Plot[]
Deirdre takes off her glasses for the wedding. Mike is upset that Deirdre is marrying Ken. Blanche, Stan, Hilda, Elsie, Annie, Rita, Albert and Mavis attend All Saints Church to see Ken and Deirdre marry. Alf gives Deirdre away, Len is best man, Emily is matron of honour, Tracy and Susan are bridesmaids. Eunice's friend Ronnie gets Fred a labouring job. Annie lays on a wedding spread in the select. Deirdre is touched when Ray Langton sends a telegram wishing her luck. Frank Pritchard rings Annie and says he's found another job. She is furious. The Barlows leave for honeymoon in Corfu.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Deirdre Langton - Anne Kirkbride
- Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Albert Tatlock - Jack Howarth
- Len Fairclough - Peter Adamson
- Fred Gee - Fred Feast
- Annie Walker - Doris Speed
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Tracy Langton - Christabel Finch
- Eddie Yeats - Geoffrey Hughes
- Elsie Tanner - Patricia Phoenix
- Stan Ogden - Bernard Youens
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Eunice Gee - Meg Johnson
Guest cast[]
- Susan Barlow - Suzy Paterson
- Vicar - Frank Topping
- Photographer - Stewart Howson
- Organist - Vivienne Wilde
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public and select
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room and hallway
- 3 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- All Saints Church - Interior and exterior
Notes[]
- The scenes at All Saints Church were filmed on location at the Holy Trinity Church at Prestolee. The same church was later used for the weddings of Eddie Yeats and Marion Willis in Episode 2356 (31st October 1983), and Bet Lynch and Alec Gilroy in Episode 2759 (9th September 1987).
- TV Times synopsis: You are invited to the wedding of Ken Barlow and Deirdre Langton - followed by a reception in the Rovers Select…
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 15,350,000 viewers (1st place - an ongoing myth is that more viewers watched this episode of the programme than tuned into the real-life Royal Wedding two days later of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. This story came about because the official television figures were for the average number of viewers throughout the duration of the state occasion. The wedding figures for the three channels' multi-hour coverage was 13,700,000 for BBC1, putting them in 3rd place, and 8,000,000 for ITV but the actual ceremony itself attracted 19,000,000 for BBC1, 9,000,000 for ITV and 400,000 on BBC2, which carried subtitles for the hard of hearing. In second place for the week was coverage of the Royal Fireworks on BBC1 on 28th July which garnered 15,100,000 viewers).
- This episode was included in the Network DVD collection Coronation Street: The Best of 1980-1989, released on 31st October 2005.
- This episode was repeated on ITV3 on Easter Monday 18th April 2022 at 10.55am, part of a sequence of episodes to mark the upcoming 90th birthday of William Roache.
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