Plot[]
Norma throws Jacko out but Maggie reverses the order on the grounds that it's her house. Jacko promises Norma he'll mend his ways. Hilda gets on at Len as her bins haven't been emptied but he assumes they're being boycotted and chooses not to get involved. Sue starts feeling suffocated by Ray. She feels uncomfortable when he tells her that he's in love with her. Billy has decided on a foreign holiday and looks over travel brochures. Jacko gets Maggie to run around after him. Tommy asks Ray to work for him, starting at the bottom. Maggie feels Jacko ought to be given a chance to prove himself but stands by Norma and turns him away. Ray interrupts Sue's date with Giles Platting to tell her about Tommy's offer. She tells him that he's getting too serious and finishes their relationship. Hilda dumps the Ogdens' rubbish in the yard in protest at Len's lack of action as councillor. Jacko agrees to leave Norma alone.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Jerry Booth - Graham Haberfield
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Norma Ford - Diana Davies
- Maggie Clegg - Irene Sutcliffe
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Billy Walker - Kenneth Farrington
- Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
Guest cast[]
- Mrs Toft - Beatrice Neild
- Giles Platting - Trevor Adams
- Sue Silcock - Angela Scoular
- Tommy Silcock - Ivor Roberts
- Jacko Ford - Robert Keegan
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- Corner Shop - Shop and back room
- Fairclough and Langton - Office and yard
- Unnamed bar
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: The crunch for Ray - and Norma Ford.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 6,550,000 homes (4th place).
Notable dialogue[]
Norma Ford (about Jacko Ford): "He's a thief and a jailbird, so how can he be a father? Fathers don't keep going off to prison. They stop at 'ome and look after yer."
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Elsie Howard: "Me and Dot Greenhalgh used to go to Blackpool wi' just enough spending money for three or four days. If we hadn't got a fella by that time, we had t'come 'ome. Might tell you somethin'... we didn't come 'ome very often!"
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Stan Ogden: "I don't know why they go on 'oliday, the beer's not so good for a start, is it?"
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Tommy Silcock (to Ray Langton): "You're my sort, lad. Plenty o' spunk an' a bit sly wi' it."
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