Plot[]
Hilda has had enough of the Ogdens' misfortunes. Ray worries that he won't make a good father. Annie buys a shawl for the new baby but Betty tells her that Bet's already bought an identical one. Ray brings Deirdre and the baby home. The residents coo over the new baby. Annie has swapped the shawl for a Babygro, only to find that Blanche has also bought an identical one. Mavis suggests to Hilda that her bad luck could be to do with living at a house numbered 13 and Renee backs up this suggestion. Hilda tells Stan that she wants their door number changed to alter their luck.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Fred Gee - Fred Feast
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Rita Littlewood - Barbara Mullaney
- Elsie Howard - Patricia Phoenix
- Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
- Gail Potter - Helen Worth
- Renee Bradshaw - Madge Hindle
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch (Credited as "Baby")
Guest cast[]
None
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 13 Coronation Street - Back room
- The Kabin
- 20 Victoria Street - Upstairs flat
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: It's supposed to be Hilda's lucky day - but everything goes wrong.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 9,050,000 homes (2nd place). This was the most-watched episode since Episode 613 on 26th October 1966 and the first episode of the 1970s to be watched in more than nine million homes.
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