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{{Infobox Episode|
  
{{Infobox Episode|
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|year=1964
  
|year=1964
 
|number=375
  
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|production code=[[Production codes|P228/375]]
  
|production code=[[Production codes|P228/375]]
 
|writer=[[Jack Rosenthal]]
  
|writer=[[Jack Rosenthal]]
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|stories=[[Harry Driver]]<br/>[[George Reed]]
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|designer=[[Peter Caldwell]]
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|producer=[[Tim Aspinall]]
 
|director=[[Christopher McMaster]]
  
|director=[[Christopher McMaster]]
 
|previous=[[Episode 374 (13th July 1964)|13th July 1964]]
  
|previous=[[Episode 374 (13th July 1964)|13th July 1964]]
 
|next=[[Episode 376 (20th July 1964)|20th July 1964]]
  
|next=[[Episode 376 (20th July 1964)|20th July 1964]]
 
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}}
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==Plot==
  
==Plot==
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It’s the day of the wedding. [[Minnie Caldwell|Minnie]] and [[Hilda Ogden|Hilda]] finish the preparations by rolling the red carpet out of the [[Glad Tidings Mission Hall|mission]] door and into [[Viaduct Street]] but as there’s still two and a half hours to go, [[Ena Sharples|Ena]] makes them roll it back inside. She organises Hilda and [[Ken Barlow|Ken]] to pass round the flowers. The menfolk are badly hungover. [[Jack Walker|Jack]] has been asked to give the bride away. As he gets dressed in his suit, [[Leonard Swindley|Swindley]] also feels the effects of last night’s celebrations. Jack, [[Valerie Barlow|Val]] and [[Lucille Hewitt|Lucille]] are stunned by [[Emily Nugent|Emily]]’s beautiful dress. The guests start to gather in the mission where [[Harry Hewitt|Harry]] is an usher. [[Trevor Ogden|Trevor]] tries to sell bags of rice at 6d a bag until [[Stan Ogden|Stan]] intervenes. With best man [[Len Fairclough|Len]], Swindley sets out for the mission. Emily is very contemplative about religious matters as she waits with Jack for the taxi. Swindley arrives but the bride proves to be very late. [[Stuart Hodges|Stuart]] makes an annoyed Ena continue to play the harmonium. The guests joke about the delay but Swindley starts to grow nervous. Harry and Ken set out to look for the bridal party, unaware that Emily has made up her mind - she’s not going ahead with the wedding as she knows it’s morally wrong to do so. She feels very calm now that she’s reached her decision, realising that he doesn't feel about her in the same way as she does about him, and she knew all along they would never get wed. The taxi turns up at the mission but only with Jack. Stuart has to break the news to Swindley and the congregation that the wedding's off. Realising that Emily will be upset, Swindley rushes round to her flat. He knows that she did the right thing but feels that she has spoken for both of them. She worries how matters will be at the [[Gamma Garments|shop]] from now onwards but asks him to cancel the reception and the honeymoon for them. Len helps Swindley cancel the arrangements, realising that he doesn't regret the way things have turned out. Swindley goes to the honeymoon [[Parade Hotel|hotel]] in [[Abersoch]] alone.
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[[Jack Walker|Jack]] gets prepared to give [[Emily Bishop|Emily]] away. [[Leonard Swindley|Swindley]] has a hangover and is very nervous. [[Concepta Regan|Concepta]], [[Valerie Barlow|Val]], [[Annie Walker|Annie]], [[Ena Sharples|Ena]], [[Minnie Caldwell|Minnie]], [[Hilda Ogden|Hilda]], [[Stan Ogden|Stan]] and [[Charlie Moffitt|Charlie]] wait in the [[Mission of Glad Tidings|Mission Hall]] with [[Stuart Hodges|Stuart]], [[Lucille Hewitt|Lucille]] is bridesmaid, [[Ken Barlow|Ken]] and [[Harry Hewitt|Harry]] are ushers. Emily tells Jack she can't go through with it because he knows it's wrong. The wedding is cancelled. Swindley knows that Emily did the right thing. He feels that she has spoken for both of them. He goes to the honeymoon hotel alone.
  
 
==Cast==
  
==Cast==
 
===Regular cast===
  
===Regular cast===
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*[[Harry Hewitt]] - [[Ivan Beavis]]
  
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*[[Ken Barlow|Kenneth Barlow]] - [[William Roache]]
  
 
*[[Annie Walker]] - [[Doris Speed]]
  
*[[Annie Walker]] - [[Doris Speed]]
 
*[[Jack Walker]] - [[Arthur Leslie]]
  
*[[Jack Walker]] - [[Arthur Leslie]]
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*[[Concepta Regan|Concepta Riley]] - [[Doreen Keogh]]
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*[[Albert Tatlock]] - [[Jack Howarth]]
 
*[[Ena Sharples]] - [[Violet Carson]]
  
*[[Ena Sharples]] - [[Violet Carson]]
 
*[[Minnie Caldwell]] - [[Margot Bryant]]
  
*[[Minnie Caldwell]] - [[Margot Bryant]]
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*[[Albert Tatlock]] - [[Jack Howarth]]
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*[[Concepta Hewitt]] - [[Doreen Keogh]]
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*[[Len Fairclough]] - [[Peter Adamson]]
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*[[Harry Hewitt]] - [[Ivan Beavis]]
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*[[Emily Bishop|Miss Nugent]] - [[Eileen Derbyshire]]
  
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*[[Leonard Swindley]] - [[Arthur Lowe]]
  
 
*[[Lucille Hewitt]] - [[Jennifer Moss]]
  
*[[Lucille Hewitt]] - [[Jennifer Moss]]
 
*[[Valerie Barlow]] - [[Anne Reid]]
  
*[[Valerie Barlow]] - [[Anne Reid]]
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*[[Kenneth Barlow]] - [[William Roache]]
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*[[Miss Nugent]] - [[Eileen Derbyshire]]
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*[[Len Fairclough]] - [[Peter Adamson]]
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*[[Leonard Swindley|Mr Swindley]] - [[Arthur Lowe]]
 
*[[Charlie Moffitt]] - [[Gordon Rollings]]
  
*[[Charlie Moffitt]] - [[Gordon Rollings]]
 
*[[Stan Ogden]] - [[Bernard Youens]]
  
*[[Stan Ogden]] - [[Bernard Youens]]
 
*[[Hilda Ogden]] - [[Jean Alexander]]
  
*[[Hilda Ogden]] - [[Jean Alexander]]
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===Guest cast===
  
===Guest cast===
 
*[[Stuart Hodges]] - [[Vernon Joyner]]
  
*[[Stuart Hodges]] - [[Vernon Joyner]]
 
*[[Trevor Ogden]] - [[Jonathan Collins]]
  
*[[Trevor Ogden]] - [[Jonathan Collins]]
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==Places==
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*[[Rovers Return Inn]] - ''Public''
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*[[Viaduct Street]]
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*[[Mission of Glad Tidings]] - ''Main hall''
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*[[Emily Nugent]]'s flat - ''Living room''
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*[[Leonard Swindley]]'s house - ''Living room''
 
==Notes==
  
==Notes==
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*Last appearance of [[Leonard Swindley]] until [[Episode 418 (14th December 1964)|14th December 1964]] as [[Arthur Lowe]] took a break from the programme to appear in a season of plays at the Royal Court Theatre: John Osborne's ''Inadmissable Evidence'' and Ben Travers' ''A Cuckoo in the Nest''.
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*This episode had no credits for writer, cast or designers on the show. The end credits just included producer and director.
  
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*This episode received it's first repeat broadcast on May 6th 1981 as part of Granada's 25th Anniversary.
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*This episode has no credits for writer, cast or designers on the show. The end credits just include [[producer]] and director.
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*''[[TV Times]]'': No synopsis appeared in the magazine for this or the [[Episode 374 (13th July 1964)|previous episode]].
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*[[Viewing Figures]]: First UK broadcast - 6,416,000 homes (4th place).
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*This episode was repeated on Wednesday [[6th May]] [[1981]] at 10.40pm as part of a week of repeats celebrating [[Granada]]'s 25th anniversary. The transmission time of the repeat by [[Tyne Tees Television]] was 10.42pm, to allow for a brief local news bulletin, and 11.50pm by [[Thames Television]]. This repeat was not aired by [[Ulster Television]], [[Anglia Television]], [[Border Television]], [[ATV]], [[Westward Television]], [[Yorkshire Television]] or [[Channel Television]]. This repeat was seen by 4,430,000 viewers (chart placing unknown but outside the top twenty). The other episodes repeated in the week were [[Episode 1 (9th December 1960)|Episode 1]] (the first episode), [[Episode 16 (1st February 1961)|Episode 16]] (the 1961 gas leak), [[Episode 668 (10th May 1967)|Episode 668]] (the viaduct collapse), [[Episode 702 (6th September 1967)|Episode 702]] ([[Elsie Tanner|Elsie]] marries [[Steve Tanner]]) and [[Episode 923 (29th October 1969)|Episode 923]] (the coach crash in the [[Lake District]]) although these repeats were not screened in all of the [[ITV]] regions (see individual episode entries for details).
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*This episode was included on the following commercial releases:
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**''[[VHS and DVD releases of Coronation Street#30th Anniversary Set|Coronation Street 1964]]'' released by Granada and Windsong Video on [[5th November]] [[1990]].
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**The Network DVD collection ''[[Coronation Street: The 1960s (DVD)|Coronation Street: The Best of 1960-1969]]'', released on [[31st July]] [[2006]] (the DVD incorrectly lists the transmission date of this episode as [[22nd July]] [[1964]]).
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==Notable dialogue==
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[[Emily Nugent]]: "I'm not going, [[Jack Walker|Mr Walker]]. I knew, you know...all those years I wanted to marry him - I knew I never would."
 
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Revision as of 23:17, 29 January 2020

Plot

It’s the day of the wedding. Minnie and Hilda finish the preparations by rolling the red carpet out of the mission door and into Viaduct Street but as there’s still two and a half hours to go, Ena makes them roll it back inside. She organises Hilda and Ken to pass round the flowers. The menfolk are badly hungover. Jack has been asked to give the bride away. As he gets dressed in his suit, Swindley also feels the effects of last night’s celebrations. Jack, Val and Lucille are stunned by Emily’s beautiful dress. The guests start to gather in the mission where Harry is an usher. Trevor tries to sell bags of rice at 6d a bag until Stan intervenes. With best man Len, Swindley sets out for the mission. Emily is very contemplative about religious matters as she waits with Jack for the taxi. Swindley arrives but the bride proves to be very late. Stuart makes an annoyed Ena continue to play the harmonium. The guests joke about the delay but Swindley starts to grow nervous. Harry and Ken set out to look for the bridal party, unaware that Emily has made up her mind - she’s not going ahead with the wedding as she knows it’s morally wrong to do so. She feels very calm now that she’s reached her decision, realising that he doesn't feel about her in the same way as she does about him, and she knew all along they would never get wed. The taxi turns up at the mission but only with Jack. Stuart has to break the news to Swindley and the congregation that the wedding's off. Realising that Emily will be upset, Swindley rushes round to her flat. He knows that she did the right thing but feels that she has spoken for both of them. She worries how matters will be at the shop from now onwards but asks him to cancel the reception and the honeymoon for them. Len helps Swindley cancel the arrangements, realising that he doesn't regret the way things have turned out. Swindley goes to the honeymoon hotel in Abersoch alone.

Cast

Regular cast

Guest cast

Places

Notes

Notable dialogue

Emily Nugent: "I'm not going, Mr Walker. I knew, you know...all those years I wanted to marry him - I knew I never would."

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