The first few episodes are centred around the excitement of several of the street's ladies (including Rita, Hilda and Bet Lynch) about who is coming to stay with Len Fairclough. They assume it's his fancy woman (much to Rita's disappointment), but it turns out to be Elsie Tanner returned after a failed marriage. Luckily for Rita, Elsie and Len are just good friends.
Some of the men (including Ray Langton, Deirdre's husband, and Earnest Bishop) lie to their wives and secretly attend a bawdy stag night complete with strippers. The police raid the club and it's reported in the local paper the next day, so of course the wives discover their treachery and all hell breaks loose!
Stan Ogden wins a Mastermind-type pub quiz called Superbrain much to Hilda's delight. His subject was Manchester United.
Ken Barlow gets a black eye courtesy of the husband of a woman with whom he's been having an affair!