When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic center, only Emma Mannering's corset shop stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends his unscrupulous assistant Ed Crayshaw to "fix" things, but instead, he's double-crossed.

• ITV
• ABC Weekend Television
• Derek Francis
• Gwen Nelson
• Barrie Ingham
• Patsy Rowlands
• Judith Furse
• Arthur Lowe