Plot[]
Len refuses to let Rita sing at the Gatsby Club as it's New Year's Eve, promising her a big night out at a new club instead. Ken returns from Glasgow with Susan. Len realises the club he was planning to take Rita to requires tickets to be booked in advance. Ken introduces Susan to Deirdre and the pair get on well with each other. Rita is furious when she learns tickets for the new club are sold out and that Len has decided to settle for the night in the Rovers instead. Ken is put out at Susan's sexy clothes when she dresses up for a community centre disco. He and Deirdre decide not to go out but see the New Year in together at No.1. Alf is chosen to let the New Year in at the Rovers. He gets kidnapped by a group of three women going to a party at Molly Coggan's house in Bessie Street. Fred goes looking for him and goes to the party too. Fred phones Len and alerts him about the party - he and Alf are the only men. Len sneaks out with Bert and Eddie. Rita, Ivy and Renee realise their men have deserted them.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
- Renee Roberts - Madge Hindle
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Fred Gee - Fred Feast
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Bert Tilsley - Peter Dudley
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Ena Sharples - Violet Carson
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
Guest cast[]
- Susan Barlow - Suzy Paterson
- Roy Stevenson - Jon Conway
- Alice - Jean Heller
- Mary - Carol Ray
- Gladys - Patricia Roe (Credited as "Patricia Rowe")
- Shop Customer - Sally Gibson
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- 3 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
- 9 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- Corner Shop
- 32 Bessie Street - Back room
Notes[]
- First appearance of Susan Barlow since 25th March 1974 and first appearance of Suzy Paterson in the role.
- TV Times synopsis: It's New Year's Eve and there's a visitor for Ken Barlow.
- This episode failed to make the top twenty in the viewing charts.
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