabin whilst Mavis is running around after Auntie Edie. Hilda orders new clothes whilst waiting for her share of the tandem money. Mavis leaves Ethel Platt looking after Edie whilst she goes out with Derek. He tells Mavis that Edie is taking advantage of her. The Yard gets an unexpected big cheque from a bankrupt firm so Ray and Len plan a big night out. Hilda refuses to believe the demolition story - she feels that Stan and Eddie are keeping the money from her and demands her share. Deirdre is not happy with Ray getting only 40% of the Yard's profits. She tells Ray he's a mug and she's not satisfied with the set up.

#14 - 26th September 1977

Season 18 - Episode 77 - Aired 9/26/1977

Mavis returns from holidaying in the Isle of Man. Mike tells Elsie to move Terri Clayton up to the machine room from packing. She starts her as a learner. Alf and Renee enjoy the fact that people are talking about them. Rita discovers that Len has told Ralph Lancaster she isn't singing anymore. Ralph offers her three nights work. Mavis reveals Derek spent a day with her on holiday. Ivy feels it's suspicious that Terri is a learner as Mike doesn't like training people up. Renee is embarrassed by Alf's attention. Rita tells Len she's considering Ralph's offer.

#15 - 8th August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 63 - Aired 8/8/1977

Hilda tells Stan to sell the tandem for £12. Mike offers Eddie a labouring job at the factory but he refuses it. Albert tells Annie that he heard her on the telephone to Nellie Harvey telling her about Betty being a thief. Suzie and Gail are interested in the tandem but ask for a test-run. Albert tells Betty he'll swear in court that Annie slandered her. The girls buy the tandem off the Ogdens for £7. Len tells the Ogdens the bike is worth £100.

#16 - 1st August 1977

Season 18 - Episode 61 - Aired 8/1/1977

#17 - 27th July 1977

Season 18 - Episode 60 - Aired 7/27/1977

#18 - 25th July 1977

Season 18 - Episode 59 - Aired 7/25/1977

#19 - 20th July 1977

Season 18 - Episode 58 - Aired 7/20/1977

#20 - 18th July 1977

Season 18 - Episode 57 - Aired 7/18/1977

#21 - 13th July 1977

Season 18 - Episode 56 - Aired 7/13/1977

#22 - 11th July 1977

Season 18 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/11/1977

#23 - 6th July 1977

Season 18 - Episode 54 - Aired 7/6/1977

#24 - 4th July 1977

Season 18 - Episode 53 - Aired 7/4/1977

#25 - 29th June 1977

Season 18 - Episode 52 - Aired 6/29/1977