Plot[]
Bet sets Hilda up, giving Betty a silver locket. Wilf Starkey pretends he's been invited East to Gorton. Hilda is chuffed. Ken talks to Andrea for Harry about her future. He tells her not to take the results as a failure. Bet asks an old friend, Tommy Figg, to pretend to be her Cousin Arthur. Terry is keen for Andrea to leave school. "Cousin Arthur" turns up to see Bet and Hilda is ecstatic until Jack reveals that he's a club comic. When Vera tells Andrea she's making the right decision leaving school, Andrea changes her mind and agrees to stay on. Betty admits to Hilda that they've been having her on over the predictions. Hilda is upset but Bet is shocked when her Uncle Ted arrives. He is a tramp and she fears he wants to see more of her.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Ida Clough - Helene Palmer
- Shirley Armitage - Lisa Lewis
- George Wardle - Ron Davies
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Ivy Tilsley - Lynne Perrie
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Connie Clayton - Susan Brown
- Andrea Clayton - Caroline O'Neill
- Sue Clayton - Jane Hazlegrove
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Rita Fairclough - Barbara Knox
- Mavis Riley - Thelma Barlow
- Hilda Ogden - Jean Alexander
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Bet Lynch - Julie Goodyear
- Harry Clayton - Johnny Leeze
- Terry Duckworth - Nigel Pivaro
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
Guest cast[]
- Wilf Starkey - Jim Bywater
- Uncle Ted - Dickie Arnold
- Tommy Figg - Johnny Hammond
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public/snug
- 11 Coronation Street - Back room/kitchen and hallway
- Baldwin's Casuals - Sewing room and office
- The Kabin
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Ken Barlow's good intentions are misunderstood when he sets out to do a neighbour a favour. Hilda Ogden's tea-leaf prophecies come true. Or do they?
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 18,250,000 viewers (1st place).
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