Plot[]
Curly clings to the hope that Raquel's got last-minute nerves. Ken brings Denise and Daniel back home. Denise shuts herself and Daniel away from visitors. Derek spends £85 on a second-hand mountain bike to help exercise on. Mavis feels it's a waste of money they can't afford. Curly tells Raquel that he loves her but she is adamant their marriage wouldn't work out. He is stunned to realise that Des proposed to her. She tells him it's nothing to do with Des - she just can't marry him. Curly calls Des out of the betting shop for a fight. He tells Des that he's twisted; he ruins every woman he comes into contact with. Des goes for him and they have to be separated by Don. Sean witnesses the fight. Denise wants rid of Ken but he makes a bed up on her sofa for himself. Des says he'll resign when Sean questions him about the fight but Sean refuses to let him leave. Curly begs Raquel to reconsider but she returns the ring, saying that she doesn't love him.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Curly Watts - Kevin Kennedy
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Raquel Wolstenhulme - Sarah Lancashire
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
- Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
- Denise Osbourne - Denise Black
- Fiona Middleton - Angela Griffin
- Daniel Osbourne - Lewis Harney (Credited as "Baby Daniel Osbourne")
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Sally Webster - Sally Whittaker
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Maureen Holdsworth - Sherrie Hewson
- Maud Grimes - Elizabeth Bradley
- Sean Skinner - Terence Hillyer
- Reg Holdsworth - Ken Morley
Guest cast[]
None
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and hallway
- 2a Coronation Street - Living room/kitchen
- 7 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- The Kabin
- Corner Shop
- Rosamund Street
- Skinner's Bookies
Notes[]
- Jim Ryan was credited as the Fight Arranger on this episode.
- TV Times synopsis: Des has some explaining to do as the latest gossip concerning Raquel spreads through the Street.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 19,440,000 viewers (1st place - combined figure including repeat).
- The ITV3 repeat of this episode on 6th March 2020 was edited, trimming both uses of the word "bastard" by Curly Watts during his fight with Des Barnes on Rosamund Street in Part Two.
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