Plot[]
Renee is upset that everyone thinks the shop is full of germs. Elsie goes down with the illness again. The only thing she has eaten is salad. Everyone else ate salad too. Renee reveals she buys her salad stuff from Albert. Albert is confronted by Annie and Renee. He confesses to spraying his allotment with a new mixture. He then reads on the label that the food mustn't be eaten for seven days afterwards. Elsie is too ill to go to the dance so she and Ron stop in. Ray takes Janice out again. She takes him back to her flat.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Renee Roberts - Madge Hindle
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
- Ray Langton - Neville Buswell
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Gail Potter - Helen Worth
- Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
Guest cast[]
- Joe Dawson - Peter Schofield
- Janice Stubbs - Angela Bruce
- Ron Mather - Joe Lynch
- Sam Turner - Freddie Rayner
Places[]
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Living room and kitchen
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- Dawson's Cafe
- Weatherfield Canal
- Allotments
- Unknown street in Weatherfield
Notes[]
- The scene of Ray Langton meeting Janice Stubbs at the Weatherfield Canal was filmed on Castle Street in Castlefield over the Rochdale Canal.
- TV Times synopsis: Both Elsie Tanner's and Ray Langton's relationships grow warmer. Meanwhile, the culprit behind the community's digestive troubles is unmasked…
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 11,782,000 viewers (19th place).
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