Plot[]
Doreen and Sheila pull sickies to go shopping. Annie feels Jack should warn Len about his violent behaviour but Jack thinks Dave had it coming. Ena picks expensive wallpaper for the vestry. Elsie is enjoying herself with Dave and agrees to go out with him again. When she mentions that she has a couple of weeks' holiday coming up, Dave asks her to come away with him. Doreen and Sheila hear them making plans from the changing room. Annie tries to enlist Harry's help with Len but he refuses to get involved. Dot pleads with Elsie not to go with Dave. Elsie likes the idea of having Dave spoil her. Ken tells Frank he wants to give up teaching to concentrate on his writing. The girls gossip about Elsie and Dave in the corner shop. Frank doesn't approve of Ken's plan to sponge off Val until he gets published. Ken feels he must try and realise his potential. The newspaper carries an article announcing the death of Councillor Woodstock and the by-elections for the St. Mary's Ward in the Weatherfield County Borough Council elections are brought forward. Ken chickens out of telling Val his idea when she suggests saving up for a shed for him to write in. The committee says Ena must have cheaper wallpaper but Swindley caves in when she threatens not to vote for him unless she has the one she picked out. Dot tells Len that Elsie is considering going away with Dave. Len receives a summons for assault.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Jack Walker - Arthur Leslie
- Frank Barlow - Frank Pemberton
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Minnie Caldwell - Margot Bryant
- Martha Longhurst - Lynne Carol
- Concepta Hewitt - Doreen Keogh
- Harry Hewitt - Ivan Beavis
- Lucille Hewitt - Jennifer Moss
- Valerie Barlow - Anne Reid
- Kenneth Barlow - William Roache
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Florrie Lindley - Betty Alberge
- Leonard Swindley - Arthur Lowe
- Miss Nugent - Eileen Derbyshire
- Doreen Lostock - Angela Crow
- Sheila Birtles - Eileen Mayers
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
Guest cast[]
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room
- Corner Shop
- Glad Tidings Mission Hall - Vestry
- Miami Modes - Better Dress Salon
Notes[]
- From Episode 172 (6th August 1962) to Episode 459 (5th May 1965) the programme featured a standardised cast list for the regular characters. This means that in this episode Albert Tatlock (Jack Howarth) is credited but does not appear.
- TV Times synopsis: Kenneth takes the plunge and Mr. Swindley hears something to his advantage
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 7,630,000 homes (4th place).
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