Plot[]
Len doesn't like being treated like an invalid. Rita is furious when he goes to work. She arranges with the job centre to send a labourer round to help him. Ivy threatens Deirdre with her solicitor. She breaks down and Emily has to restrain her from hitting Deirdre. Gail gets bored as Brian keeps talking about motorbikes. Alf tells Deirdre there won't be another flat for at least six months. He tells her the council would look better on her if she'd sold the house. Emily is delighted when Deirdre asks if she and Tracy can move in with her. She prepares for them at once. Rita gets Len and Eddie together. Eddie agrees to work for Len for £35 a week.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Renee Roberts - Madge Hindle
- Suzie Birchall - Cheryl Murray
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
- Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Gail Potter - Helen Worth
- Brian Tilsley - Christopher Quinten
- Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
Guest cast[]
- Ron Mather - Joe Lynch
- Paul Stringer - John Collin
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Living room
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- Builder's Yard - Office and yard
Notes[]
- John Collin's character of Paul Stringer is credited incorrectly at the end of the episode showing the character as having played the actor.
- TV Times synopsis: Len Fairclough defies both his wife Rita and his doctor. After an argument, Deirdre Langton finally agrees to let Ivy Tilsley have her house. But where will Deirdre and daughter Tracy live?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 16,300,000 viewers (4th place).
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