Plot[]
Andy puts his car up for sale as he can't afford to run it. Tricia and Jamie move into No.1. Josie is thrilled when Don invites her out to dinner. Liz refuses to accept a £300 bet from Steve, saying it's too much money. She fumes when Des takes the bet. Des tells Sean they should sack her as she'll lose them custom. Sean asks Liz to treat Steve as a customer at the bookies and a son elsewhere. Don introduces Josie to the regulars. She puts her foot in it when she tells Vera that Jack's had a win on the horses. Steve's bet comes up 5 to 1. Liz refuses to be impressed. Ken is full of self-pity over how bad a father he is. Emily guesses correctly that he's missing Deirdre. Andy is stunned when Steve gives him a wad of money and tells him to hang onto his car. Audrey discovers there'll be a royal at Alf's County Hall bash. She decides she should attend instead of Betty.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- Derek Wilton - Peter Baldwin
- Mavis Wilton - Thelma Barlow
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Kevin Webster - Michael Le Vell
- Andy McDonald - Nicholas Cochrane
- Ken Barlow - William Roache
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Liz McDonald - Beverley Callard
- Betty Turpin - Betty Driver
- Bet Gilroy - Julie Goodyear
- Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
- Alma Baldwin - Amanda Barrie
- Don Brennan - Geoff Hinsliff
- Mike Baldwin - Johnny Briggs
- Tricia Armstrong - Tracy Brabin
- Jamie Armstrong - Joseph Gilgun
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Jack Duckworth - William Tarmey
- Josie Clarke - Ellie Haddington
- Des Barnes - Philip Middlemiss
- Alf Roberts - Bryan Mosley
- Sean Skinner - Terence Hillyer
- Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn
Guest cast[]
- Racing Commentator - Peter Wheeler (Voice only)
Places[]
- Coronation Street
- Rovers Return Inn - Public, back room and hallway
- 1 Coronation Street - Back room, kitchen and hallway
- The Kabin
- 12 Coronation Street - Living room
- Skinner's Bookies
- Barton Road, Oakhill
Notes[]
- TV Times synopsis: Emily Bishop greets her new neighbours - will life ever be the same again?
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 17,880,000 viewers (3rd place - combined figure including repeat).
- The ITV3 repeat of this episode on 11th March 2020 was transmitted without any cuts.
Notable dialogue[]
Don Brennan (making introductions in the Rovers): "This is Derek. He's on a diet."
Josie Clarke: "Well, keep at it. You've got a stone or two to go yet."
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Ken Barlow: "When it comes to families, I'm a total disaster. I've got two kids out there - I barely know where they are - I've got an eighteen-year-old who disappeared and I've got a baby by a mother who hardly wants me around."
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Ken Barlow: "I'm here in this old life, same old street, having achieved nothing in the past fifty years except a string of embarrassing children who barely know who I am."
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