blanche overhears maxine peacock (tracy shaw) and maria sutherland (samia ghadie) in the rovers gossiping about audrey and archie disappearing together. she explains that audrey works for archie and asks them not to say anything as it's a secret. norris overhears. audrey is furious when she realises everybody knows that she is working for archie, telling archie that she thought she could trust him. archie is very upset with blanche and tells her their relationship is over. blanche is devastated. blanche tells deirdre that archie has finished with her and sobs her heart out. audrey realises that her working for archie hasn't affected her business. deirdre tells archie how upset blanche is but he won't change his mind. as blanche rushes to take a phone call she thinks is from archie she trips, falls down the stairs and bangs her head. audrey smugly tells rita that archie finished with blanche as a result of her blabbing audrey's hairdressing secret all over the rovers. archie visits blanche to get his dance records back. he sees her lifeless body through the letterbox and shoulder charges the door down. norris calls an ambulance. she's alive but barely conscious. archie visits blanche in hospital. blanche assumes their relationship is back on but archie looks worried. when blanche comes home, archie visits and explains to blanche that her accident hasn't changed anything. blanche is very upset and cries after he's gone. blanche sees her letter printed in the problem page of the gazette, unaware that ken has written the reply telling her to move on and forget archie.